AN ENGLISH-GREEK LEXICON.
An English-Greek Lexicon, By G. M. Edwards, M.A. (Cambridge University Press. 7s. (3d. net.)—We do not profess to have adequately tested the vocabulary section of this lexicon. That could hardly be done within any reasonable space of time. But we have given some attention to the Introduction, and find it to be a very illuminating discussion of the subject, and likely to be very helpful to teacher and learner. First we have the distinction between prose and verso words. This is marked by the letters P. and V. in the vocabulary. Then we have notes on various authors and sets of authors. There is an instructive section on Aristophanes, May not some of the un-Attic words be colloquialisms, gush as we find in Plautus and Terence ? Thucydides, the Attie orator, and Plato are successively dealt with. Much may be learnt from these sections. The student is warned against Xenophon—rightly, no doubt—the ngh the loss is certainly inconvenient. Finally we have some valuable
instructions about quantity. A most useful book this. How different the lot of the present-day student from that of other days when a Latin-Greek vocabulary was the only help !
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