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THE ODES OF HORACE 
 
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 ODES OF HORACE 
 
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INTRODUCTION 
 
 On every translator lies the burden of proving 
 that it is possible for him to benefit others besides 
 himself by translation. But if this be conceded, 
 he need not go on to apologise for turning Latin 
 or Greek poetry into English prose. The thing 
 has been done so often — and generally, thanks to 
 the skill of competent scholars, with so little out- 
 rage to the public taste — that only excessively 
 squeamish persons will feel a transient shudder at 
 the idea of an unmetrical version of the Odes of 
 Horace. It is better to accept the prevailing 
 fashion : not to dwell on the relation of spirit to 
 form : not to consider too closely the- probable 
 result when the familiar New Zealander shall 
 render Moore's Melodies into the polished prose 
 periods of his native Maori. 
 
 After all, Horace in prose need not be more 
 obviously inadequate than Horace in verse. Essays 
 in translating him metrically have never yet been 
 
INTRODUCTION 
 
 crowned vdth any real success : they have not so 
 far accomplished anything, save, indeed — and this 
 is itself a gain — that they demonstrate by actual 
 experiment the peculiar evanescence of a lyric 
 charm which is so intimately bound up with the 
 genius of the poet, perhaps with the Latin 
 language itself, that it cannot survive transplanta- 
 tion. No metrical version of the Odes can claim 
 to be more than a frigid travesty : nor is there 
 much likelihood of anything better. These essays 
 will no doubt continue to amuse the leisure of 
 scholarly dilettantists. But the result will be 
 negligible till some really great poet girds himself 
 to the task : and their very magnitude makes 
 great poets too careful of their reputation to 
 attempt a labour where failure is damaging and 
 success, after all, would hardly immortalise. 
 Pending the arrival of some one superior to this 
 consideration, it is better for the present to be 
 less enterprising and not magna modis tenuare 
 parvis. Where the humbler aim is merely to 
 convey some idea of the exact meaning and not 
 to attempt a tour deforce, the translator, if he 
 wishes to be taken seriously, had better keep to 
 prose, which is less repellent to the reader than 
 bad poetry : at least he will not be obscuring the 
 
INTRODUCTION 
 
 correctness of his interpretation by the inferiority 
 of his versification. He may even persuade him- 
 self, with a show of reason, that he is doing some- 
 thing to satisfy a felt want. Granted that an 
 exact rendering of the matter, apart from any 
 reproduction of the manner, of a classical author 
 may possess a certain value — there is, perhaps, no 
 Roman who is so liable as Horace to habitual 
 careless misinterpretation. It is not that his 
 general meaning is more difficult than that of 
 others ; but it is peculiarly apt to be slurred, just 
 like any common quotation that is at the end of 
 our tongues. Even in these times, when school- 
 boys do not learn him parrot-like by heart as 
 often as they did in the palmy days when the 
 faculty of repeating Horace was essential to a 
 gentleman and scholar — even now no one is so 
 frequently quoted ; and the fatal familiarity which 
 quotes him fi-eely is its own worst enemy when 
 required to translate accurately. 
 
 Such reflections may serve as unction for the 
 soul of the laborious. It is doubtftd whether they 
 will be able to season the cra/nibe repetita of 
 ' Another translation of Horace \ 
 
 I have generally followed the text of Baiter and 
 Orelli (1850). Critics with an eye for plagiarism 
 
INTRODUCTION 
 
 will probably discover that here and there I have 
 the honour to be in accord with Dr. Wickham or 
 Mr. Page in the choice of a rendering. I do not 
 think- that I have consciously conveyed anything 
 from the commentaries of these scholars, except 
 perhaps in the case of two or three phrases ; for 
 which I tender my fullest acknowledgments. 
 
THE ODES OF HORACE 
 
 BOOK I 
 
 1 
 
 Maecenas, scion of ancient kings, my protector and 
 
 my pride beloved ! There are who delight to have 
 
 gathered Olympia's dust on their chariot, to have 
 
 grazed the turning point with glowing wheel and 
 
 won the glorious prize : lords of earth, yea uplifted 
 
 heaven-high are these : another, if Rome's fickle 
 
 throng vie to exalt him with honours thrice conferred : 
 
 another, if he has stored in his own granary all the 
 
 grain that is swept from Libya's threshing floors. 
 
 Him who loves to hoe his father's farm no promises 
 
 of Attalus' wealth will stir to play the fearful sailor's 
 
 part, and plough the Myrtoan sea in Cyprian bark. 
 
 The merchant, while he dreads south winds battling 
 
 with Icarian billows, is loud in praise of ease and 
 
 the fields about his native town : yet anon he refits 
 
 his battered ships, untaught to brook poverty. One 
 
 there is who thinks no shame to drain cups of old 
 
 Massic wine or steal a fraction from the well-filled 
 
 hours of day, reclined at length now 'neath green 
 1 1 
 
THE ODiES OP HORACE 
 
 arbutus, now by the gentle source of some sacred 
 stream. Many there be that love the camp, th^ 
 mingled blare of bugle and clarion, and wars that 
 mothers hate. Forgetful of his tender wife,' the 
 hunter tarries 'neath frosty skies, whether it be a.' 
 doe that his faithful houn,ds have -viewed, or a 
 Marsian boar have burst his net's smooth strands. 
 But mine be that ivy crown that decks the brow- of 
 wit, and gods above , are my peers : be mine ^pol 
 groves where Nymphs and Satyrs lightly dance, and 
 I am far from the vulgar herd, — if Euterpe's flutes 
 be not dumb and Polyhymnia be not coy to , string 
 her Lesbian; l5Te. For if thou-countest me of the 
 company of lyric bards, my exalted head shall 
 strike the stars. 
 
 2 
 Enough now of snow and dire hail hath the 
 Father hurled on earth : and the bolt shot from his 
 red right hand at the sacred towers hath mad^ our 
 city afraid — yea, hath made the world afraid lest 
 the awful age of iP3rrrha should return — Pyrrha who 
 wept to see new sights of fear, what time Proteus 
 drave all his flock to haunt the mountain peaks, and 
 fishes were tangled in tree tops where doves had 
 used to make their home : and frightened does swam 
 on the whelming flood. We have seen tawny Tiber, 
 his waves hurled strongly back from Etruria's shores, 
 
THE ODES OF HORACE 
 
 haste to, overthrow a king's memorial pile and Vesta's 
 
 temple : boasting himself the while avenger of the 
 
 sorrows whereof Ilia too loudly complained, and 
 
 straying -free over his left bank, careless of Jove's 
 
 displeasure — uxorious stream ! Our scanty sons — 
 
 scanty by their parents' fault — will hear how citizens 
 
 whetted 'gainst each other that sword which should 
 
 have slain the Persian foe, and how they met in 
 
 ' battle. What god' shall the people invoke to save 
 
 our falling empire ? by what prayer shall the holy 
 
 maidens prevail with Vesta who is deaf to their 
 
 hymns ? To whom shall Jupiter grant the task of 
 
 purging our crime ? Apollo, Prophet ! come at 
 
 length, Tve pray thee, thy bright shoulders enwrapt 
 
 in clouds : come, if thine be the choice, Eryx' 
 
 laughing goddess, with Jest and Desire hovering 
 
 round thee : or thou, if thou hast a thought for the 
 
 neglected race of thy descendants, our first father, 
 
 sated with a pastime that thou hast seen, alas ! too 
 
 long, — thou who lovest the war-cry and the polished 
 
 casque and Marsian foot that fiercely fronts the 
 
 bloody foe : or thou, kind Maia's son, if 'tis thou who 
 
 hast transformed on earth thy winged godhead to 
 
 the guise of a mortal youth, and consentest to be 
 
 called Caesar's avenger. Far distant be thy return 
 
 to the skies, and long mayest thou gladly dwell 
 
 among the folk of Quirinus ! bear with our faults, 
 
 and may no breeze be over swift to waft thee away : 
 3 
 
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 here rather, here be pleased with thy proud triumphs^ 
 thy titles of Father and Prince : and suffer not the 
 Mede to ride unpunished while thou, Caesar, holdest 
 sway. 
 
