By
Gilbert Murray, M.A.
Professor of Greek in the University of Glasgow; sometime
Fellow of New College, Oxford
Large Crown 8vo, cloth extra, [6]s.
The Times.—“A sketch to which the much-abused word 'brilliant’ may be justly applied. Dealing in 400 pages with a subject which is both immense and well worn, Mr. Murray presents us with a treatment at once comprehensive, penetrating, and fresh. By dint of a clear, freely-moving intelligence, and by dint also of a style at once compact and lucid, he has produced a book which fairly represents the best conclusions of modern scholarship.”
The Athenæum.—“The book is brilliant and stimulating; while its freshness of treatment and recognition of the latest German research amply justify its existence. Professor Murray has made these old Greek bones live.”
The Saturday Review.—“Mr. Gosse’s introduction to this new series, the list of his collaborators, his own wide knowledge and delicate taste, and, finally, the manner in which his first volume is executed, all assure us that whatever high hopes he may raise, we need have no fear of their ample fulfilment. Mr. Murray’s style is vigorous, and, above all, he has the gift of sympathy for the Greek spirit. He is distinguished alike for fascination and thoroughness: he commands both our confidence and our admiration.”
The Morning Post.—“Professor Murray is exceptionally qualified to deal with the difficult and important subject of that Greek Literature, which he has made a life-long study. His gifts of imaginative sympathy with ancient Greece, and his exact knowledge of her literature, are distinctly evidenced in this volume. In dealing with the tragic poets, with Herodotus, Demosthenes, and the lyric poets, Professor Murray has brought to notice much that will prove new even to the scholar, and more that will be of interest to the general reader.”
The Scotsman.—“The book speaks well for the attractions of its own subject, and promises well for the series in which it appears.”