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The crusades

INDEX.

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Abbasside caliphs of Bagdad, 15

Abelard, 88

Abubekr, 13

Acre, siege of, 127;

surrender of, 133

Adela, daughter of William the Conqueror, 80

Adelais, 120

Adhemar, bishop of Puy, 44, 58, 69, 70

Albigensians, crusades against the, 222

Alexander II., pope, 2, 21

Alexandria, surrender of, to Almeric, 100

Alexios, brother of Isaac Angelus, 153, 159

Alexios emperor of the East, 17, 24, 51;

extorts the homage of the crusaders, 53;

his conduct to the crusaders, 54;

fails to aid them, 71;

benefited by the crusaders, 81;

death of, 83

Alexios, son of Isaac Angelus, 153, 156, 161

Alexios Strategopoulos, 180

Alfonso, king of Gallicia, 38

Almeric, king of Jerusalem, 98

Almeric of Lusignan, king of Cyprus and titular king of Jerusalem, 144, 183

Amalfi, merchants of, 18

Andrew, king of Hungary, 176, 186

Anna Comnena, 50, 54

Antioch, siege of, 60;

betrayed to Bohemond, 65;

fall of, 69

Arnold, chaplain of Bohemond, 68, 73

Arnold of Amaury, 221

Arthur of Brittany, 129

Artois, count of, 210

Ascalon, Battle of, 77;

fall of, 98

Assize of Jerusalem, 78, 170

Augustine, St., 8

Austria, Leopold, duke of, 133

Azan the Bulgarian, 179

Azotus, battle of, 132

Baghasian, 60, 63, 65

Baldwin I., brother of Godfrey of Bouillon, 43, 59

Baldwin II., emperor of the East, 175

Baldwin II., king of Jerusalem, 84

Baldwin III., king of Jerusalem, 85

Baldwin IV., king of Jerusalem, 104

Baldwin V., king of Jerusalem, 104

Baldwin du Bourg, 84

Baldwin, lord of Edessa, 59;

king of Jerusalem, 80, 84

Baldwin of Flanders, emperor of the East, 163, 173

Baldwin of Hainault, 70

Barbarossa [Frederick I.]

Bela, king of Hungary, 121

Berengaria, 129, 130

Bernard, patriarch of Antioch, 70

Bernard, St., 86 et seq.

Bertrand of Toulouse, 81

Blanche of Castile, 203, 223

Blondel, 138

Bodin, 53

Bohemond, son of Robert Guiscard, 23, 45, 52, 81

Boniface, marquis of Montferrat, 152, 172, 175

Bouvines, battle of, 189

Brienne, constable of Apulia, 23

Brienne, John of, 184, 199

Bulgarians, 173

Calo John, 173, 175

Charles of Anjou, 217

Charles the Great, 21

Chivalry, cause and effect of, 46

Chosroes [Khosru]

Christianity, the, of the first century, 3;

influence of paganism upon, 5;

modified by the Roman imperial tradition, 20

Cid, the, 38

Clement IV., pope, 215

Clement V., pope, 220

Cogni [Iconium]

Conrad, bishop of Hildesheim, 142

Conrad, emperor of Germany, 90, 92, 142

Conrad of Tyre, 110, 127, 134

Constantia, heiress of Sicily, 125, 128

Constantine, church of, at Jerusalem, 8

Constantinople, first siege of, by the Latins, 158;

second siege and conquest of, 162;

Latin emperors of, 168;

Baldwin I., 163, 174;

Henry, brother of Baldwin, 175;

Peter of Courtenay, 176;

Robert, 177;

John of Brienne, 178;

Baldwin II., 179;

