MDCCCLXXXIII.

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TO
HENRY FRANCIS CHURCH
BEST OF BROTHERS


CONTENTS


[ PREFACE. ]

[ STORIES FROM LIVY. ]


[ CHAPTER I. ] THE STORY OF ROMULUS AND OF NUMA.
[ CHAPTER II. ] THE STORY OF ALBA.
[ CHAPTER III. ] THE STORY OF THE ELDER TARQUIN.
[ CHAPTER IV. ] THE STORY OF SERVIUS.
[ CHAPTER V. ] THE STORY OF BRUTUS.
[ CHAPTER VI. ] THE STORY OF LARS PORSENNA.
[ CHAPTER VII. ] THE STORY OF CORIOLANUS.
[ CHAPTER VIII. ] THE STORY OF THE FABII.
[ CHAPTER IX. ] THE STORY OF CINCINNATUS.
[ CHAPTER X. ] THE STORY OF THE DECEMVIRS AND OF VIRGINIA.
[ CHAPTER XI. ] THE STORY OF VEII.
[ CHAPTER XII. ] THE STORY OF CAMILLUS.
[ CHAPTER XIII. ] THE STORY OF ROME AND THE GAULS.
[ CHAPTER XIV. ] THE STORY OF ROME AND THE GAULS (continued).
[ CHAPTER XV. ] THE STORY OF MANLIUS OF THE TWISTED CHAIN.
[ CHAPTER XVI. ] STORIES OF CERTAIN GREAT ROMANS.
[ CHAPTER XVII. ] THE STORY OF THE PASSES OF CAUDIUM.



ILLUSTRATION


[ Frontispiece ]

[ Titlepage ]

[ The Wolf and the Twins ]

[ The Death of Tarpeia ]

[ Death of the Horatti and Curiattii ]

[ Tullia Driving over the Body of Her Father ]

[ Brutus Condemning his Sons to Death ]

[ Horatius on the Bridge ]

[ Mutius Before King Porsenna ]

[ Cloelia and Her Companions ]

[ Coriolanus Before his Mother ]

[ Incinnatus Called to Be Dictator ]

[ The Death of Virginia ]

[ Roman Ladies Bringing Their Ornaments ]

[ The Gauls and the Senators ]

[ Curtius Leaping Into the Chasm ]

[ Decius Devoting Himself for his Country ]


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