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many pages to Aristotle as to any other
Greek author. Such eniinence is doubtless
| due to the volume and variety of his
VI rk, but this makes the American in
difference still more noteworthy. But
! two or three of our classical scholars of
younger generation, are now publish
| ing occasional papers on him in philo-
sophical periodicals, and at last the in
| fiuence may spread to the pathological.
! Oxford. however, is the true stronghold
of the study. of Aristotle in modern
F, times. Probably no other city, large or
small, contains so many scholars ac-
quainting themselves at first hand with
at least some of his views. OF the great
and useful editions of Aristot,e's works
| published in the course of the last thirty
years, England has furnished more than
all other countries together. For the
study of the Nicomachean Ethics the
most important works are Bywater's crit
| zeal edition of the text, Jacksons learned
and stimulating edition of Book V. Stew
arts two volumes OF commentary. and
| the convenient exegetical editions of Sir
Alexander Grant and of Burnett In
| work to match any one of these, except
, Susemihrs poorly printed edition of the
text. For other works Kenyons and San
dys editions of the Constitution of
Athens Wailaces Psychology, Cope and
Sandy's sRhetoric.' and Butchers 'Po-
etics' give the fullest and best commen-
taries of recent years. Jowett's transla-
ton Of the Politics. with a volume of
notes. just preceded the publication of the
first two volumes of Newmans edition.
, and in 1894 Hicks published an excellent
and convenient revision and translation
of the first part of Susemihrs edition
with German commentary. Thus we have
a fine shelf-ful of English editions of
Aristotle. scholarly and attractive in
large type which contrasts sfrikingly
with the typography of the ordinary Ger
man editions. The quarto edition of the
Berlin Academy, published in 1891. has
become such a standard for reference
that the preservation of the same lines
. convenient. and, TO attain this end.
the Teubner text Of Aristotle is set in
type much smaller than that used for
the other Greek authors while the Eng
the use of large type and good paper.
The first two volumes of Newrnan's
edition of the Politics were published
in 1887. and were reviewed in these col
| umns. The four volumes contain 2.5f5
pages. of which 22i are occupied by Greek
text, l31 by critical notes, LII by the
exegetical commentary, about 200 by es-
says and appendices. and 132 by indexes.
The ordinarily convenient plan OF hav-
ing text and notes on the same page
is manifestly impracticable here since
less than one-tenth of the space is given
to the text, which hence would form but
narrow rivulet on the page. Conse-
ouently. the reader who desired copious
draught of Aristotle rather than of COM
mentary woulc be seriously inconvenience
ed, having but small part OF SEN
tence on the page before him. for fire.
quently the comments on a single line
occupy more than single page. But Ahis
arrangement is at least more convenient
than that of Stewards commentary of
l.0i2 pages on the Ethics. which fur
nishes no text of its own. but refers the
reader TO Bywaters edition. The Poll
tics should be read by many more than
have the leisure 20 study such cosn-
mentary and such essays as Newmans.
but this edition viii be OF high value rot
only to those who take IL all in course.
but perhaps especially 70 those who
desire TO consult It occasionally The
reviewer has read about five hundred
RACES % the commentary. and pronounc-
es il anything but dull and heavy reading.
The editor, like Aristotle himself. draws
Illustrations from all quarters. including
the modern as well as the ancient world
Frequent references are made TO Bryces
'Ame-ien Commonwealth. Bare refer
ences to authorities are not so frequent
as fun quotations. and the commentary
VIII be useful 10 the student OF political
science. who with a limited knowledge
of Greek. is using Joxetts or WeIldon's
translation. but desires a commentary
The characteristics of the FIST two vol
un1es are maintained. The work is learn
ed and accurate. and furnishes the most
cornuie;e apparatus for the study % the
Politics which Is likely 70 bs published
within the lifetime Of scholars II todsy.
Perhaps some may feel a certain tack
OF perspective. IN the similar treatment
Of rrore familiar and less familiar aazt-
tiers. but COR such work this has IS
advantages That nothing Should be
oxerioosed. and that The editor should
a gree with the retriever n the later
probation Of al Sosbtfui pzssages. could
not - expected-
An intervening Appendix " Reniois-
cences CT Passages n the writings -
Plato could be exsndes. u doez not
include the reusafk - rs b =. fhs; the
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art 70 be the coaziserarIca how % stan
acquire peTer ovc~ men, vAetAer ;hsT
desire Il Or zss ThEs + 4 dsszises aii1~ion
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this 20 ~ Incompatible wfsh the arr az
ruling The Arfstcteska'e Szsezgs AIS
y she szteryreszfinr e the Fztossc se7-
reac< ard. O. ;h~ offspr hzat. czre<si
corz1<r.zoz az the plztss&o s<zs<z1D