Latin empire of, 168;

recovery of, by the Greeks, 181

Coradin, sultan of Syria, 186

Council of Clermont, 29

Council of Lyons, 217

Council of Nice, 17

Council of Piacenza, 24

Councils of Lateran, 116, 185

Courtenay, Joceline of, 84, 97

Courtenay, Peter of, 176, 177

Courtesy, 48

Courts of Love, 95

Cross, discovery of the true, 7;

recovery of, 12

Crusaders, numbers of the, 56;

ferocity of the, 75

Crusades, causes tending to, 1 et seq.;

financial effects of, 34;

effects of, on the power of the pope and the clergy, 35;

on the feudal system, 36;

not national enterprises, 37;

against the Albigensians, 222;

the Children’s, 222;

indirect results of the, 224

Daimbert, patriarch of Jerusalem, 78

Damascus, siege of, 95

Damietta, 116, 186, 209

Dandolo, Henry, doge of Venice, 163, 168, 172

Dargham, 98

David [Kilidje Arslan]

Demetrius, lord of Thessalonica, 178

Dorylaion, battle of, 58

Durazzo, 23, 81, 173

Edessa, conquest of, by Baldwin, 59;

by Zenghis, 85

Edward I., of England, 216, 217, 218, 219

Eleanor of Poitou, wife of Louis VII., 88, 92, 95;

marries Henry of Normandy, afterwards Henry II. of England, 95;

writes to Cælestine III., 138

Eleanor, wife of Edward I., 216

Emico, count of Leiningen, 40

Engelbert of Tournay, 74

Eugenius III., pope, 89

Eustace, count of Boulogne, 43

Fatimite sultans of Egypt, 14, 62, 98, 99, 102

Ferentino, treaty of, 190

Frederick I., Barbarossa, 124, 125

Frederick II., grandson of Barbarossa, 183 et seq., 207, 222

Fulk of Anjou, king of Jerusalem, 85, 117

Fulk of Marseilles, 221

Fulk of Neuilly, 148

Genghis Khan, 201

Geoffrey, archbishop of York, 120

Geoffrey of Villehardouin, 150, 172, 175

Gerold, patriarch of Jerusalem, 198

Godfrey of Bouillon, 43, 49, 66, 72;

baron and defender of the Holy Sepulchre, 77;

reign and death of, 80

Gotschalk, the monk, 40

Greeks and Latins, antagonism between, 56, 168, 180

Gregory I., the Great, 10, 20

Gregory VII., pope [Hildebrand]

Gregory VIII., pope, 118

Gregory IX., pope, 191, 193, 200

Gregory X., pope, 217

Guelf, duke of Bavaria, 39

Guibert, abbot, 33

Guido, abbot of Vaux Cernay, 155

Guiscard, Robert, 24

Guy of Lusignan, king of Jerusalem, 104;

of Cyprus, 134

Hakem, 15

Harun-al-Reschid, 25

Helena, church of, at Bethlehem, 8

Henry II., king of Cyprus, 218

Henry II. of England, 117, 119, 120, 121

Henry IV., emperor, 25, 43

Henry V. of England, 219

Henry VI., emperor, 134, 138, 139, 140

Henry, Latin emperor of the East, 175, 176, 219

Henry of Champagne, titular king of Jerusalem, 134

Heraclius, emperor of the East, 11, 12

Heraclius, patriarch of Jerusalem, 117

Herakleios [Heraclius]

Herman of Salza, 127, 195, 197

Hildebrand [Gregory VII.], 2, 21 et seq.

Hohenstaufen, house of, 188

Holy Land, growth of local traditions in the, 7

Honorius III., pope, 177, 189, 202

Hospitallers, or knights of St. John, 101, 108, 113, 141, 214, 217

Hugh III., king of Cyprus, 217

Hugh of Vermandois, 43, 49, 69, 83

Hungary, conversion of, 16

Iconium, sultan of, 58, 82

Ingulf, 16

Innocent II., pope, 88

Innocent III., pope, 145, 165, 189

Innocent IV., pope, 202

Isaac Angelus, emperor of the East, 119, 153

Isaac of Cyprus, 130

Isabella, sister of Baldwin IV., king of Jerusalem, 127, 178, 183

James du Chastel, 211

Jerome, St., at Bethlehem, 9

Jerusalem, Assize of, 78, 170;