 3 
 
 So mayest thou be guided by Cyprus' divine queen 
 and Helen's brothers, those shining stars : so may 
 the sire of the winds rule thy course, prisoning all 
 save the west alone : O ship, that owest the debt of 
 Virgil to thy keeping entrusted ! carry him safe 
 back, I pray, to the Attic shore, and preserve my 
 soul's half. By oak and triple brass his breast was 
 fenced, who first committed his frail bark to the sea, 
 and feared not the headlong south battling with 
 northern blasts, nor boding Hyades nor raging south- 
 easter — lord of the Adriatic mightiest to swell or 
 still its billows. What instant death did he fear, 
 who saw dry-eyed the monsters of the deep, the 
 swelling waves, and Acroceraunia, crags of evil name? 
 In vain hath heaven's providence dissevered lands 
 by an ocean barrier, if 'spite of that our impious 
 ships o'erleap waters where none should venture 
 Rashness bids men shrink from no risk : blindly 
 they rush on crimes forbidden : 'twas in rashness 
 that lapetus' son brought fire by dark deceit to- 
 mortals. Once fire was stolen from heaven's palace 
 
 wasting disease and a troop of fevers hitherto un- 
 
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THE ODES OF HORACE 
 
 known swooped down on earth, and inevitable death, 
 slow erewhile and distant, quickened its advent. 
 With wings denied to man Daedalus ventured to 
 tempt the vacant air : sturdy Hercules stemmed the 
 tide of Acheron. Nought is too hard for mortal men : \y 
 our folly assails heaven itself, nor doth our crime 
 suffer Jove to lay aside his angry thunderbolts. 
 
 4 
 
 Keen winter thaws at the pleasant change to 
 
 spring and the west wind, and engines launch the 
 
 ships' dry keels : and now nor flock loves its fold 
 
 nor hind his fire : nor are meads white with hoary 
 
 frost. Now while the moon hangs high in heaven 
 
 Cytherean Venus leads the dance : and lovely Graces 
 
 with their companion Nymphs foot it o'er the ground 
 
 with changing step, while glowing Vulcan makes 
 
 the weary Cyclops' smithies to blaze. Now 'tis meet - 
 
 to bind sleek locks with myrtle green or flowers 
 
 that spring from thawing earth. Now 'tis meet to 
 
 sacrifice to Faunus in shady groves, whether lamb or 
 
 kid be the offering of his choice. Pale Death with 
 
 foot impartial knocks alike at poor men's hovels 
 
 and royal palaces. Fortunate Sestius ! the shortness 
 
 of life's sum forbids us essay the hope of distant 
 
 good. Soon, soon shall night and storied shades 
 
 and Pluto's narrow halls imprison thee : once thou 
 
 art thither gone, no kingship of the feast shall dice 
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 assign thee : nor shalt thou marvel at tender Lycidas, 
 whom now all our youth adore, and maidens presently 
 shall coyly woo. 
 
 5 
 
 Pyrrha ! what slender youth in perfumes steeped 
 courts thee 'mid circling roses in thy pleasant 
 bower? for whom dost bind thy yellow locks with 
 simple grace ? Alas, how oft shall he weep his out- 
 raged troth, his fortune changed, and stand amazed 
 at the waves that rise before the blackening squall 
 — poor credulous novice, who dreams thou wilt 
 ever be his alone and meet for love, all ignorant of 
 thy favour's fickle breeze ! Hapless they who see 
 thy beauty and know thee not! But I, as yon 
 temple wall's votive tablet declares, have hung up 
 my dripping raiment as a thank-ofiering to the god 
 who rules the main. 
 
 Varius, bird of Homeric note, shall write of thy 
 
 courage and thy victories over the foe, and all the 
 
 feats of arms a proud soldiery hath wrought by sea 
 
 or land 'neath thy control. But I, Agrippa, essay 
 
 no such flights as these : no, nor the tale of the heavy 
 
 wrath of Peleus' implacable son, nor cunning Ulysses' 
 
 wanderings on the sea, nor Pelops' cruel line — too 
 
 humble I for such high themes : for modesty and the 
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 Muse that rules my unwarlike lyre forbid me to 
 mar by lack of talent noble Caesar's renown and thine. 
 Who can worthily write of Mars sheathed in adaman- 
 tine mail ? who of Meriones black with Trojan dust 
 and Tydeus' son by Pallas' aid a match for gods ? 
 I, fancy free or aglow with love, and fickle ever — I 
 sing but feasts and battles of maidens who war 'gainst 
 youths, with nails well pared for the fray. 
 
 7 
 
 Let others praise famous Rhodes or Mytilene or 
 Ephesus or Corinth's walls between her two seas, or 
 Thebes renowned for Bacchus, Delphi for Apollo, or 
 Thessaly's Tempe. There are, whose one task it is 
 to chant the long history of virgin Pallas' city, and 
 pluck from every spot an olive branch to deck their 
 brows. Many a bard will sing in Juno's honour of 
 Argos, land of steeds, and rich Mycense. For me, 
 I love not sturdy Lacedaemon nor the plain of fertile 
 Larissa so well as the cave of echoing Albunea and 
 headlong Anio's fall and Tiburnus' grove and those 
 orchards watered by swift streams. As oft the 
 brightening south wind sweeps clouds from the dark 
 sky, nor is ever big with rain, so do thou, my 
 Plancus, be wise and heedful to end sorrow and 
 life's toils with mellow wine, whether thou dwellest 
 among the gleaming standards of the camp, or shalt 
 dvfell 'mid the dark shades of thy Tibur. Teucer, 
 
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 'tis said, when fleeing from Salamis and his sire, en- 
 twined his wine-steeped brows with a poplar crown 
 and thus bespake his sorrowing friends : " Whitherso- 
 ever fortune shall bear us, fortune kinder than my 
 father, thither we will go, my comrades, my com- 
 panions ! Never despair while Teucer leads and 
 Teucer prays for you : for Apollo's true oracle hath 
 promised that a second Salamis hardly discerned 
 from the first shall rise in another land. Brave 
 heroes, comrades of mine oft in worse plight than 
 this, banish your cares with wine to-day : to-morrow 
 we will traverse again the vasty deep." 
 
 8 
 
 Say, Lydia, by all the gods I entreat thee, why 
 
 hastest thou to ruin Sybaris by thy love ? why hates 
 
 he the sunny plain where once he brooked' the dust 
 
 and heat ? Why rides he not as soldier should 
 
 among his peers, nor rules his Gallic steed's mouth 
 
 with curbing rein ? Why doth he fear to plunge 
 
 in tawny Tiber ? why avoid olive oil more heedfuUy 
 
 than viper's blood, nor discolour his arms with 
 
 weapons, winning fame by hurling oft the quoit and 
 
 oft the javelin beyond the mark ? Why lies he hid, 
 
 as they say did Thetis the sea-goddess' son on the 
 
 eve of Troy's doleful days of death, lest manly garb 
 
 should hurry him to scenes of slaughter and Lycian 
 
 squadrons .'' 
 
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THE ODES OF HORACE 
 
 Thou seest how Soracte rises clear, all white with 
 deep snow, nor can the straining woods bear their 
 burden, and streams are stayed by piercing frost. 
 Dispel the cold : heap plenteous logs on the fire : 
 and with more bounteous hand draw four-year-old 
 wine from the twy-6ared Sabine jar, thou master of 
 the feast. Leave all else to the gods : soon as they 
 have stilled the winds that battle with the boiling 
 sea, no cypress shakes nor aged ash. Seek not to 
 know what the morrow shall bring: whatever day 
 chance allots thee, count as gain : nor spurn in 
 youth sweet love, nor spurn the dance, ere crabbed 
 age hath marred thy bloom. Now be thine to 
 haunt the Plain, the public squares : to hear soft 
 whispers at twilight's trysted hour, — to hear the 
 silvery tell-tale laughter from the far corner where 
 lurks thy love, and steal some pledge from her arm 
 or unresisting finger. 
 
