Having followed this example,—the compiler wishes he could say with equal effect,—he will be fully satisfied, should judicious readers feel inclined to concede, that he has shown some judgment in selecting his materials, and some taste in binding "the beads of the chain," that connects them together. He disclaims, in fact, (as, in the present instance, he is bound to do), all the "divine honours" of authorship; satisfied with those of a selecter, adapter, and compiler; and happy in the hope that he has here, by means of the superior writers, whose labours he has used, furnished his readers with an useful, accurate, and amusing work.
C. B.
London, January 1st, 1840.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | ||
| I. | ABYDOS | [1] |
| II. | ABYDUS | [5] |
| III. | ÆGESTA | [7] |
| IV. | ÆGINA | [8] |
| V. | AGRIGENTUM | [15] |
| VI. | ALBA LONGA | [22] |
| VII. | ALCANTARA | [23] |
| VIII. | ALEXANDRIA | [25] |
| IX. | AMISUS | [50] |
| X. | ANTIOCH | [53] |
| XI. | ARGOS | [57] |
| XII. | ARIAMMENE | [65] |
| XIII. | ARSINOE | [66] |
| XIV. | ARTAXATA | [69] |
| XV. | ARTEMITA | [70] |
| XVI. | ATHENS | [74] |
| XVII. | BABYLON | [121] |
| XVIII. | BALBEC | [165] |
| XIX. | BYZANTIUM | [185] |
| XX. | CAIRO (OLD) | [200] |
| XXI. | CANNÆ | [205] |
| XXII. | CAPUA | [209] |
| XXIII. | CARTHAGE | [213] |
| XXIV. | CATANEA | [237] |
| XXV. | CHALCEDON | [240] |
| XXVI. | CHÆRONEA | [243] |
| XXVII. | CORDUBA | [247] |
| XXVIII. | CORCYRA (CORFU) | [249] |
| XXIX. | CORINTH | [252] |
| XXX. | CTESIPHON | [265] |
| XXXI. | DELPHOS | [274] |
| XXXII. | ECBATANA | [279] |
| XXXIII. | ELEUSIS | [294] |
| XXXIV. | ELIS | [299] |
| XXXV. | EPHESUS | [301] |
| XXXVI. | GERASA (DJERASH) | [316] |
| XXXVII. | GRANADA | [321] |
| XXXVIII. | GNIDOS | [330] |
| XXXIX. | HELIOPOLIS | [333] |
| XL. | HERCULANEUM | [335] |
| XLI. | HIERAPOLIS | [352] |
| XLII. | ISPAHAN | [353] |
| XLIII. | ITALICA | [365] |
| XLIV. | JERUSALEM | [366] |
| XLV. | LACEDÆMON, OR SPARTA | [399] |
| XLVI. | LAODICEA | [407] |
| XLVII. | LEUCTRA | [410] |
| XLVIII. | MAGNESIA | [413] |
| XLIX. | MANTINEA | [415] |
| L. | MARATHON | [423] |
| LI. | MEGALOPOLIS | [428] |
| LII. | MEGARA | [430] |
| LIII. | MEMPHIS | [435] |