Neville K.P.R., Jolliffe R.O., Dale E.A., Breslove D. A Book of Latin Poetry

Toronto: the Macmillan Company of Canada Limited. At St. Martin's House, 1946.The Introduction deals with Literary History, with Mythology and with Prosody. The first part gives a brief introduction to the history of Latin poetry of the Republican and Augustan periods, and a biographical account of the authors whose work is represented in this volume. The second part deals wit h the best-known myths of the Greeks and Romans, and is designed to supply such a background of knowledge as will render the allusions in which Latin poetry is so rich a source of interest rather than of bewilderment. The third part gives an account of all the metres exemplified in the verse to be read, and in the specimens of scansion given seeks to deal wit h the difficulties that confront the novice.