COPYRIGHT, 1909, 1910, 1913,
By THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY COMPANY.
COPYRIGHT, 1913,
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
Set up and electrotyped. Published September, 1913.
Three of the papers in this volume have already appeared in The Atlantic Monthly: "A Poet's Toll," "The Phrase-Maker," and "A Roman Citizen." The author is indebted to the Editors for permission to republish them. The illustration on the title page is reproduced from the poster of the Roman Exposition of 1911, drawn by Duilio Cambeliotti, printed by Dr. E. Chappuis.
PATRI MEO
LUCILIO A. EMERY
JUSTITIAE DISCIPULO, LEGIS MAGISTRO,
LITTERARUM HUMANARUM AMICO
PREFACE
The main purpose of these Roman sketches is to show that the men and women of ancient Rome were like ourselves.