Complete Works of Euclid, Vol. 6 (Optics, Catoptrics, etc.)

Hellenic Culture. Presented by Fritz Baumgarten, Franz Poland, Richard Wagner. 2nd edition. With 7 colored plates, 2 maps, and nearly 400 illustrations in the text and on 2 double? plates. [X and 491 pp.] large 8vo. 1907. sewn ℳ 10.—, bound in cloth ℳ 12.—

This work is intended to satisfy the need for a comprehensive presentation of Greek culture, which, by incorporating significant points of Roman culture into the scope of the presentation as? it currently exists, aims to fulfill this requirement. The authors, who are in the midst of practical teaching duties, have considered it their task to present the confirmed results of recent research in a form that is comprehensible and readable for any educated person, with special consideration for the needs and results of instruction in the upper classes of secondary schools. The written word is supplemented and explained by a rich array of illustrations, which could be omitted all the less since it is precisely the cultural life of antiquity that is illustrated for us through its monuments.

"A book that, without boasting of polymathy, testifies to the scientific depth of the authors. Everywhere, even in the treatment of art, reference is made back to the destinies and political circumstances that act as driving forces; the presentation is usually concise, yet rich in content, understandable, and pleasing. Thus, the brief overview of language and religion in the introduction clears the path, and likewise, the treatment of art is nowhere merely a formal language; rather, it becomes truly alive for the reader because it allows the connections to be felt, and points to them vividly through well-chosen examples. Alongside the external history of art, the development of style is also given full due. Religious life, especially in Athens, is presented clearly and internally understandably in all its moments of movement. Comparisons with modern conditions underpin the understanding. The description of intellectual life highlights the powerful figures of thinkers in particular, but does not content itself with mere facts and names. Judging by samples, the work can certainly serve as a summary for the transferred part, which also allows the reader—even one drawn from Greek literature—to participate in the understanding of the significance of this intellectual world." (Lehrproben und Lehrgänge.)

Character Portraits from Ancient Literature. By Prof. Dr. Ed. Schwartz. Five lectures. 1. Hesiod and Pindar; 2. Thucydides and Euripides; 3. Socrates and Plato; 4. Polybius and Poseidonius; 5. Cicero. 2nd edition. [VI and 125 pp.] large 8vo. 1905. sewn ℳ 2.—, bound in cloth ℳ 2.60.

"The lectures stem less from entirely reoriented research; they are more of great charm and most perfect intellectual liberating effect, historically-psychologically, based on local unities of experience, by virtue of an inner deepening of interpretation such as, for example, Burckhardt possessed. The author, in order to give the gravity? to his conscience in this way, has attempted in m. W.? not to be reached again, and the thought-heavy power of his language is at the same time so free, so bold, and yet simple, that whoever wishes to read it for the sake of the serious beauty of antiquity and the depth of remembrance, deserves higher admiration ..."
(Litterarische Rundschau über das Wiener Literaturblatt.)?

History of the Hellenistic Age. By Julius Kaerst. Vol. I: The Foundation of Hellenism. [X and 433 pp.] large 8vo. 1901. sewn ℳ 12.—, bound in half-French ℳ 14.—

"Kaerst avoids no difficulty; he has constantly weighed the possibilities when making decisions. That his work is completely elaborated? and stands far outside, his maximum. In him, a dangerous rival for all debaters; everyone immediately feels, when how it should not be, with the clarity with which Kaerst approached this task in order to withstand the force of opinions there. The judgment of a work that seems entirely newly designed must not be superficial, but this history of Alexander certainly deserves the highest attention that he has earned for himself in research and presentation regarding form and content. ..." (Neue Heidelberger Jahrbücher.)?