Tile Historian of Greece, when closing his great narrative in the yeti 1856, promised to follow out in a separate work that speculative movement of the fourth century flock. Which upheld the snprellHlcy of the Hellenic intellect long after the decline of Hellenic Ii Lely"s . He had tracer the Leg innings of the movement in the f"molls chapter on Shoats, hut to do justice to its chief heroes-Plato :lolled A ristotle-provcd to be impossible witling the limits of the Pistol"s. ,Yell, however} the promised work appeared, after nine laborious year!:;, it was found to compass only Plato all the other immediate companions of Socrates, laying a full hall" of the appointed task unperformed. M l". Grote had already passels his 70th year, but saw in this only a. reason for turning) without a moment"s panes, to the arduous Jahol1i" still before Lim. Thenceforth, in spite of failing strength and the increaiug distr:1ction of public Lansing.