The book notorious for its gratuitous and terminological-inexactitude-full attack on the Cambridge Latin Course has, it seems come out in America under the title Carpe Diem and, I understand, with the offensive chapter removed. Harry Mount or his lawyers have seen sense, then. They are clearly hoping to catch the US Christmas present market this year as they did the UK market last year.

There's a review from the Philadelphia Inquirer here.

The American Spectator carries an article by Mount, beginning:

Latin Lovers in America
By Harry Mount
Published 11/6/2007 12:08:02 AM

And is it true? Are the long-held dreams of a thousand bachelor teachers, their shoulders sprinkled with dandruff and chalk-dust, coming to life? Is the great Latin revival happening? After half a century of decline, when the teaching of Latin retreated to a few small brave frontier outposts -- American prep schools, British public schools and the Vatican -- is it back?

The answer is -- yes...a bit.

Read on...

Thanks to Explorator for the link.