In conclusion, it may be said that Hoffmann’s version marks an advance in one way only, readableness; and in this it is hardly superior to Heyne’s rendering, which has the advantage of scholarship.

[1.] See supra, [p. 59].

[2.] See supra, [p. 68].

[3.] See supra, [p. 63].

[4.] See supra, [p. 56].

[5.] See [p. 79].

[6.] See [p. 45].

[ MORRIS AND WYATT’S TRANSLATION]

Colophon: Here endeth the story of Beowulf done out of the old English tongue by William Morris and A. J. Wyatt, and printed by said William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, Uppermall, Hammersmith, in the county of Middlesex, and finished on the tenth day of January, 1895. Large 4o, pp. vi, 119.