166 THEOGNIS IN EXILE

which are not hard to gather up. The result is, not that his maxims are less notable, but that we realise the life and character of him who moulded them into verse verse which is often elegant in expression, and always marked by a genuine and forcible subjectivity. The task of tracing this life in his works has been rendered easier to the author of the foregoing pages by ' the ingenious and skilful labours of Mr Frere. END OF HES10D AND THEOGNIS. PRINTED BY WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS, EDINBURGH.