 10 
 
 Mercury, Atlas' eloquent grandson, who didst 
 deftly form the rough ways of new-made men by gift 
 of speech and the athlete's graceful art,— thee will 
 I sing, great Jove's and Heaven's messenger, and 
 parent of the hollow lyre, well skilled to hide what- 
 e'er thou wilt in merry theft. Once, while Apollo 
 with terrifying threats bade thee restore the kine 
 
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 thy boyish prank had craftily driven off, he turned 
 and laughed to find his quiver filched. 'Twas by thy 
 guidance too that wealthy Priam passed the gates of 
 Ilium and 'scaped the ken of Atreus' proud sons and 
 the Thessalian watchfires and the camp of Troy's foes. 
 'Tis thou that leadest the souls of the just to rest in 
 their blest abodes, and with thy golden wand rulest 
 the phantom throng, loved alike by gods above and 
 gods below. 
 
 11 
 
 Seek not forbidden knowledge, Leuconoe : ask not 
 what end heaven hath decreed for thee and me, nor 
 probe the secrets of Chaldean numbers. Far better 
 to suffer whate'er befall ! whether Jove hath granted 
 us to see more winters, or this be the last, which 
 to-day breaks yon Tyrrhene sea against opposing 
 crags, be wise, strain the wine, and curtail thy 
 distant hopes with thought of life's brief span. E'en 
 while we speak, jealous Time will have been on the 
 wing : enjoy the present, trust the future as littfe as 
 thou mayest. 
 
 12 
 
 Clio, what man or hero is it thy choice to celebrate 
 
 with lyre or shrill flute ? what god } Whose name 
 
 shall sportive Echo repeat on Helicon's shady slopes 
 
 or on Pindus or cold Hsemus ? whence the woods 
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THE ODES OF HORACE 
 
 followed free in Orpheus' train — Orpheus the sweet 
 
 singer, taught by his mother's art to stay rivers' 
 
 swift currents and flying winds, and charm and lead 
 
 listening oaks to the tune of his melodious string. 
 
 What can I sing before the Father's due praises, 
 
 lord of men and gods, who rules sea and earth and 
 
 heaven by the changing seasons' law ? from whom 
 
 springs nought that is greater than himself, nor is 
 
 aught that lives like or near to him : yet next in 
 
 honour stands Pallas. Nor thee shall I fail to sing, 
 
 Bacchus bold in battle — ^nor thee. Virgin goddess, foe 
 
 to savage beasts — nor thee, Phoebus, dread unerring 
 
 archer. Alcides too I will hymn, and Leda's sons, victors 
 
 renowned, the one as horseman, as boxer the other : 
 
 whose bright star, soon as it shines o'er sailors, makes 
 
 the stormy surge to flow back from the rocks : winds 
 
 fall, and clouds fly, and threatening waves at their will 
 
 sink on the bosom of the deep. Who next shall 
 
 claim first place in my song .'' Romulus, or PompiUus' 
 
 peaceful reign, or Tarquin's tyranny, or Cato's glorious 
 
 death.' Regulus, and the Scauri, and PauUus 
 
 generously prodigal of life in the hour of Punic 
 
 victory — all these shall my grateful Muse celebrate 
 
 in strains sublime : Fabricius too : he, and Curius 
 
 that trusty soldier of locks unkempt, and Camillus, 
 
 were all sons of stem poverty and a home that well 
 
 befitted their ancestral farm. Still rises Marcellus' 
 
 fame, like a tree's unnoted growth : brighter than 
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THE ODES OF HORACE 
 
 all shines the Julian star, like the moon among 
 heaven's lesser fires. Thou son of Saturn, Father 
 and Guardian of mankind, to thy care hath Fate 
 entrusted great Caesar : reign thou, and be Caesar thy 
 deputy. He — whether he lead in triumph high 
 conquered Parthians, Latium's menacing foes, or 
 Seres and Indians, neighbours of the rising sun — 
 ■with thee for suzerain shall justly rule the wide 
 world : thy heavy chariot shall shake Olympus : thy 
 vengeful bolts shall be hurled on groves unholy. 
 
 13 
 
 Lydia! when thou praisest Telephus' rosy neck 
 and Telephus' wax-white arms, then, alas ! bitter 
 bile swells within my angry breast. Then doth my 
 reason, then doth my blood quit its place : and the 
 tear that steals adown my cheeks proclaims how I 
 am consumed by slow inward fires. I bum, if the 
 love-distraught youth hath roughly handled thy fair 
 shoulders with drunken outrage, or left the tell-tale 
 mark of his tooth on thy lips. O, if thou wilt be 
 counselled by me, think not that he will be faith- 
 ful who can do barbarous despite to those sweet 
 kisses wherewith Venus hath mingled the quintessence 
 of her nectar ! Thrice happy and more are those who 
 are linked by bonds unbroken, and whom love's 
 unison sundered by no evil quarrels will release no 
 
 sooner than their life's end. 
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 14 
 
 O ship, new tides then will bear thee back to 
 sea ! Alas, what dost thou ! Make with might and 
 main for the haven: seest thou not, how thy side 
 is stripped of oars, thy mast crippled by the swift 
 south wind, thy yard-arms groan, and without under- 
 girding thy keel can scarce withstand the tyrant sea ? 
 tliy sails are rent — no gods thou hast to invoke in perils 
 new. Though built of Pontic pine, proud daughter 
 of the forest ! thou boastest thy lineage and useless 
 name, the cautious sailor puts no trust in his ship's 
 empty splendour. Unless thou wilt be the sport of 
 winds, beware. But late thou wert a weary burden 
 to me, who now yearn over thee with anxious care : 
 O, shun the seas that flow between the shining 
 Cyclad isles ! 
 
 15 
 
 As the traitor shepherd was bearing his hostess 
 
 Helen over the sea in Idsean ships, Nereus laid the 
 
 swift winds in unwelcome rest, to chant this fell 
 
 augury : Ill-omened is thy home-coming with a 
 
 bride whom Grecian armies shall seek to regain, 
 
 leagued to end thy wedlock and Priam's ancient 
 
 dynasty. Alas ! what days of toil are in store for 
 
 steeds and men ! what slaughter thou bringest on 
 
 the Dardan nation ! already Pallas is making ready 
 
 her helm and shield, her chariots and her raging 
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 wrath. In vain, proud of Venus' protection, shalt 
 thou comb thy locks and strike the unwarlike lyre 
 between thy songs that ladies love : in vain shalt 
 thou hide thee in thy bower from the terrible spears 
 and the sharp Cretan arrow, the din of war and 
 Ajax' swift pursuit : yet shall come in time the fatal 
 day when thy paramour's tresses shall be smirched 
 in dust. Seest thou not Laertes' son, deadly foe to 
 thy race .' and Nestor of Pylos ? They press thee 
 hard, those fearless warriors — Teucer of Salamis, and 
 Sthenelus skilled in fight, and no sluggish charioteer 
 where need is to manage steeds : Meriones too shalt 
 thou learn to know. See, Tydeus' fierce son, e'en 
 braver than his sire, is wild to find thee : from whom 
 thou, for all the prowess thou boastest to thy love, 
 shalt fly, coward ! with panting deep-drawn breath, 
 as flies the stag forgetting his pasture, when he des- 
 cries a wolf on the valley's farther slope. Late shall 
 come the doom that Achilles' wrathful fleet brings 
 on Ilium and her Phrygian matrons : when the tale 
 of winters is complete, your Trojan homes shall perish 
 in Achaean flames. 
 
 16 
 
 Daughter fairer than thy mother fair ! make what 
 end thou wilt of my scurrile lampoons — cast them 
 into the fire or the Adriatic wave. Not Cybele, nor 
 
 the Dweller of the Pythian shrine, nor Bacchus, nor 
 
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 the redoubled clash of shrill Corybantic cymbals, in- 
 spires the votary with frenzy like to gloomy wrath — 
 wrath that quails not before Noric swords or wreck- 
 ing billows or fierce fire or e'en the fearful crash of 
 Jove's descending thunder. Prometheus, 'tis said, 
 compelled to add to our primal clay some portion 
 culled from every creature, gave to our breast the 
 raging lion's ire. 'Twas anger that laid Thyestes 
 low in dire destruction : for this, the chiefest cause, 
 have tall cities fallen, and arrogant hosts driven the 
 foeman's plough across their levelled walls. Control 
 thy temper : I too in pleasant youth have felt the 
 glow of passion, and hurried madly into swift satiric 
 verse : now I would fain change bitter for sweet, 
 if but thou wilt take my repentance for hard words, 
 become my friend and give me back thy heart. 
 
