ILLUSTRATIONS
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Marcia wove her basket, putting a band of red around the curve Frontispiece
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Other flocks of sheep and other men with oxen were hurrying to shelter 12
The patriarch looked at the fire on the altar 21
All the young voices took up the song 33
The people gathered in the public square 45
Whoever they were, it was proper at this time to offer food to strangers 59
“I have seen something like this before,” he said 72
The lad went straight down the mountainside with his wolf at his heels 79
The little maidens walked soberly together 96
The little creatures inside the basket were not cubs or lambs 103
“Victory! Vic-to-ry! Romulus forever!” 132
Then they blessed him and crowned him with the victor’s crown of laurel 139
A plan of Rome in classical times, showing the seven hills 144
The copper plow was drawn by a white bull and a white cow 147
They sat together that night and watched the moon sail grandly over the flood 161
Mamurius lifted her in his strong arms and carried her through the door 170
Toto spread out his gay cloth upon the ground 178
There was a gleam of bright metal in the hole they were digging 203
Emilia was allowed to sit with them and spin and sew 216
His mother molded for him men and animals 235
Far away, in a cavern on a mountain height, there lived for many years an old shepherd 259
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