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NEGRIS' HERODOTUS.
(SCHOOL EDITION, WITH ENGLISH NOTES.)

THE HISTORY OF HERODOTUS OF HALICARNASSUS, IN NINE Books;
WITH PROLEGOMENA, NOTES AND EMENDATIONS.

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CRITICAL NOTICES.

"THIS new edition of the Father of History-by a Greek-is very neatly printed, and also EXCEEDINGLY CORRECT."-Quarterly Journal of Education, No. 13. "Mr. Negris is a Greek; a nephew, by the mother's side, of Prince Ypsilanti, and by the father's, of Alexander de Negris, a Russian Councillor of State, who conducted the celebrated embassy to Bokhara in 1820. Mr. Negris, after receiving his education in Greece, completed his studies in the Universities of Germany, and subsequently visited the different States of Europe and America. Since 1829 he has been resident in Edinburgh, which he is now leaving to return to the land of his birth. Mr. Negris is well known to scholars. He published an interesting collection of Modern Greek Proverbs, and this edition of the Father of History does credit to his taste and erudition. Mr. Negris has not collated any new manuscripts, but he has paid great attention to the readings of the old. He has examined, in dubious passages, the relative value and authority of the different readings; he has brought the spirit of the philosopher, as well as the learning of the grammarian, to his task; and has, in a very modest and unassuming manner, done much service to he author whom he has published. If we do not always agree with him, we always respect him; and even after the labours of Valesius, Wesseling, and Schweighauser, Mr. Negris has found much to observe, and somewhat to correct.

"The volumes are neatly and accurately printed, and will be gratefully received." Gentleman's Magazine, New Series, No. 4.

"This edition of our favourite Historian, possesses peculiar claims on our attention. It is the production of Mr. Negris, a native Greek of high birth, and of higher literary reputation, which the present work is likely to increase. No labour has been spared to secure an accurate text; the Notes are brief, pithy, and to the purpose. We trust that a work so valuable in substance, and convenient in form, will be introduced into all our public schools.”Athenæum, No. 312.

"The first object to which the attention of an editor of an ancient classic ought to be directed, is the establishment of a pure text, in as far as existing materials afford the means of accomplishing that object. On this part of his task, Mr. Negris has bestowed the utmost care. He has examined with great diligence, and with a critical eye, the various manuscript readings, as they are to be found in the principal editions of his author, and in the recension of the text, has freely exercised his own judgment, and has not scrupled occasionally to call in question the critical decisions of the most eminent classical authorities. In disputed passages, he has for the most part adhered rigorously to the readings supported by the best manuscripts; and has had recourse to conjecture only in the most desperate cases. He frequently defends the common text with great ingenuity, and, we think, success, and extracts a meaning from it different from what it had previously been thought to bear. In those cases where he has been seen fit to depart from the ordinary text, he has been

careful to state the grounds of his decision, and has thus furnished the student with the means of judging of the necessity or propriety of the change. The present edition must, therefore, be considered as presenting a new recension o the text of Herodotus, and not as a mere reprint of any existing impression. We may add, what we regard as one of its principal recommendations, that the printing of the book has been superintended with extraordinary care; to such a degree, indeed, that we verily believe Negris' Herodotus, in as far as typographical accuracy is concerned, may lay claim to the title of an EDITIO IMMACULATA.

"To each volume is annexed about fifty pages of Notes. They are necessarily brief, but in our opinion extremely valuable. They are devoted partly to an examination of the various readings, and a defence of the alterations made in the text; and partly to historical, geographical, and grammatical illustrations. To a student of Herodotus, these Notes, notwithstanding their unpretending form, cannot fail to be of the most essential use. They will serve as an introduction to the critical study of the author, and will teach him the most important of all lessons to a classical student-namely, to seek for the explanation of Herodotus in Herod tus himself We may express a confident hope, that from the extreme accuracy of the text, the value of the notes, and the convenient and handsome form in which the present edition appears, it will speedily become a standard book in our CLASSICAL SEMINARIES. We must not omit to mention that the Notes are printed in two languages Modern Greek and English; the copies containing the latter being of course intended for the use of students in this country; and those containing the former will, we trust, speedily find their way into Greece.-Scotsman.

"Mr. Negris, another Henry Stephens for his knowledge of Greek, and his enthusiastic admiration of Herodotus, has given a new edition of the great work of his countryman. Of Negris' qualifications for executing this difficult task, no one who knows the man, or his former labours in the field of Greek literature, can have any doubt. This edition, we may venture to say it, is as nearly immaculate as the infirmity of the human nature of even the most acute of mankind, and the frailty of human types, and inhumane printers, will permit any work of the kind to be. Ten or twelve proofs of every sheet were required before the exact eye and mind of the accomplished editor could be satisfied.

In the notes he has adopted the most satisfactory of all modes of interpretation, namely, that of making Herodotus explain Herodotus. In fine, the beauty of the work recommends it as an ornament to a library; and its convenient size and cheapness, as an excellent book for SCHOOLS."-Edinburgh Observer.

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"There was scarcely any thing more wanted than a good edition of Herodotus correct and cheap, elegantly printed, and superintended by a scholar whose knowledge qualified him to do justice to his author. Now, in this respect, it would be difficult to name any book to be compared with the Herodotus at present before "The publisher appears to have been peculiarly fortunate in his choice of an editor. Mr. Negris is not only a native of Greece, and an enthusiastic admirer of the great luminaries of his nation, but he is himself a scholar of a very acute understanding, and of indefatigable labour. The pains which he has bestowed upon the work must have been immense.- -But Mr. Negris has not contented himself with a mere reprint of any one preceding edition; he has examined all of them that are in any respect celebrated, and, from the various manuscript readings which they present, has selected those which are supported by the best authorities, or which seem most agreeable to the scope and intention of the author. Sometimes he suc cessfully defends the received text, where others had thought it corrupt; at others, he introduces conjectures of his own, but never without stating the grounds on which they rest, that thus every one may judge for himself of their soundness. In a word, whatever a judicious editor ought to do for his author, Mr. Negris seems to have done for Herodotus; and we doubt not that his work will soon become a standard, which future scholars will often appeal to. We cannot conclude without adverting to the cheapness of the work, and the handsome manner in which it is got up. AL ther, it is deserving of every encouragement. There is no library, however nt, that need be ashamed of it; but it is particularly adapted for being introwento Schools and Colleges. Into them, we doubt not, it will ere long make its

ou will be found in the hands of all those who wish to make themselves ders of the elegant language in which it is written."-Edinburgh Evening Post.