![]() Much of the information given is sound and instructi ve, but important questions are oversimplified (p. ![]() History and Language Mythology Formulas and Themes Scansion Bibliography. The introduction contains five short chapters : Hemer and the Mycenaean Age. In contrast to Monro's and Leaf and Bayfield's editions of the Iliad, this commentary does not include the Greek text and has no gremnatical intr oduction affixed to it instead unfMiliar forms of Homeric language are explained in the notes, at the point of their occurrence in each book. The present volume is the first of four, the rest of which are to appear in the near future, and consists of a general introduction, notes on the first six books of the Iliad and of two indexes. ![]() Professor Willcock has written this book to meet the need for an up to date English-language commentary on the Iliad, suitable for high school and university students, and he has, thus, under taken a not easy task. Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada Ltd. A COMMDITARY ON HOMER'S ILIAD BOOKS I -VI by M. Kenneth Vince, Student Teacher, Althouse College, Uni versity of Western Ontario. Perhaps this new edttion will make Latin a IOOre enjoyable skill to learn and to teach so that teachers can begin sooner to present classical material in the ori ginal Latin to their pupils and to study it in depth. Little material on Roman life and customs will be included as Principia and Pseudolus Noster are considered language courses by the authors : such material, as befor e, is to be left to the individual teacher's discretion and imagination. The stories in Pri ncipia will remain unsophisticated. Munday are now working on a revised, expanded edition, with index and more reading material. Realizing the need for a new edition to correct some of the formal weaknesses of their text, Mr. U2 BOOK REVIEWSjCOMPTES - RENDUS In England over slightly more than twenty years, Principia and Pseudolus Noster have proven successf'ul in their aim of teaching the workings of the Latin language to young pupils. In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:
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