union of rich and vivid detail in his work gives it a sense of epic fullness that is almost lacking in Wace, a large number of his additions being of a characteristically epic sort. Many of the most valuable elements in his work come from the Germanic side. He appears to have profited both by English environment and by English literary inheritance. One of the most important differences between the two men lies in their attitude towards imaginative probability. The French writer attempts to keep the pose of critical historian. The English poet almost completely abandons this attitude and interests himself chiefly in writing his narrative according to the dictates of imaginative truth. By so doing he takes a long step in the direction of pure fiction, and shows himself a foreshadower both of the manner of the historical novel, and of art methods for the treatment of the supernatural. Unfortunately his influence on later works was not great. His nationality, his language, his meter were against him. His development of many elements was out of accord with the prevailing conceptions current at the time, so that to his contemporaries he must have appeared decidedly antiquated. Today, oddly enough, he appears far more modern than Wace. In his methods of presenting his material he is decidedly superior to the latter. Even in comparison with works of far greater excellence than the French Brut he displays narrative power of a high rank. ol. 2. 1. Some Textual Criticisms on the Eighth Book of the De Vita Caesarum .30 2. Cicero's Knowledge of Lucretius's Poem, by William A. Merrill. Pp. .10 3. The Conspiracy at Rome in 66-65 B. C., by H. C. Nucting. January, .10 4. On the Contracted Genitive in I in Latin, by William A. Merrill. Pp. .25 1 5. Epaphos and the Egyptian Apis, by Ivan M. Linforth. Pp. 81-92. .10 6. Studies in the Text of Lucretius, by William A. Merrill. Pp. 93-149. .50 7. The Separation of the Attributive Adjective from its Substantive in .15 .15 9. Notes on the Text of the Corpus Tibullianum, by Monroe E. Deutsch. .50 10. The Archetype of Lucretius, by William A. Merrill. Pp. 227-235. .10 11. Corruption in the Manuscripts of Lucretius, by William A. Merrill. .15 12. Proposed Emendations of Lucretius, by William A. Merrill. Pp. 255- .05 13. Greek and Latin Glyconies, by Leon Josiah Richardson. Pp. 257-265. .10 14. The Plot to Murder Caesar on the Bridge, by Monroe E. Deutsch. Pp. .10 15. Greek Acting in the Fifth Century, by James Turney Allen. Pp. 279- .10 16. On Terence, Adelphoe 511-516, by Clinton C. Conrad. Pp. 291-303. .15 Index, pp. 305-312. Vol. 3. 1. Criticism of the Text of Lucretius with Suggestions for its Improve- 1916 2. Criticism of the Text of Lucretius with Suggestions for its Improvement, .45 .85 |