As is indicated by the titles in the list of authorities cited, the writers who have given attention to the relations of authors of antiquity with their readers, have been almost exclusively German or French. I shall be well pleased if this brief study of mine may serve as a suggestion to some competent American or English scholar for the preparation in English of a comprehensive and final work on the subject.
G. H. P.
New York, November, 1893.
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | The Beginnings of Literature | [1] |
| 1. Preliminary | [1] | |
| 2. Chaldea | [5] | |
| 3. Egypt | [10] | |
| 4. China | [21] | |
| 5. Japan | [38] | |
| 6. India | [43] | |
| 7. Persia | [47] | |
| 8. Judæa | [49] | |
| II. | Greece | [54] |
| III. | Alexandria | [127] |
| IV. | Book-Terminology in Classic Times | [149] |
| V. | Rome | [163] |
| VI. | Constantinople | [282] |
| Index | [297] |
PRINCIPAL WORKS REFERRED TO AS AUTHORITIES.
Barthelémi, J. The Travels of Anacharsis the Younger. London, 1832.
Becker, W. A. Charicles, or Illustrations of the Private Life of the Ancient Greeks. Trans. by F. Metcalfe. 7th Edition. London, 1886.