Having entered fully in another aplace into the general nature of Grecian philosophy, and more particularly the cha racter of Socrates, we shall not add to the size of a volume already sufficiently large by going over ground already trod den, but content ourselves with throwing together such few remarks, as may serve to explain under what feelings and with what conceptions a great part of the notes appended to this play has been framed, and also shew under what points ofview the drama itself may be most safely proposed to the considera tion of younger minds.