Latin kingdom of, 77;

Latin kings of, 77;

Godfrey, 77;

Baldwin I., 80;

Baldwin II., 84;

Fulk of Anjou, 85;

Baldwin III., 85;

Almeric, 98;

Baldwin IV., 104;

Baldwin V., 104;

Guy of Lusignan, 104;

Henry of Champagne (titular), 134;

Almeric of Lusignan (titular), 144

Jerusalem, captured by the Persians, 10;

by Omar, 12;

by Hakem, 15;

by the Seljukian Toucush, 17;

by the first crusaders, 72;

by Saladin, 105;

by Kameel, 196

Jews, persecution of the, 40, 91, 122

Jews, plunder of the, 119

Joanna, sister of Richard I., 128, 134

Joceline of Courtenay, 84, 97

John Comnenos, 50

John of Brienne, 178

John of England, 135

John, St., Hospital of, 18

John the monk, 96

Joinville, 206 et seq.

Kameel, sultan of Egypt, 186;

treaty of, with Frederick II., 196, 200;

takes Jerusalem, 201

Kerboga, 66, 68, 69

Khosru II., 10

Khosru Nushirvan, 11

Kilidje Arslan, 42, 58, 66, 69

Knighthood, 47

Knights Hospitallers, 101, 108, 113, 141, 214, 218

Knights Templars, 90, 113, 214

Knights, Teutonic, 127, 214, 218

Korasmians, 202

Lance, discovery of the holy, 67

Lateran, councils of, 116, 185

Latin empire of Constantinople, 168;

kingdom of Jerusalem, 77;

emperors of Constantinople, 169;

kings of Jerusalem, 77, 144

Latins and Greeks, antagonism between, 55, 168, 181

Leo III., pope, 21

Letold of Tournay, 74

Lothair, cardinal [Innocent III.]

Louis VI., the Fat, 88

Louis VII., king of France, 92, 117

Louis IX., king of France, 203 et seq.;

death of, 215

Lusignan, Almeric of, 144, 183;

Guy of, 104, 134

Lyons, council of, 217

Mahomed, embassy from, to Khosru II., 11

Mamelukes, 218

Manuel, emperor of the East, 93, 102

Marra, siege of, 71

Mary, niece of Baldwin IV., king of Jerusalem, 184

Maynard, nephew of Conrad of Tyre, 137

Merovingian kings of France, 98

Moadhin, sultan of Damascus, 196

Montferrat, marquis of, 152

Montfort, Simon of, 150, 155, 158

Montfort, Simon of, earl of Leicester, 203

Morosini, Thomas, patriarch of Constantinople, 165, 167, 171

Mostadhi, caliph of Bagdad, 100

Mourzoufle, 161, 162, 173

Nicæa, Nikaia [Nice]

Nice, Seljukian sovereigns of, 17;

siege of, 57

Nicephorus III., emperor, 23

Nicolas IV., pope, 218

Nicolas, the child crusader, 223

Nineveh, battle of, 11

Noureddin, sultan of Aleppo, 98, 99, 103

Omar, the caliph, 12

Oriflamme, the, 208

Otho of Brunswick, emperor, 188

Pascal II., pope, 78

Pastoureaux, 222

Pelagius, bishop of Albano, 185

Peter Barthelemy, 68

Peter of Blois, 138

Peter of Capua, 154, 157

Peter the Chanter, 148

Peter of Courtenay, Latin emperor of the East, 176

Peter the Hermit, 26 et seq., 38, 62, 68, 73, 75

Philip Augustus, king of France, 119, 138, 171

Philip I., king of France, 25, 43, 81

Philip IV., the Fair, king of France, 220

Philip of Namur, 177

Philip of Swabia, 154, 156

Philip [titular], Latin emperor of the East, 181

Piacenza, council of, 24

Pilgrimage, growth of, 8

Pilgrims, tax on, at Jerusalem, 15

Phirouz, the renegade, 63

Placentia, council of, 24

Pontius, son of Bertrand of Toulouse, 81

Raymond, count of Toulouse, 45, 53

Raymond of Tripoli, 104

Rhazates, 12

Richard, earl of Cornwall, 197, 201

Richard I’st of England, 114, 117;