 17 
 
 Swift Faunus oft changes his pleasant Lucretilis 
 for Lycaeus, and ever wards the summer's fiery heat 
 and the rainy winds from my she-goats. Spouses of 
 their ill-smelling lord, safely they roam this protected 
 grove in quest of shy arbutus and thyme, nor fear 
 green vipers, nor Mars' army of wolves from Haedilia 
 — ay, Tyndaris, whene'er Faunus' sweet pipe echoes 
 about the valleys and the smooth rocks of low-lying 
 Ustica. The gods protect me : they love my piety 
 
 and my Muse. Here to thy heart's content shall 
 
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 plenty, rich in the country's pride, flow for the^ 
 from her bounteous horn. Here in my vale's recess 
 thou shalt shun the dogstar's heat, and sing to thy 
 Teian lute of Penelope's and bright Circe's yearn- 
 ing for one and the same love : here 'neath the shade 
 thou shalt drain cups of harmless Lesbian wine, nor 
 shall Semele's Bacchus battle with Mars ; nor shalt 
 thou fear lest Cyrus, jealous headstrong wooer, lay 
 rash hands on thee in unequal strife, and rend the 
 garland that decks thy tresses, and thy innocent 
 raiment. 
 
 18 
 
 Plant no tree. Varus, before the sacred vine about 
 
 Tibur's kindly soil and Catilus' town : for hard is the 
 
 lot by heaven decreed for those who drink not wine : 
 
 nor can aught else put carking cares to flight. Who 
 
 after wine prates of the soldier's or the poor man's 
 
 hardships, and not rather of thee, great Bacchus, and 
 
 thee, fair Venus .i" But let none transgress the gifts 
 
 that the wine-god bestows with tehiperate hand : 
 
 take warning by the Centaurs' deadly strife with 
 
 the Lapithae over theh- wine, and the heaviness 
 
 of Bacchus' hand on the Sithonians, what time in 
 
 greedy haste they distinguish right and wrong only 
 
 by the narrow dividing line of lust. Bright wearer 
 
 of the fox-skin ! I will lay no rude hand on thy 
 
 unwilling divinity, nor drag to light those mysteries 
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 that varied leaves conceal. Only silence the wild 
 cymbals and Berec3mthian horn, parents of blind 
 self-love, and vain-glory raising too high and more 
 her empty head, and Faith prodigal of secrets, more 
 transparent than glass. 
 
 19 
 
 The t3Tant mother of Desire and Theban Semele's 
 son and wanton licence bid me give back my heart 
 to loves I deemed forgotten. I burn for Glycera's 
 bright beauty, of purer sheen than Parian marble : 
 I burn for her malapert charm and that face o'er 
 perilous to behold. Venus hath left her Cyprus to 
 descend to me in fullest might, nor suffers me to sing 
 of trifling themes — Scythians, and Parthian horse- 
 men whose streng't^is to flee. Set here green turf, 
 my slaves, set herbs and incense and a cup of wine 
 two years old : once the victim slain, she will deal 
 with me more mercifully. 
 
 20 
 
 Thou shalt drink from cups of modest size cheap 
 
 Sabine wine, which myself stored and sealed within 
 
 a Greek cask, on that day when the theatre's 
 
 plaudits greeted thee, Maecenas, dear untitled friend ! 
 
 so loud that thy native river's banks and merry echo 
 
 from the Vatican hill gave back thy praises. 'Twill 
 
 be for thee to qua;ff Caecuban and grapes trodden in 
 2 17 
 
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 Cales' press : no Falernian vines or Formian hills 
 mix their juices with cups of mine. 
 
 21 
 
 Ye tender, damsels, sing of Diana : sing, ye youths, 
 of the long-locked Cynthian god, and Latona deeply 
 loved by Jove supreme. Praise, maidens, her that 
 loves the streams and woodland leafage waving high 
 on cold Algidus, or in Erymanthus' dark forests or 
 Cragus green : laud as oft, ye riien, Tempe, and 
 Delos, Apollo's birthplace, and the shoulders graced 
 by the quiver and his brother's lute. So shall he 
 yield to your prayer and send doleful war and 
 famine dire and pestilence to Persia and Britain, far 
 from our people and Caesar our prince. 
 
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 Fuscus ! he who is pure of life and void of crime 
 
 needs no Moorish javelins, no bow, no quiver big with 
 
 poisoned arrows : whether 'tis his intent to fare by 
 
 Syrtes' boiling tide, or through inhospitable Caucasus, 
 
 or the lands that are laved by storied Hydaspes. 
 
 For in the Sabine forest as I sang of my Lalage and 
 
 roamed free from care beyond my boundary, a wolf 
 
 fled before me though all unarmed : albeit no huger 
 
 monster is reared in the wide oakwoods of Daunus' 
 
 warlike land, nor bred in Juba's country, that arid 
 
 nurse of lions. Place me in those barren plaiasi 
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 •where no tree feels summer's quickening breath, 
 where heavy clouds and wrathful skies oppress the 
 world : place me where the sun drives his chariot too 
 near and none can make their dwelling : e'en there 
 I'll love my Lalage, sweetly smiling and sweetly 
 speaking. 
 
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 Thou shunnest me, Chloe, like a fawn — a fawn 
 seeking its dam over the lonely hills, with many a 
 vain fear of breeze and woodland : for if spring's 
 harbingers make waving leaves to quiver, or green 
 lizards-dart athwart the yielding bramble, heart and 
 knees alike tremble. Nay ! I seek not to crush thee, 
 like fierce tiger or Gaetulian lion : 'tis high time for 
 thee to wed, and cling no more to thy mother. 
 
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 Why should shame stint our grief for one so dear ? 
 begin thou the dirge, Melpomene, gifted by the 
 Father with lyre and clear voice. Eternal sleep, 
 then, lies heavy on Quinctilius ! on him, for whom 
 when shall Honour find a peer — Honour and Justice' 
 sister, untarnished Faith, and naked Truth ? Many 
 are the good who mourn his fall ; none, Virgil, more 
 deeply than thou. Thy vain devotion asks back 
 Quinctilius from the gods ; 'twas not for this thou 
 didst entrust him to their care, Nay,— if more 
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 sweetly than Thracian Orpheus thou wert to tune 
 a lute that trees might list, the life would ne'er 
 return to that airy sprite that once, with wand of 
 dread, Mercurius, o'er harsh to ope Destiny's gates 
 for prayer, hath herded with his dusky band. 'Tis 
 hard : but whate'er 'tis forbidden to amend en- 
 durance may lighten. 
 
 25 
 
 Less oft do wanton youths shake thy closed case- 
 ments with frequent blows, — no more they wake 
 thee from sleep, and the door cleaves close to its 
 threshold, that door that erst swung right nimbly on 
 its hinge : and less and less thou hearest the plaint, 
 "While I thy lover pass long nights of anguish, 
 canst thou, Lydia, canst thou sleep ? " Thy turn 
 shall come : a hag despised, thou shalt weep in some 
 lonely alley for the pride of libertines, while the 
 Thracian wind raves louder in the moonless night, 
 wh,en burning love and lust that oft frenzies mares 
 shall rage in thy fevered heart, and thou shalt com- 
 plain for that merry youth takes more joy of green 
 ivy and dark myrtle, but withered leaves it sacrifices 
 to Hebrus, winter's comrade. 
 
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 The Muses' friend, I'll bid wanton winds bear 
 
 sorrow and fear away to the Cretan sea, caring not 
 
 a jot what foemen dread the king of those cold 
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 realms beneath the Bear, what terrors assail Tiridates. 
 Sweet Pierian nymph, who lovest pure fountains, 
 twine sunny flowers, twine a garland for dear 
 Lamia ! without thee no praise that I can give may 
 aught avail : 'tis for thee and thy sisters to im- 
 mortalise him with Lesbian lyre in strains as yet 
 unheard. 
 
