...easy in idiom. Robinson Crusoe was, therefore, selected on account of its vivid interest, and because it includes a far greater variety of vocabulary than can be obtained from any of the received classics of the same length. Professor Newman's experience as a translator of Defoe is...

..."Hiawatha,'*and Latin verse translations of many small pieces of English poetry. * * * This ' Robinson Crusoe' I thought I could make very interesting, and...our received classics of the same length. * * * I wish here to renew my protest that no accuracy of reading small portions of Latin will ever be so effective...