at Messina, 128;

at Rhodes, 130;

at Acre, 130;

retreats from Bethlehem, 135;

at Jaffa, 136;

imprisonment, 137;

return of, to England, 140

Robert, count of Flanders, 44

Robert, count of Paris, 52

Robert duke of Normandy, 44, 60, 63

Robert, Latin emperor of the East, 177

Robert of Courcon, 185, 186

Rodolph of Hapsburg, 217

Rodolph the Monk, 91

Roger, successor of Tancred, 82

Saadi, 183

Saladin tax or tithe, 119

Saladin, 99, 102;

enters Jerusalem, 110;

death of, 141

Samosata, 60

San Germano, treaty of, 191

Saphadin, 136, 141;

takes Jaffa, 143;

offers peace, 183;

death of, 186

Seljukian Turks, 17

Shawer, 98, 102

Shepherds of Pastoureaux, 222

Shiracouh, 98, 102

Sibylla, 104, 127

Sidon, conquest of, 84

Simon of Montfort, 150, 155, 158

Simon of Montfort, earl of Leicester, 203

Siroes, 12

Siward, 84

Sophronios, patriarch of Jerusalem, 12

Stephen, apostle of Hungary, 16

Stephen, count of Chartres, 44, 66, 80

Stephen Harding, 87

Stephen, the child crusader, 223

Tancred, 45, 59, 69, 75, 81

Tancred, son of Roger of Apulia, 129, 141

Tatikios, 62, 71

Templars, knights, 90, 113, 214, 218, 221

Teutonic knights, 127, 214, 218

Theobald, archdeacon of Liege, 218

Theobald, count of Champagne, 89, 150

Theodore Lascaris, 173

Thierry, count of Flanders, 95

Thoron, siege of, 142

Tiberias, battle of, 105

Toucush, 18

Trebizond, empire of, 173

Tristan, 211

Truce of God, 30, 47

Turan Shah, 212

Tyre, conquest of, 84

Ugolino [Gregory IX.]

Urban II., pope, at Piacenza, 24;

at Clermont, 25, 30;

death of, 78

Urban III., pope, 118

Vataces, John, emperor of Nicæa, 178, 179

Venice, growth of the power of, 164

Victor III., pope, 24

Villehardouin, Geoffrey of, 150, 174, 175

Vorylas, 175

Walter of Brienne, 150

Walter the Penniless, 40, 42

William Longchamp, bishop of Ely, 138

William Longsword, bishop of Salisbury, 201, 209

William Longsword, earl of Salisbury, 186

William of Melun, 62

William of Scotland, 117, 122

William of Tyre, 119

William the Conqueror, 2, 21

William Rufus, 39

Zara, expedition to, 153, 155

Zenghis, sultan of Aleppo, 85

Ziani, doge of Venice, 168

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“A clear, concise, and just story of an era crowded with events of interest and importance.”—New York World.

THE THIRTY YEARS’ WAR—1618-1648. By Samuel Rawson Gardiner.

“As a manual it will prove of the greatest practical value, while to the general reader it will afford a clear and interesting account of events. We know of no more spirited and attractive recital of the great era.”—Boston Saturday Evening Gazette.

“The thrilling story of those times has never been told so vividly or succinctly as in this volume.”—Episcopal Register.

THE PURITAN REVOLUTION; and the First Two Stuarts, 1603-1660. By Samuel Rawson Gardiner.

