To those, therefore, who are desirous of obtaining a knowledge of the most esteemed authors of Greece and Rome, but possess not the means or leisure for pursuing a regular course of study, the present undertaking must prove a valuable acquisition. The following are the contents of the volumes already published.
No. I.—DEMOSTHENES (translated by Dr. Leland), comprising a sketch of the Life of Demosthenes: his Orations against Philip, King of Macedon; and those pronounced on occasions of public deliberation.
No. II.—DEMOSTHENES, concluded, and SALLUST complete: (the latter translated by William Rose, M. A.) comprising the Orations of Dinarchus against Demosthenes, and Account of the Exile and Death of Demosthenes, and the Orations of Æschines and Demosthenes on the Crown: a Biographical Sketch of Sallust: his History of Catiline’s conspiracy; and History of the Roman War against Jugurtha, King of Numidia.
No. III.—XENOPHON, Vol. I. (translated by E. Spelman, Esq.), comprising a Biographical Sketch of the Historian; and his Anabasis, or Expedition of Cyrus into Persia, and retreat of the 10,000 Greeks.
No. IV.—XENOPHON, vol. II. (translated by the Hon. Maurice Ashley Cooper), comprising the Cyropædia, or the Education, Life and Manners, Government, Wars, and Achievements of Cyrus, King of Persia.
No. V.—HERODOTUS, vol. I. (translated by the Rev. W. Beloe), comprising a Biographical Sketch of the Historian; and the first two Books of his History, containing a Narrative of the Acquisition of the Kingdom of Lydia by Crœsus, and the subsequent overthrow of the Lydian Empire by Cyrus; the early History of the Republics of Athens and Lacedæmon; with an account of Egypt, its Customs, Manners, and Governments.
No. VI.—HERODOTUS, vol II., comprising, in the 3d, 4th, and 5th Books, the Exploits of Cambyses, with the subjugation of the whole of Egypt; the elevation of Darius Hystaspes to the Persian throne; the disastrous Expeditions of the Persians against the Scythians during his reign; the progress of the Republics of Athens, Lacedæmon and Corinth, and their state during the time of the Persian Emperor Darius.
No. VII.—HERODOTUS, vol. III., comprising, in the 6th to the 9th Book, the Origin of the Lacedæmonian Kings; the first Invasion of Greece by the Persians; the Battle of Marathon; the memorable Expedition of Xerxes into Greece; the Battle of Thermopylæ; the Capture and Burning of Athens by the Persians; the Sea-fight of Salamis; the Battles of Platæa and of the Promontory of Mycale; and the overthrow of the Persian power in Greece.
No. VIII.—VIRGIL, vol. I., comprising a Biographical Sketch of the Poet; his Eclogues, or Pastoral Poems, translated by Archdeacon Wrangham; the Georgics, or Poems on Husbandry, translated by William Sotheby, Esq.; and the first two Books of the Æneid, translated by Dryden, and prefaced with his celebrated Dedication.
No. IX.—VIRGIL, vol. II., comprising the remainder of Dryden’s translation of the Æneid, namely, from the third to the twelfth Book.