One vol. 8vo, price Six Shillings. HOMER AND ENGLISH METRE. AN ESSAY ON THE TRANSLATING OF THE ILIAD AND ODYSSEY, With a literal rendering in the Spenserian Stanza LONDON: BELL AND DALDY. "Some years ago Mr. Barter published a translation of the Iliad' in the Spenserian stanza; and having completed the Odyssey' in manuscript in the same metre, he has recently printed the first book, with a powerfully written introductory essay On the Translating of the Iliad and Odyssey.' "The translation of Mr. Barter is literal, and he has facilitated his task of finding the triple rhymes by incorporating in his work many old but good words, out of date, or rarely used since the time of Chaucer. Such archaisms added an irresistible charm to the Spenserian poems of Thomson and Byron, and, in addition to their authority, Mr. Barter may plead the Horatian • multa renascentur quæ jam cecidere,' for the restoration of such words as withouten, dight, rede, y-blent, &c. Such expressions, moreover, sparingly introduced as they have been by Mr. Barter, throw an antique air over his translation well suited to the venerable father of epic poetry. "Of his metrical criticism the following masterly example will be welcome to most readers of the Iliad.' It relates to two or three lines of wonderful beauty in the opening of the Iliad.'" See page 13 of the work. "The general merits of Mr. Barter's specimens of his translation are sufficient to render the publication of the remainder desirable. The author has brought to his task many of the qualifications necessary to its adequate execution. His excellent preliminary dissertations, and the body of notes which he has subjoined to the Iliad' and the first book of the Odyssey' manifest a wide extent of classical erudition, a thorough command of the resources of the English language, and a full appreciation, not only of the merits of his great original, but of the magnitude and requirements of the work which its translator has to accomplish."-Morning Post. "As the views propounded by the author are original and accurate, we will lay before the reader some of their features. "In the preface to the Iliad' will be found some very pertinent remarks on the distinction between the real and the artificial epic. "The specimens of translation given are both spirited and faithful."- The Sun. The book before us is one of the best we have seen for a long time. Mr. Barter explains his principles first in an Essay on The Translating of Homer.' With much that he says we agree. 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