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 'Tis Thracians only who use for battle cups that 
 nature made for merriment : away with so barbarous 
 a custom, and keep bloody brawls afar from our 
 temperate revels ! Vast is the gulf that parts wine 
 and lights from the Median scimitar : abate, my 
 friends, your impious din, and rest reclined on down- 
 prest elbow. Would you have me too take my 
 share of strong Falernian.' then let Opuntian 
 Megilla's brother tell us what arrow hath pierced 
 his heart, happy wretch ! Art slow to speak ? yet 
 nought else shall bribe me to drink. Whatever 
 beauty be thy queen, thou needst not blush for thy 
 flame — thy fault is still an honourable love. What- 
 e'er thy secret, come, tell it to a safe ear. . . . Ah, 
 poor boy, what a monster hath claimed thee for 
 victim, worthy of a nobler love ! What witch, what 
 Thessalian magician's drugs, nay, what god, shall 
 release thee ? thou art in the toils of a Chimera's 
 triple shape, whence Pegasus' self shall scarce set 
 
 thee free. 
 
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 Archytas ! thou didst measure earth and sea and 
 the innumerable sands, — yet now a paltry dole of 
 scanty dust is thy prison by the Matine shore, nor 
 aught it avails thee to have scaled heights of air and 
 sent thy thought around the circling heaven — still 
 doomed to die. All have died : Pelops' sire, the 
 guest of gods, Tithonus translated to the skies, 
 Minos, the sharer of Jove's secret counsels : and 
 Panthus' son dwells in Tartarus, once more to Orcus 
 banished, — ay, though the shield he unfixed witnessed 
 his share in Troy's story, and nought but sinew and 
 skin had he yielded to dark death : e'en he, whom 
 thy judgment deemed no mean teachjfer of nature 
 and truth. But darkness waits for all alike, and 
 once for all must the path of death be trodden. Of 
 some the Furies make a show for Mars' grim pastime : 
 the greedy sea is mariners' destruction : though 
 mixed multitudes of old and young perish, dread 
 Persephone marks every head that falls. 
 
 Me too, the south wind, swift comrade of Orion's 
 
 sinking star, whelmed in Illyrian waves. Grudge 
 
 not, sailor, a grain of shifting sand to my bones and 
 
 unburied head : so howsoe'er the East may threat 
 
 Hesperian seas, mayestthou be safe while Venusia's 
 
 woods are smitten, — so may rich gains accrue to thee 
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 from just Jove, who hath power to give, and Neptune 
 the guardian of sacred Tarentum. Carest thou 
 nought for a crime that will be visited on thy 
 innocent descendants ? nay, perchance 'tis thyself that 
 justice' debt and tyrant change may await : vengeance 
 shall follow the prayers that thou leavest unheard, 
 and no atonement shall set thee free. Though thou 
 art in haste, thou needst not long delay : throw three 
 handfuls of dust — then speed thee on ! 
 
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 Iccius ! dost thou now envy the Arab's rich treasures, 
 and plan fierce war against Sabaea's yet unconquered 
 princes, and forge chains for the dreaded Mede ? 
 What foreign maid shall be thy slave, her betrothed 
 spouse slain ? What court-bred boy with locks 
 anointed shall be thy cupbearer, once taught to 
 shoot Eastern arrows from his father's bow ? Who 
 can deny that headlong rivers may flow back up the 
 mountain steep, and Tiber return to his source, when 
 thou, once of better promise, art fain to change thy 
 diligently gotten store of famed Panaetius' books and 
 thy philosophic home for coats of Spanish mail ? 
 
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 Venus, Cnidos' and Paphos' queen, quit thy loved 
 
 Cyprus, and make new abode in the lovely bower of 
 
 Glycera, who invokes thee with copious offering of 
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 incense. Bring swift with thee thy ardent son, and 
 the loose-girdled Graces, and the Nymphs, and 
 Youth that without thee loses its bravery, and 
 Mercurius too. 
 
 31 
 
 What asks the bard of Apollo's new-consecrated 
 godhead .'' what prays he as he pours new wine from 
 the cup ? 'tis not Sardinia's rich crops, not warm 
 Calabria's pleasant herds, not India's gold or ivory, 
 nor those fields that crumble in the quiet waters of 
 Liris' silent stream. Let fortune's favourites prune, 
 their vines with Cales' knife ; let the rich mierchant 
 drain from golden cups wines bought with Syrian 
 gains, deeming himself dear to heaven itself in that, 
 thrice, ay, four times he can safely voyage to the 
 Atlantic main. My fare is nought but olives, chicory 
 and light mallows. Grant me, Leto's son ! to enjoy 
 my store with health and soundness of mind, I pray : 
 grant that my eld be not barely spent nor lack the 
 lyric song. 
 
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 They bid me sing. Whate'er of sportive song 
 thou and I have idly made in shady groves, to live 
 a year or more, come, my lyre, utter forth a Latin 
 lay, — lyre first tuned by that Lesbian citizen, who, 
 
 for all his warrior pride, yet amid the clash of arms, 
 
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 or what time he had moored his sea-tossed bark 
 to the dripping shore, sang still of Bacchus and the 
 Muses and Venus and the boy who clings to her 
 side, and beauteous Lycus' dusky eyes and dusky 
 hair. Thou pride of Phoebus, thou lyre, a welcome 
 guest at the banquets of supreme Jove, sweet solace 
 of labour ! take my greeting whene'er I duly invoke 
 thee. 
 
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 Grieve not, Albius, overmuch at the thought of 
 cruel Glycera, nor ask in piteous elegiac chant why 
 a younger gallant outshines thefe in her faithless 
 favour. Fair narrow-browed Lycoris burns for Cyrus, 
 while Cyrus' heart is all for prudish Pholoe : but 
 sooner shall she-goats_ mate with Apulian wolves 
 than Pholoe sink to base intrigue. Such is Venus' 
 will : 'tis her pleasure in cruel pastime to link under 
 her brazen yoke forms and minds ill-matched. My- 
 self, when courted by a higher love, sweet Myrtale 
 held fast prisoned — Myrtale a freedwoman, crueller 
 than the Adriatic waves in Calabria's hollow bays. 
 
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 Not oft nor heartily a worshipper of heaven, lost in 
 
 the lore of a wisdom unwise, I must now 'bout ship 
 
 and retrace a course abandoned : for Jupiter, albeit 
 
 'tis his wont to cleave the clouds with flashing fire, 
 
 hath now driven through a clear sky his steeds and 
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 swift chariot, shaking the moveless earth, the stray- 
 ing streams, shaking Styx and loathed Tartarus' dread 
 mansion, and Atlas' mountain boundary. Strong is 
 God to raise the lowly aloft : he weakens the proud 
 and brings to light things unseen : 'tis Fortune's 
 whim to snatch away with wings shrill hurtling the 
 crown that anon she bestows on another head. 
 
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 Goddess, queen of pleasant Antium, whose present 
 
 power can raise mortal men from lowest depths and 
 
 plunge proud triumphs in death ; to thee the poor 
 
 husbandman makes his anxious prayer, to thee (for 
 
 thou art mistress of the sea) the sailor prays who 
 
 challenges with Bithynian keel the Carpathian main. 
 
 Thou art the fear of rude Dacians and flying Scythians, 
 
 of cities and nations and proud Latium, of the 
 
 mothers of foreign kings, yea of purple-clad tyrants : 
 
 lest with injurious foot thou hurl to earth the erect 
 
 pillar, and the thronging mob rally doubters with 
 
 the cry, ' to arms, to arms ! ' and shatter a dynasty. 
 
