Tba  neital  ef  tba  battle  of  Lenetn  ia  not  given  with
•ufficieiit  devetopnent,  and  it  ia  evident  that  Xeno-
pb6a  rehtea  with  regret  the  victory  of  Epaminondaa
over  hia  adopted  country.  Xenoahon  does  not  imitate
m  Uiia  pcodvetion  tbe  manner  oi  Thucydides.  That
of  Heradotua  accorded  better  with  his  general  char*
aeter  aa  a  writer,  and  had  more  analogy  to  the  style
of  eloquence  that  marked  Um.  school  of  laocrstos,
of  which  Xenof^KMD  bad  been  a  disciple.— S.  'AviiSo-
atfC'Tbe  E^dititm.  into  I/jvper  Aeia"),  otherwise
called  "the  Retreat  of  the  Tea  Thousand."  Xeno-
phon,  aa  baa  already  been  remarked,  bore  a  la^  share
ID  tbi*  glorious  expedition.  Hia  narrative,  -  written
with  great  clearneaa  and  singular  owdeaty,  fornu  one
of  the  moat  intereating  works  heqtiesthed  to  as  by  an-
liqaity.~-S.  niuSeia  ('*  Tkt  BJueaHm  •/  Cy-

nui").  Tbia  work  not  only  gives  a  view  of  the  aarii^
years  of  Cjiroa  Uie  Great,  but  also  of  hia  whole  life,
and  of  the  laws,  institutions,  snd  government  emjdoy-
od  by  him  at  heme  and  abroad,  in  peace  and  in  wa^.