“The narrative is condensed and brief, yet sufficiently comprehensive to give an adequate view of the events related.”—Chicago Standard.

“Mr. Gardiner uses his researches in an admirably clear and fair way.”—Congregationalist.

“The sketch is concise, but clear and perfectly intelligible.”—Hartford Courant.

THE ENGLISH RESTORATION AND LOUIS XIV., from the Peace of Westphalia to the Peace of Nimwegen. By Osmund Airy, M.A.

“It is crisply and admirably written. An immense amount of information is conveyed and with great clearness, the arrangement of the subjects showing great skill and a thorough command of the complicated theme.”—Boston Saturday Evening Gazette.

“The author writes with fairness and discrimination, and has given a clear and intelligible presentation of the time.”—New York Evangelist.

THE FALL OF THE STUARTS; and Western Europe. By Rev. Edward Hale, M.A.

“A valuable compend to the general reader and scholar.”—Providence Journal.

“It will be found of great value. It is a very graphic account of the history of Europe during the 17th century, and is admirably adapted for the use of students.”—Boston Saturday Evening Gazette.

“An admirable handbook for the student.”—The Churchman.

THE AGE OF ANNE. By Edward E. Morris, M.A.

“The author’s arrangement of the material is remarkably clear, his selection and adjustment of the facts judicious, his historical judgment fair and candid, while the style wins by its simple elegance.”—Chicago Standard.

“An excellent compendium of the history of an important period.”—The Watchman.

THE EARLY HANOVERIANS—Europe from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle. By Edward E. Morris, M.A.

“Masterly, condensed, and vigorous, this is one of the books which it is a delight to read at odd moments; which are broad and suggestive, and at the same time condensed in treatment.”—Christian Advocate.

“A remarkably clear and readable summary of the salient points of interest. The maps and tables, no less than the author’s style and treatment of the subject, entitle the volume to the highest claims of recognition.”—Boston Daily Advertiser.

FREDERICK THE GREAT, AND THE SEVEN YEARS’ WAR. By F. W. Longman.

“The subject is most important, and the author has treated it in a way which is both scholarly and entertaining.”—The Churchman.

“Admirably adapted to interest school boys, and older heads will find it pleasant reading.”—New York Tribune.

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, AND FIRST EMPIRE. By William O’Connor Morris. With Appendix by Andrew D. White, LL.D., ex-President of Cornell University.

“We have long needed a simple compendium of this period, and we have here one which is brief enough to be easily run through with, and yet particular enough to make entertaining reading.”—New York Evening Post.

“The author has well accomplished his difficult task of sketching in miniature the grand and crowded drama of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Empire, showing himself to be no servile compiler, but capable of judicious and independent criticism.”—Springfield Republican.

THE EPOCH OF REFORM—1830-1850. By Justin McCarthy.

“Mr. McCarthy knows the period of which he writes thoroughly, and the result is a narrative that is at once entertaining and trustworthy.”—New York Examiner.

“The narrative is clear and comprehensive, and told with abundant knowledge and grasp of the subject.”—Boston Courier.

IMPORTANT HISTORICAL WORKS.

THE DAWN OF HISTORY. An Introduction to Pre-Historic Study. New and Enlarged Edition. Edited by C. F. Keary. 12mo, cloth, $1.25.

This work treats successively of the earliest traces of man; of language, its growth, and the story it tells of the pre-historic users of it; of early social life, the religions, mythologies, and folk-tales, and of the history of writing. The present edition contains about one hundred pages of new matter, embodying the results of the latest researches.

“A fascinating manual. In its way, the work is a model of what a popular scientific work should be.”—Boston Sat. Eve. Gazette.

THE ORIGIN OF NATIONS. By Professor George Rawlinson, M.A. 12mo, with maps, $1.00.

The first part of this book discusses the antiquity of civilization in Egypt and the other early nations of the East. The second part is an examination of the ethnology of Genesis, showing its accordance with the latest results of modern ethnographical science.