 Before thee ever goes grim Necessity, bearing in 
 
 brazen hand her joiners' nails and wedges, nor lacks 
 
 she stubborn clamp nor molten lead. Hope is thy 
 
 worshipper and rare Faith crowned with white wool : 
 
 who refuses not her comradeship, whene'er with 
 
 changed garb and hostile mien thou quittest the 
 
 palaces of the great. But the faithless crowd and 
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 the harlot forsworn turn their backs : the casks once 
 drained to the dregs, friends vanish, traitors who 
 will not aid to bear the yoke. Mayest thou protect 
 Caesar on his march against Britain, earth's remotest 
 land, Csesar and that new levied swarm of warriors 
 who threat the East and the Red Sea ! Shame on 
 us for the scars and the crime of fraternal war! 
 Sons of an iron age, no risk have we shunned, no 
 crime left untried : no altars have our warriors spared, 
 never in fear of heaven restrained their sacrilegious 
 hand. O mayest thou reforge on a new anvil our 
 blunted swords, to wield against Massagetae and 
 Arabs ! 
 
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 With incense and lyric song and bullock's blood 
 duly shed let us sacrifice to Numida's protecting gods, 
 — Numida, who now safe returned from farthest West 
 lavishes many an embrace on his dear comrades, but 
 on none more than on loved Lamia, remembering 
 well how the same master ruled their boyhood, and 
 together they donned manhood's garb. Let this fair 
 day not lack its white mark : stint not to fill the 
 bowl, let not the feet rest from Salian dance : nor 
 let e'en toping Damalis o'ercome Bassus in deep 
 Thracian draughts: let not the feast lack its roses, 
 its parsley evergreen, its short-lived lilies. On 
 
 Damalis shall all fix their languishing eyes : yet 
 
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 Damalis shall not be severed from her new lover, 
 but cling more closely than gadding ivy. 
 
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 Fill high the bowl, tread free the measure! now, 
 my comrades, has come that day when we should 
 adorn the gods' sacred cushion with Salian banquets. 
 Erstwhile 'twas a crime to draw Caecuban wine from 
 ancestral cellars, what time the queen was plotting 
 mad ruin for our Capitol and death for our empire, 
 with her vile disease-stained following, controlling 
 no wild hope and drunk with the delight of success. 
 But her madness abated when scarce one ship es- 
 caped the flames, and Caesar curbed with true terror's 
 sway her spirit frenzied by Mareotic draughts : press- 
 ing hard with swift oars on her flight from Italy's 
 coasts — e'en as the hawk chases soft doves, or 
 hunters speed after the hare in snowy Haemonia's 
 plains — that so he might enchain that monstrous 
 birth of destiny : but she, fain for a nobler end, nor 
 womanlike dreaded the sword nor sought with swift- 
 sailing fleet to gain some hidden realm. Nay, she 
 brooked to visit her ruined palace with brow unruffled, 
 and boldly handling the cruel snakes to receive into 
 her blood their deadly poison : death once decreed, 
 her courage rose ; for her lofty spirit spumed the 
 thought that fierce Liburnians should see her un- 
 
 queened majesty led in haughty triumph. 
 
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 38 
 
 My lad, I hate your Persian splendours : garlands 
 twined with linden delight not me : ceasfe to search 
 where tarries yet the latest rose. I care not that 
 thy diligence add aught to plain myrtle : for myrtle 
 well befits both thee the man and me the master, 
 who drink beneath my vine's enlacing shade. 
 
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BOOK II 
 
 1 
 
 The civil strife that Metellus' consulship began, 
 
 the war's causes, its faults and forms, and Fortune's 
 
 sport, and those fatal leagues of the great, and arms 
 
 stained oft by blood yet unpurged— -such is thy 
 
 theme, a task of risk and hazard : thou treadest fires 
 
 that sleep 'neath treacherous ashes. For a while let 
 
 the theatres lack stern tragedy's muse : soon, when 
 
 thou hast duly told the story of our state, thou shalt 
 
 don the Athenian buskin and resume thy high 
 
 employ, — Pollio, thou great champion of wretches 
 
 accused, bulwark of the senate's counsels ! for whom.- 
 
 the laurel of Dalmatian victory hath won eternal 
 
 renown. E'en now at thy bidding the bugle and 
 
 clarion's threatening sound rings in our ears, e'en 
 
 now the gleam of arms affrights the steed and gazing 
 
 rider to flight. E'en now methinks I hear the 
 
 mighty voice of leaders besmirched with glorious 
 
 dust : I hear the tale of Cato's stubborn heart un- 
 
 conquered 'midst a conquered world. Juno and all 
 
 Afric's patron deities who had fled the land they 
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 were helpless to avenge, anon offered their conqueror's 
 posterity in sacrifice to Jugurtha's shade. What 
 plain is not fattened by Latin gore, and hath no 
 tombs to tell the tale of our impious battles, when 
 Medes heard the crash of a falling West ? What 
 flood, what streams know not of our doleful wars ? 
 what sea hath not Italian slaughter incarnadined ? 
 on what shore hath our blood not been shed ? But 
 pause, my Muse o'er-rash, nor quit thy jests, nor play 
 the sad Cean singer's part : thou and I beneath 
 Dibne's cave must attempt a strain on lighter string. 
 
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 No sheen hath silver while 'tis hid in avaricious 
 
 earth, Sallustius Crispus, thou hater of metal un- 
 
 burnished by moderate use. Long shall be the life 
 
 of Proculeius, whose praise it is to have played a 
 
 father's part to his brothers : him shall deathless 
 
 fame bear on unfailing wing. A wider empire is his 
 
 who curbs a covetous heart, than were he to unite 
 
 Libya and farthest Gades, and rule alone o'er 
 
 Phoenicia's twain colonies. 'Tis by self-indulgence 
 
 that dread dropsy grows, nor quenches thirst unless 
 
 the sickness' root be banished from the veins, and 
 
 watery languor from the pallid frame. Though 
 
 Phraates be restored to Cyrus' throne, yet Virtue in 
 
 no accord with the multitude denies him a place 
 
 among the truly blest, and teaches the crowd to 
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 speak no wrongful praise ; bestowing on him alone 
 a crown and royalty unquestioned and the garland 
 that is his by right, who sees nor turns a longing eye 
 on high-piled wealth. 
 
 3 
 
 Ever, preserve a mind well balanced in adversity, 
 
 nor less control undue delight in Fortune's smile, 
 
 remembering, Dellius, that thou must die : whether 
 
 thy life be one long sorrow, or reclined in some 
 
 grassy nook thou makest holiday with Falemian of 
 
 inmost brand to bless thine ease. Why else do tall 
 
 pine and poplar pale love to intertwine their branches' 
 
 hospitable shade ? why strives yon fleeting current 
 
 to speed adown its winding bed? Hither bid wines 
 
 be brought and perfumes and the lovely rose's o'er- 
 
 short-lived bloom, while fortune and age and the 
 
 three sisters' dark threads permit thee. Thou wilt 
 
 leave thy bought glades, thy palace, thy park that 
 
 tawny Tiber laves ; all shalt thou leave, and thine 
 
 heir enjoy thy high-heaped riches. Whoe'er thou 
 
 art that dwellest awhile beneath the sky, whether 
 
 rich and of Inachus' ancient line, or poor and lowly 
 
 born, it matters not : alike wilt thou be the victim 
 
 of pitiless death. To one bourne we all are driven : 
 
 the lot of each will soon or late leap from the urn 
 
 wherein 'tis shaken, and set us in the boat that 
 
 bears us to endless banishment, 
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THE ODES OF HORACE 
 
 4 
 
 Think no shame to love a serving maid^ Phocian 
 
 Xanthias ! Time was when the snow-white charms 
 
 of Briseis, a slave, moved proud Achilles to love: 
 
 captive Tecmessa's beauty wrought on her lord Ajax, 
 
 Telamon's son : Atreus' son amid his triumph glowed 
 
 for a ravished maid, what time the Eastern squadrons 
 
 had fallen before their Thessalian conqueror, and 
 
 Hector's loss made it a lighter task for war-worn 
 
 Greeks to work Troy's ruin. Who knows but the 
 
 wealth of thy golden-haired Phyllis' house may make 
 
 thee proud to wed her ? be sure, she mourns for a 
 
 royal lineage and the cruelty of her father's gods. 
 
