Lastly, in the Geographical
portion of the work, and which will probably be found the most important
one, very few omissions will be discovered of names occurring in the chief
classical writers. This brief sketch of the contents of this _New Classical
Dictionary_ will satisfy our readers that Dr. Smith has produced a volume,
not only of immense value to those who are entering upon their classical
studies, but one which will be found a most useful handbook to the scholar
and the more advanced student.
_The Greek Church, A Sketch_, is the last of the Shilling Series in which
Mr. Appleyard has described {486} the different sections of Christendom,
with a view to their ultimate reunion. Like its predecessors, the volume is
amiable and interesting, but being historical rather than doctrinal, is
scarcely calculated to give the uninformed reader a very precise view of
the creed of the Greek Church. It may serve, however, to assure us that the
acrimony of religious discussion and the mutual jealousy of Church and
State, which disquiets so many minds at present, was more than matched in
the days of Constantine and Athanasius.
The last part of the _Transactions of the Academy of Sciences_ of Berlin
contains two papers by Jacob Grimm, which will doubtless be perused with
great interest in this country.
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