MONTESQUIEU’S CONSIDERATIONS ON THE CAUSES OF THE GRANDEUR AND DECADENCE OF THE ROMANS. A New Translation, together with an Introduction, Critical and Illustrative Notes, and an Analytical Index. By Jehu Baker. Being incidentally a Rational Discussion of the Phenomena and the Tendencies of History in general. 12mo. Cloth, $2.00.
“Mr. Jehu Baker has rendered a great service to English-speaking people by producing a new and admirable translation of Montesquieu’s ‘Considerations on the Grandeur and Decadence of the Romans.’ But Mr. Baker has by no means confined himself to the simple work of translation. Many foot-notes have been added throughout the volume, and each chapter is followed by an extended and elaborate note.”—Boston Courier.
HISTORY OF THE WORLD, from the Earliest Records to the Fall of the Western Empire. By Philip Smith, B. A. New edition. 3 vols. 8vo. Vellum cloth, gilt top, $6.00; half calf, $13.50.
“These volumes embody the results of many years of arduous and conscientious study. The work is fully entitled to be called the ablest and most satisfactory book on the subject written in our language. The author’s methods are dignified and judicious, and he has availed himself of all the recent light thrown by philological research on the annals of the East.”—Dr. C. K. Adams’s Manual of Historical Literature.
HISTORY OF HERODOTUS. An English Version, edited, with Copious Notes and Appendices, by George Rawlinson, M. A. With Maps and Illustrations. In four volumes, 8vo. Vellum cloth, $8.00; half calf, $18.00.
“This must be considered as by far the most valuable version of the works of ‘The Father of History.’ The history of Herodotus was probably not written until near the end of his life; it is certain that he had been collecting materials for it during many years. There was scarcely a city of importance in Greece, Asia Minor, Syria, Persia, Arabia, or Egypt, that he had not visited and studied; and almost every page of his work contains results of his personal inquiries and observations. Many things laughed at for centuries as impossible are now found to have been described in strict accordance with truth.”—Dr. C. K. Adams’s Manual of Historical Literature.
A GENERAL HISTORY OF GREECE, from the Earliest Period to the Death of Alexander the Great. With a Sketch of the Subsequent History to the Present Time. By G. W. Cox. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.
“One of the best of the smaller histories of Greece.”—Dr. C. K. Adams’s Manual of Historical Literature.
A HISTORY OF GREECE. From the Earliest Times to the Present. By T. T. Timayenis. With Maps and Illustrations. 2 vols. 12mo. Cloth, $2.50.
“The peculiar feature of the present work is that it is founded on Hellenic sources. I have not hesitated to follow the Father of History in portraying the heroism and the sacrifices of the Hellenes in their first war for independence, nor, in delineating the character of that epoch, to form my judgment largely from the records he has left us.”—Extract from Preface.