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Areopagitica. By John Milton. With a Commentary by Sir R.

C. Jebb. (Cambridge University Press. 3s. net.)—The late Sir R. C. Jebb printed privately in 1872 for the use of his students at Cambridge a commentary on Areopagitica. After nearly half-a- century this commentary is now issued to the public, with the text, and a biography and some supplementary notes by Mr. A. W Verity. Sir Richard Jebb's Introduction, analysis, and notes- dealing especially with the numerous classical allusions—have the clarity and precision to be expected from the great scholar, and the new edition of the famous traotate may be warmly commended.