Calendar: 1880-1881 Page 613

GENERAL LITERATURE AND SCIENCE 613 the ridicule he was exposed to for rejecting kingly power he lias described it in the following verses Nor wisdom's palm nor deep-laid policy Can Solon boast For when its noblest blessings Heaven pour'd into his lap he spurn'd them from him Where was his sense and spirit when enclosed He found the choicest prey nor deign'd to draw it Who to command fair Athens but one day Would not himself with all his race have fallen Contented on the morrow -Caritus ginnala Translate Pars mnlto maxima imminentes dominos varus rumoribus differebant trucem Agrippam et ignominia accensum non aetate neque rerum experientia tantse moli parem Tiberium Neronem maturum annis spectatum bello sed vetere atque insita Claud iae familiae superbia multaque indicia sa3vitise quanquam preniantur erumpere Hunc et prima ab infanti eductum in domo regnatrice congestos juveni consulatus triumphos ne iis quidem annis quibus Rhodi specie secessus exulem egerit aliquid quam iram et simulationem et secretas lubidines meditatum Accedere matrem muliebri impotentia serviendum feminae duobusque insuper adolescentibus qui rem publicam interim preinant quandoque distrahant From what other writers do we draw our knowledge of Tiberius Do they give any support to Napoleon's opinion that Tacitus did not do him justice Translate At apud prudentes vita ejus varie extollebatur argueba- turve Hi pietate erga parentem et necessitudine rei publicse in qua nullus tunc legibus locus ad arma civilia actum quse neque parari possent neque haberi per bonas artes Multa Antonio dum interfectores patris ulcisceretur multa Lepido concessisse Postquam hie socordia senuerit ille per libi- dines pessum datus sit non aliud discordantis patrise reme- dium fuisse quam ut ab una regeretur Non regno tanien