 Ne'er believe that she thou lovest hath come of the 
 
 rascal rabble, nor that one so true, so scornful of 
 
 pelf could have blushed for the mother who bore 
 
 her. Her arms, her face, her neat-turned ankles 
 
 I prdise, but praise unsmitten : suspect not one for 
 
 whom time hath hasted to accomplish his fortieth 
 
 year. 
 
 5 
 
 Not yet can she subdue her neck to bear the yoke, 
 nor share a fellow's task, nor mate with the amorous 
 bull : thy love's heart is yet in the green fields, as 
 the heifer's that allays violent heat in cooling streams, 
 or is fain to sport with calves in some moist willow- 
 bed. Desire no more the unripe grape : soon shall 
 
 autumn's changing hue empurple the darkening 
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 clusters. Soon will she follow after thee : for proud 
 youth is' flying and will add to her those years which 
 it takes from thee : soon will Lalage be forward to 
 crave a spouse, beloved as ne'er was coy Pholoe, or 
 Chloris whose white shoulders gleam as shines the 
 pure moon on nightly waves, or Cnidian Gyges, who 
 were he set amid a bevy of girls were a riddle to 
 perplex strangely e'en sharpest-eyed guests — so flow- 
 ing his locks, so doubtful his features' sex. 
 
 6 
 
 Septimius ! who with me wouldst visit e'en Gades 
 and the Cantabrian untaught to bear our yoke, and 
 the barbarous Syrtes, where ever seethes the Moorish 
 tide : may Tibur, I pray, that Argive colony, be the abode 
 of my old age — there may I rest, aweary of seas and 
 journeys and wars ! But if thence Fate unkind 
 debar me, then will I seek Galaesus' stream beloved 
 by fleecy sheep, and the lands where once Laconian 
 Phalanthus ruled. Sweetliest of all smiles for me 
 that corner of earth : where the honey yields not 
 to Hymettus, and olives vie with green Venafrum : 
 where by Jove's favour springs are long and winters 
 warm, and Aulon, friend to Bacchus' increase, hath 
 no cause to envy Falernian grapes. That spot, 
 those happy hills invite thee and me : there shalt 
 thou duly besprinkle with tears the warm ashes of 
 thy poet friend. 
 
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 7 
 Thou who wert oft with me led to face deadly 
 risks 'neath Brutus' captaincy, — who hath restored 
 thee to Roman rights, thy country's gods, thy 
 native skies, Pompeius, chiefest of my comrades ? 
 with whom full oft o'er the winecup I have short- 
 ened the lagging day, my head engarlanded, my 
 locks shining with Syrian ointment. With thee I 
 bore Philippi's swift flight, that day when I cast 
 away my craven shield, what time valour fell and 
 threatening champions bit the base dust. But me 
 swift Mercury wrapt in dense cloud and bare safe 
 through my dreaded foes : thee the wave of war 
 sucked back and whelmed in seething surf. Where- 
 fore now pay to Jove thy votive feast ; lay thee 
 down, weary of long wars, beneath my laurels, nor 
 spare the casks reserved for thee. Fill the polished 
 goblets with care-dispelling Massic wine : pour un- 
 guents from their wide shells. Whose the task to 
 weave in haste garlands of soft parsley or myrtle i 
 whom shall a lucky throw make master of the feast .-' 
 wildly as e'er a Thracian will I revel : welcome, 
 misrule, when friends come home ! 
 
 8 
 
 Hadst thou e'er, Barine, known one least penalty 
 
 for outraged faith, were one blackened tooth, one 
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 nail to mar thy beauty, I would trust thee. But no ! 
 once thou hast invoked judgment on- thy traitress 
 head, straightway thou shinest fairer far, and comest 
 forth the cynosure of all our longing youth. 'Tis 
 thy gain, then, to swear falsely by thy mother's 
 buried ashes, and night's silent stars and all the host 
 of heaven, and the gods that know not chill death. 
 At such vows, I say, Venus' self smiles, smile the 
 simple nymphs, and cruel Cupid who ever sharpens 
 his glowing darts on the fatal whetstone. Moreover 
 'tis for thee that all our youths grow to men, to 
 make fresh slaves for thee : nor do thy elder lovers, 
 for all their threats, ever quit their impious mistress' 
 roof. Mothers and careful sires dread thee, afraid 
 for their stripling sons : poor girls late wedded fear 
 lest thy soft influence should turn their consorts aside. 
 
 9 
 
 Rain drips not ever from the clouds on the rough 
 fields, nor fitful storms ever vex the Caspian sea, nor 
 in Armenia's bounds lies heavy ice through all the 
 year : Garganus' oak woods are not always tossed by 
 the north winds and her rowans robbed of their 
 leaves : but thou, friend Valgius ! art ever harping in 
 mournful strain on Mystes' loss, nor is thy love for- 
 gotten when eve's star rises, nor when it pales before 
 the swift sun. Nay ! that old man who lived through 
 
 thrice life's span mourned not all his years for loved 
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 Antilochus : nor did young Troilus' parents and 
 Phrygian sisters weep for him ever. Cease at- 
 length from thy soft complainings, and let us rather 
 sing Augustus Caesar's trophies new-won, and cold 
 Niphates, — how Media's river, added to the tale of 
 conquests, rolls his eddies less proudly, and Geloni, 
 pooped within fixed limits, ride o'er their straitened 
 plains. 
 
 10 
 More rightly wilt thou guide thy life, Licinius, if 
 thou neither darest ever the deep, nor in cautious 
 fear of storms too closely huggest the dangerous 
 shore. Whoe'er loves the golden mean, hath safety 
 that keeps afar from sordid hovels, and discretion 
 that shuns an envied palace. 'Tis the tall pine that 
 oftenest is tossed by winds : lofty towers fall with 
 heaviest crash ; lightnings strike the mountain's 
 peak. The breast well-prepared hopes change in 
 adversity, fears it in prosperity. Jupiter brings 
 back yet anon disppls unlovely winters. Think not, 
 if now 'tis ill with thee, that so 'twill be hereafter : 
 full oft Apollo takes his lyre and wakes the Muse to 
 song, nor always bends his bow. In perilous times 
 show a bold courageous front : 'twill be wisdom to 
 reef the sail when swollen by too favouring winds. 
 
 11 
 
 Ask not, Quintius Hivpinus ! what warlike Can- 
 
 tabrian and Scythian design beyond Hadria's inter- 
 
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 vening waves : nor make anxious provision for life 
 that needs so little. Back flies beardless youth and 
 grace : withered age chases away wanton loves and 
 easy sleep. Spring's flowers cannot always keep 
 their bloom, nor shines the ruddy moon with coun- 
 tenance unchanged : why then match thy mind in 
 strife unequal with eternal questionings ? Rather 
 beneath tall plane or yonder pine carelessly reclined, 
 our hoary hair perfumed with roses, anointed with 
 Assyrian nard, quaff we the wine-cup : Bacchus 
 chases carking cares afar. What slave shall haste 
 to allay our cups of glowing Falernian with yon 
 running wave ? Who shall beguile fair Lyde from 
 her secluded home .'' Quick, bid her haste to come 
 with her ivory lute, her hair neatly braided in a 
 knot such as Sparta's daughters use. 
 
 12 
 
 The long wars of fierce Numantia, dread Hannibal 
 
 and Sicilian seas empurpled with Punic blood — these 
 
 themes thou wouldst not wish wedded to the lyre's 
 
 soft strains : no, nor the story of cruel Lapithse or 
 
 drunken Hylseus or those earth-born youths o'ercome 
 
 by Hercules' hand, whose perilous assault made old 
 
 Saturn's bright palace to quake for fear : better in 
 
 prose shalt thou, Maecenas, recount the tale of 
 
 Caesar's battles, and threatening kings led with 
 
 bowed neck along our streets. But me the Muse 
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 hath bidden to tell of thy lady Licymnia's sweet 
 song, her eyes bright gleaming and her breast true 
 to warm mutual love : of her, still graceful, whether 
 she tread a measure in the dance, or vie in jestj or 
 link arms in sport with maidens bright on the holy 
 day of Diana's thronged festival. Wouldst thou 
 barter one curl of Licymnia's hair for all that rich 
 Achaemenes possessed, for fertile Phrygia's Mygdo- 
 nian wealth or Arabia's full treasure-houses ? while 
 she turns aside or with lightly-moved cruelty denies 
 her neck to thy glowing kisses, which she loves e'en 
 more than her suitor to have stolen, and at whiles is 
 forward to snatch. 
 
