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compiler enumerates several which are scarce
ly worth lhe readers attention. such as the
popular summaries by Leighton and Liddell.
All Of Niobuhrs suggestions also. whose worth
has been established by subsequent re-
searches, will be found embodied in the works
Of Mommscn and Arnold. The same thing may
be said Of the examination ~ Ncbuhr's posi-
ton by Sir George Cornwall LOWS. As for
Mcrrivac. We may have recourse to him 10 fll
up the gap between Mommscn and Glbbon
while awaiting tho history Of Rome under the
Empcrors, contemplated by the German writer
and which 1t is 70 be hoped he may 1.-Two 10
execute. A great deal OF light by the way, is
thrown on the social condition Of the Roman
world during the first two centuries Of the cm-
pre by Romans Essay on Marcus Aurclius.
and his Origins Of Christianity" Wearo glad
to see that Prof. Adams renders full justice to
the minutoness and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF
Gibbons icarh'ng which has 'withstood for a
century the laborious investigation OF German
scholarship and the keen criticisms of thcoog-
ical zeal. As TO the Roman law, we find the
treatiscs OF ITadlcy and Mackenzie cited, and the
valuable treatise Of Henry Sumner Maine on
ancientlaw mentioned tthe most important part
Of which relates to Roman jurisprudencc), but,
strangely enough, we find no reference to
Austens still more considerable work on the
same subject. 1t might have been we'll also,
to remind the student Of Roman history that
the most exhaustive account of the social con-
dition Of the western provinces at n late period
OF tho empire is to be found in certain chapters
OF Guizot's History Civilization"
The weakest part Of Prof Adams's compia-
ton is that relating to the history OF Islam. 1t
seems to us that the subject was of quite sufl-
cient consequence to deserve separate cate
CORY. but We can find only a few books cnume-
rated under different heads such rs Irving's
"Mahomet' Ia work of very slight historical
valued. Ocklcys History Of the Saracens."
Krcmcrs "Cuturgcschichte des Orients,"
Condos Domination de los Arabes en- Es-
pafa." and the histories of the Ottoman en-
pire. by Hammer Purgstall and by Zinkeisin.
The student Of Moslem civilization whose
sources of information should be thus limited
would learn but little about the great Abbassid
Caiphate. to which Theil has devoted So much
attention. about the Mohammedan kingdoms
which arose in Persia. Afghanistan. India.
and Turkistan. about the great Moslem migra-
tlons to the Malay Archipelago. the east coast
Of Africa. and the Soudnn, about the Fatimde
and Mamciuke dynastics in Egypt, the Aglnhite
coasts OF the central Mediterranean. or about
the dynasties of the Edrisites. Amoravides
and Almohades, which succeeded each other in
| northeast Africa
On tho other nand. tine transition from the
! Roman to the medieval world is thoroughly
exhibited, in works cited by Prof Adams
kechts, Koeppens and Spruner,,s Historical
Geography" and Prof, Frecman's book on the
same subject ,Genam,s Civilization of the Fifth
Century, Ieckys, History of Eqropcaln! Nor;
Henri Martins his tories Of France and # Sis;
mondis Italian Republics As the medieval
! epoch acquires distinct shape and consistency
| the student will consult with special profit
Michaud's History Of the CrusadGs, Gfrorer's
| ''Pabst GregoIius VII. "Rankc's History ofthe
Popes." and possibly Milman's. Latin Chris
! tanity.' For the Renaissance it seems II pity
that no special list of works should have been
| suggested. but the student can easily select Tor
| himself the moro authoritative works re- latng
| to this epoch from the full catalogues drawn
UP by Prof. Adams for the modern nations OF
| Europe. This part of the work seems to us
especially we'll done, the only subdivision Of it
| to which some exception might he taken being
| that dealing with the history Of Italy. From the
| list of authors bearing on this subject the COM
! pier excludes Italian writer's except two or
| three who happen to have been translated. We
| need not say that the history Of medieval Italy
can only he properly understood by those who
| will tako the trouble to learn Italian. NJ. w. IL.