“A work of genuine scholarly excellence, and a useful offset to a great deal of the superficial current literature on such subjects.”—Congregationalist.

MANUAL OF MYTHOLOGY. For the Use of Schools, Art Students, and General Readers. Founded on the Works of Petiscus, Preller, and Welcker. By Alexander S. Murray, Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum. With 45 Plates. Reprinted from the Second Revised London Edition. Crown 8vo, $1.75.

“It has been acknowledged the best work on the subject to be found in a concise form, and as it embodies the results of the latest researches and discoveries in ancient mythologies, it is superior for school and general purposes as a handbook to any of the so-called standard works.”—Cleveland Herald.

“Whether as a manual for reference, a text-book for school use, or for the general reader, the book will be found very valuable and interesting.”—Boston Journal.

THE HISTORY OF ROME, from the Earliest Time to the Period of Its Decline. By Dr. Theodor Mommsen. Translated by W. P. Dickson, D.D., LL.D. Reprinted from the Revised London Edition. Four volumes, crown 8vo. Price per set, $8.00.

“A work of the very highest merit; its learning is exact and profound; its narrative full of genius and skill; its descriptions of men are admirably vivid.”—London Times.

“Since the days of Niebuhr, no work on Roman History has appeared that combines so much to attract, instruct, and charm the reader. Its style—a rare quality in a German author—is vigorous, spirited, and animated.”—Dr. Schmitz.

THE PROVINCES OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. From Cæsar to Diocletian. By Theodor Mommsen. Translated by William P. Dickson, D.D., LL.D. With maps. Two vols., 8vo, $6.00.

“The author draws the wonderfully rich and varied picture of the conquest and administration of that great circle of peoples and lands which formed the empire of Rome outside of Italy, their agriculture, trade, and manufactures, their artistic and scientific life, through all degrees of civilization, with such detail and completeness as could have come from no other hand than that of this great master of historical research.”—Prof. W. A. Packard, Princeton College.

THE HISTORY OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC. Abridged from the History by Professor Theodor Mommsen, by C. Bryans and F. J. R. Hendy. 12mo, $1.75.

“It is a genuine boon that the essential parts of Mommsen’s Rome are thus brought within the easy reach of all, and the abridgment seems to me to preserve unusually well the glow and movement of the original.”—Prof. Tracy Peck, Yale University.

“The condensation has been accurately and judiciously effected. I heartily commend the volume as the most adequate embodiment, in a single volume, of the main results of modern historical research in the field of Roman affairs.”—Prof. Henry M. Baird, University of City of New York.

THE HISTORY OF GREECE. By Prof. Dr. Ernst Curtius. Translated by Adolphus William Ward, M.A., Fellow of St. Peter’s College, Cambridge, Prof. of History in Owen’s College, Manchester. Five volumes, crown 8vo. Price per set, $10.00.

“We cannot express our opinion of Dr. Curtius’ book better than by saying that it may be fitly ranked with Theodor Mommsen’s great work.”—London Spectator.

“As an introduction to the study of Grecian history, no previous work is comparable to the present for vivacity and picturesque beauty, while in sound learning and accuracy of statement it is not inferior to the elaborate productions which enrich the literature of the age.”—N. Y. Daily Tribune.

CÆSAR: a Sketch. By James Anthony Froude, M.A. 12mo, gilt top, $1.50.

“This book is a most fascinating biography and is by far the best account of Julius Cæsar to be found in the English language.”—The London Standard.

“He combines into a compact and nervous narrative all that is known of the personal, social, political, and military life of Cæsar; and with his sketch of Cæsar includes other brilliant sketches of the great man, his friends, or rivals, who contemporaneously with him formed the principal figures in the Roman world.”—Harper’s Monthly.

CICERO. Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero. By William Forsyth, M.A., Q.C. 20 Engravings. New Edition. 2 vols., crown 8vo, in one, gilt top, $2.50.

