The preface of this new volume informs us that “the original has been faithfully rendered, and paraphrase altogether avoided. At the same time, the translators have endeavoured to adapt the book to the use of the English reader. Some amount of rhythm in the structure of the sentence has been generally maintained; and, when in the Latin the sound of the words is an echo to the sense (as so frequently happens in Virgil), an attempt has been made to produce the same result in English.”
The general introduction gives us whatever is known of the poet’s life, an estimate of his genius, an account of the principal editions and translations of his works, and a brief view of the influence he has had on modern poets; special introductory essays are prefixed to the Eclogues, Georgics, and Æneid. The text is divided into sections, each of which is headed by a concise analysis of the subject; the index contains references to all the characters and events of any importance.
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