 He notes the German translations of the "Iliad" and "Odyssey" into hexameters by Johann Heinrich Voss.He quotes English hexameter translations of short Homeric passages by himself and by E. C. Hawtrey and also surveys original English hexameter poetry, including

Arnold reserved much space for the criticism of the recently published translation of the "Iliad" into a ballad-like metre by F. W. Newman.Newman took offence at Arnold's public criticism of his translation, and published a reply, "Homeric Translation in Theory and Practice".