The author has not only given us the most complete and well-balanced account of the life of Cicero ever published; he has drawn an accurate and graphic picture of domestic life among the best classes of the Romans, one which the reader of general literature, as well as the student, may peruse with pleasure and profit.

“A scholar without pedantry, and a Christian without cant, Mr. Forsyth seems to have seized with praiseworthy tact the precise attitude which it behooves a biographer to take when narrating the life, the personal life of Cicero. Mr. Forsyth produces what we venture to say will become one of the classics of English biographical literature, and will be welcomed by readers of all ages and both sexes, of all professions and of no profession at all.”—London Quarterly.

VALUABLE WORKS ON CLASSICAL LITERATURE.

THE HISTORY OF ROMAN LITERATURE. From the Earliest Period to the Death of Marcus Aurelius. With Chronological Tables, etc., for the use of Students. By C. T. Cruttwell, M.A. Crown 8vo, $2.50.

Mr. Cruttwell’s book is written throughout from a purely literary point of view, and the aim has been to avoid tedious and trivial details. The result is a volume not only suited for the student, but remarkably readable for all who possess any interest in the subject.

“Mr. Cruttwell has given us a genuine history of Roman literature, not merely a descriptive list of authors and their productions, but a well elaborated portrayal of the successive stages in the intellectual development of the Romans and the various forms of expression which these took in literature.”—N. Y. Nation.

A HISTORY OF GREEK LITERATURE. From the Earliest Period of Demosthenes. By Frank Byron Jevons, M.A., Tutor in the University of Durham. Crown 8vo, $2.50.

UNIFORM WITH THE ABOVE.

The author goes into detail with sufficient fullness to make the history complete, but he never loses sight of the commanding lines along which the Greek mind moved, and a clear understanding of which is necessary to every intelligent student of universal literature.

“It is beyond all question the best history of Greek literature that has hitherto been published.”—London Spectator.

“With such a book as this within reach there is no reason why any intelligent English reader may not get a thorough and comprehensive insight into the spirit of Greek literature, of its historic development, and of its successive and chief masterpieces, which are here so finely characterized, analyzed, and criticised.”—Chicago Advance.

TRANSLATIONS OF PLATO.

THE DIALOGUES OF PLATO. Translated into English, with Analysis and Introductions. By B. Jowett, M.A., Master of Balliol College, Oxford. A new and cheaper edition. Four vols., crown 8vo, per set, $8.00.

“The present work of Professor Jowett will be welcomed with profound interest, as the only adequate endeavor to transport the most precious monument of Grecian thought among the familiar treasures of English literature. The noble reputation of Professor Jowett, both as a thinker and a scholar, is a valid guaranty for the excellence of his performance.”—New York Tribune.

SOCRATES. A Translation of the Apology, Crito, and parts of the Phædo of Plato. Containing the Defence of Socrates at his Trial, his Conversation in Prison, with his Thoughts on the Future Life, and an Account of his Death. With an Introduction by Professor W. W. Goodwin, of Harvard College. 12mo, cloth, $1.00; paper, 50 cents.

TALKS WITH SOCRATES ABOUT LIFE. Translations from the Gorgias and the Republic of Plato. 12mo, cloth, $1.00; paper, 50 cents.

A DAY IN ATHENS WITH SOCRATES. Translations from the Protagoras and the Republic of Plato. Being conversations between Socrates and other Greeks on Virtue and Justice. 12mo, cloth, $1.00; paper, 50 cents.

“Eminent scholars, men of much Latin and more Greek, attest the skill and truth with which the versions are made; we can confidently speak of their English grace and clearness. They seem a ‘model of style,’ because they are without manner and perfectly simple.”—W. D. Howells.

“We do not remember any translation of a Greek author which is a better specimen of idiomatic English than this, or a more faithful rendering of the real spirit of the original into English as good and as simple as the Greek.”—New York Evening Post.

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