book is clearly and conveniently arranged.

The inscriptions are naturally divided accord- ing to the places to which they belong. Under each head are given illustrations sufficient to show the characteristics of the writing, one copy in letters of the original form (sometimes a facsimile) being followed by another in the usual cursive. References, which must have cost great labour, are given to the scattered
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notices bearing on each document. Explana- tory remarks either accompany the text or are added in an appendix. ‘To the whole is pre- fixed a sketch of the history of the alphabet up to the terminal date. At the end the result is resumed in general tables of all the alphabets, classified according to their connexions; anda separate table illustrates the alphabet of Athens. The volume contains about five hundred in- scriptions, and forms a moderate octavo of about four hundred pages.” —Saturday Review.
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