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Klappentext A valuable source for the work of a Victorian scholar who has made a lasting contribution to modern Latin studies. Zusammenfassung This work, published posthumously in 1895, is a collection of the essays on Latin literature and scholarship of Henry Nettleship (1839–1893) not included in his 1885 collection. It is a valuable source for the life and work of a scholar who has made a lasting contribution to Latin studies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Memoir M. Nettleship; 1. Johan Nicolai Madvig; 2. The original form of the Roman satura; 3. Literary criticism in Latin antiquity; 4. The historical development of classical Latin prose; 5. Life and poems of Juvenal; 6. The study of Latin grammar among the Romans in the first century A.D.; 7. On the present relations between classical research and classical education in England; 8. The moral influence of literature; 9. Classical education in the past and at present; 10. Authority in the sphere of conduct and intellect; 11. The relations between natural science and literature; Bibliography; Index.