TO
HENRY FRANCIS CHURCH
BEST OF BROTHERS
CONTENTS
[ 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
[ Death of the Horatti and Curiattii ]
[ Tullia Driving over the Body of Her Father ]
[ Brutus Condemning his Sons to Death ]
[ Mutius Before King Porsenna ]
[ Cloelia and Her Companions ]
[ Coriolanus Before his Mother ]
[ Incinnatus Called to Be Dictator ]
[ Roman Ladies Bringing Their Ornaments ]
[ The Gauls and the Senators ]
PREFACE.
I had wished to say a few words as to the great difficulty of transforming Livy's ornate diction into the simple style I have hitherto adopted; but a stroke of illness has prevented my being able even to correct the proofs—a work which has been carried out for me by my kind friend, C. Simmons, Esq., of Balliol College, Oxford.