The Journal of Philology

Founded in 1868 by the Cambridge scholars John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor (1825–1910), William George Clark (1821–78), and William Aldis Wright (1831–1914), this biannual journal was a successor to The Journal of Classical and Sacred Philology (also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection). Unlike its short-lived precursor, it survived for more than half a century, until 1920, spanning the period in which specialised academic journals developed from more general literary reviews. Predominantly classical in subject matter, with contributions from such scholars as J. P. Postgate, Robinson Ellis and A. E. Housman, the journal also contains articles on historical and literary themes across the 35 volumes, illuminating the growth and scope of philology as a discipline during this period. Volume 30, comprising issues 59 and 60, was published in 1907.

The British Museum papyrus of Isocrates 'Peri Eirenes'; Some emendations of Propertius; Elision in hendecasyllables; The alphabet of Ben Sira; Conjectural emendations in the Silvae of Statius; The MSS of the Verrines; Corruption of the text of Seneca; Stoica frustula; Aristophanes, Acharnians 1093 and 1095; On an oracle in Procopius De bello Gothico I, 7; Corrections and explanations of Martial; A note on the history of the Latin hexameter; On some non-metrical arguments bearing on the date of the Ciris; Emendations and explanations.

Founded in 1868 by Cambridge scholars John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor (1825-1910), William George Clark (1821-78), and William Aldis Wright (1831-1914), this biannual journal survived until 1920, spanning the period in which modern academic journals developed. These 35 volumes illuminate the growth and scope of classical philology.