The Literary World Volume 57 (Paperback, Annotated edition)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 Excerpt: ...hypocritical. He aims at a generous justice, and, to our thinking, he hits the mark Though we cannot regard the whole of Mr. Tovey's book with equal pleasure, w- can truthfully say that three-quarters of it are conspicuous for careful composition fc thoujhtfulness in plant. gsrats Aurelius Antoninus to Himself: An Stilish Translation, with Introductory Study f- Stoicism and the Last of the Stoici. By Otrald H. Rendall, M.A., Litt.D. (Macmillan ad Co., Ltd. 6s ) That the Meditations of the great Roman Scale should lie buried for nine centuries in tbsolnte oblivion, then see the light by L:: ident, to become finally the rage in ninetieth century drawing-rooms and literary circles, ia one of those curiosities of fortune, sad illustrations of the general vanity of things, on which the imperial philosopher, eoald he have foreseen it, would assuredly fcave had something piquant to say. Marcus Anrelius is clearly coming into fashion. Ee is the much quoted of fin de siecle corelista and essayists. He is being translated, annotated, and commented on with growing assiduity. The present work has doubtless been dictated by the sense of a growing demand, and will assuredly pronote Btill further the vogue of its subject. For in this volume the dish of imperial philosophy has been served up for the.English table by an entirely competent chef. Dr. Rendall is to be congratulated on a piece of work which is at once scholarly and popular. There is a certain courtly sense of the fitness of things in the arrangement of his matter. He does not rush the public unawares and sans facon into the imperial presence, but prepares discreetly for the interview. His ceremony of introduction takes the form of a lengthy and able analysis of the E mperor's character and mental attitu...