 13 
 
 Whoe'er first planted thee, 'twas on an unlucky 
 day ; sacrilegious was the hand that reared thee, O 
 tree, to bring destruction on posterity and evil name 
 on our village. He, I well may guess, was one that 
 throttled his own father and sprinkled his inmost 
 chamber with blood of guest nightly done to death : 
 from no Colchian poisons, from no horror on earth 
 did he shrink, who set in my land thy guilty wood, 
 to fall one day on thy innocent master's head. 
 From hour to hour no man's care can rightly warn 
 him what perils he should shun : the Punic sailor 
 dreads the Bosphorus, nor fears lest hidden fates 
 await him elsewhere : the soldier fears the Parthian's 
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 arrows and swift flight, the Parthian dreads chains 
 and a Roman prison : yet 'tis death's unlooked-for 
 might that ever seizes on mankind. How near was 
 I to seeing dark Proserpina's realm, and .Slacus' 
 judgment-seat and those blest souls that dwell apart, 
 and Sappho on iEolian strings complaining of her 
 country's maids, and thee, Alcaeus ! striking with 
 golden quill the fuller note of seaman's, exile's, 
 soldier's hard plight ! Both sing amid the wonder- 
 ing shades songs that call for holy silence : but with 
 more eager ear the thronging crowd drinks in the 
 tale of battles and tyrants banished. What wonder ? 
 when 'neath the spell of such strains the hundred- 
 headed monster droops his dark ears, and e'en the 
 snakes have rest that twine amid the Furies' hair : 
 nay, e'en Prometheus' and Pelops' sire are cozened 
 by the sweet sound to forget their toils : nor cares 
 Orion to chase the lion or theJia^ lynx. 
 
 14 
 
 Postumus, Postumus, the flying years, alas ! glide 
 on, nor shall piety delay wrinkles and hasting eld 
 and unconquered death, — no, my friend, not if every 
 day thou shouldst offer three hundred bulls to ap- 
 pease tearless Pluto, who enchains Geryon's triple 
 bulk and Jityus with that gloomy wave which all we 
 who live by earth's bounty must traverse, be we 
 
 kings or poor husbandmen. 'Tis vain to shun bloody 
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THE ODES OF HOllACE 
 
 war and the hoarse Adriatic's breaking surf: vain to 
 guard against autumn's unhealthy south winds : still 
 must we behold black Cocytus' dull meandering 
 stream, and Danaus' accursed kin, and Sisyphus, 
 jEoIus' son, doomed to an eternity of toil. Thy 
 lands, thy house, thy loveji wife, — all must thou 
 leave : nor of all yon trees that thou tendest shall 
 any save the hated cypress follow their short-lived 
 lord. Thy worthier heir shall drain the Caecuban 
 thou guardest with an hundred keys, and stain thy 
 floors with royal wine that e'en priestly banquets 
 cannot match. 
 
 15 
 
 Soon will palaces leave but few acres for the plough ; 
 
 everywhere waters will stretch before our view wider 
 
 than the Lucrine lake, and the mateless plane will 
 
 dispossess the elm : and beds of violet and myrtle 
 
 and all odorous plants will scatter their scents about 
 
 those olive groves that yielded rich increase to a 
 
 former lord : and laurel boughs dense-twined will 
 
 bar the fiery shafts. Not thus did Romulus' and 
 
 bearded Cato's ensample and our forefathers' rule 
 
 enjoin. With them the man was poor, the state was 
 
 rich : no colonnade spanned by private measure faced 
 
 the shady north ; law suffered no man to contemn 
 
 chance-dug sods, and bade the public purse adorn 
 
 town and temple with newly-hewn stone. 
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THE ODES OF Horace 
 
 16 
 
 For rest prays the sailor caught on the wide 
 ^gean,- what time dark clouds have hidden the 
 moon, nor stars shine clear to guide the mariner : 
 rest is the prayer of war-maddened Thracian and 
 quiver-deckied Mede,— rest, Grosphus, that nor gems 
 nor gold can biiy. For no treasures, no consul's 
 lictor can chase away the mind's sad disorders, and 
 cares that hover about richly ceiled halls. Full well 
 he lives at little cost, whose father's salt-cellar shines 
 on his humble board : nor fear, nor base desire robs 
 him of light slumbers. Why aims our valour so high 
 in life's brief span ? Why change we our homes for 
 lands warmed by another sun .'' What exile from 
 his country hath e'er fled from himself as well .'' 
 Sickly care climbs brazen-beaked ships, nor is out- 
 paced by squadrons of horse, — swifter than stags, 
 swifter than the east wind that drives the clouds. 
 Enjoy the present hour : think not on that which 
 lies beyond, and temper sorrows with careless smile : 
 there is no bliss unmixed with ill. Swift death took 
 great Achilles for its prey : Tithonus pined in long 
 old age : and to me perchance shall hours bring 
 what to thee they deny. Around thee low a hun- 
 dred herds of Sicilian kine : thine are whinnying 
 mares, fit to draw the chariot : thou art clad in wool 
 
 twice stained by Afric's purple. To me hath Fate 
 
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 fulfilled her promise, granting me the delicate spirit 
 of Grecian song, and contempt of the envious crowd. 
 
 17 
 
 Why break my heart with thy complaints ? 'tis not 
 heaven's pleasure nor mine that thou, Maecenas, 
 should die before me, thou chiefest pride and pillar 
 of my fortunes ! Oh, if some forestalling force carry 
 thee away, why tarry I here bereft of half my being, 
 loved as erst no longer, poor crippled survivor ? Nay, 
 that day shall lay us both low. No faithless oath 
 have I sworn : lead but the way, and we will go, — 
 ay, go together, prepared to face the last of all 
 journeysr Nor fiery Chimaera's breath, nor hundred- 
 handed Gyges re-risen shall sever me from thee : such 
 the will of mighty Justice and the Fates. Whatever 
 sign govern my life, whether Balance or dread 
 Scorpion rule with more potent influence my natal 
 hour, or Capricorn, tyrant of the western wave, — 
 'tis past belief how my star and thine consent. Thee 
 did the tutelage of Jove's, opposing planet save from 
 cruel Saturn, and stayed the wings of flying Fate, 
 what time the glad sound of a people's plaudits rang 
 thrice in our theatre : me had a tree falling on my 
 skull done to death, had not Faunus, saviour of the 
 sons of Mercury, turned the blow with strong right 
 hand. Do thou be sure to offer victims due, and 
 
 build a votive shrine : but I will slay a lowly lamb. 
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 18 
 
 Within my house shines no ivory, no golden ceil- 
 ing : no pillars hewn in farthest Africa bear weighty 
 blocks of Hymettus' marble : no Attalus' palace 
 have I, a stranger heir, inherited; no high-bom 
 client dames have I, to weave me Laconian purple 
 raiment. But truth is mine, and a rich vein of wit : 
 poor am I, yet sought by the wealthy ; I weary 
 heaven for nought beyond, nor entreat my powerful 
 friend for larger bounties, blest enow in my Sabine 
 farm alone. Day treads hard on day, and new moons 
 haste to wane : yet thou on the eve of death biddest 
 hirelings hew thee marble ; heedless of the grave 
 thou buildest thy palaces, and strivest to thrust 
 farther out the shore of that sea that roars on Baise's 
 coast, deeming the mainland too little wealth. Nay, 
 thy greed is ever uprooting thy neighbours' land- 
 marks and o'erleaping thy clients' boundaries : out 
 are driven man and wife, carrying in their bosom 
 their fathers' gods and children meanly clad. Yet 
 no hall awaits the wealthy lord more surely than 
 greedy Orcus' destined bourne. Why strive against 
 that law ? Alike for prince and poor man the grave 
 yawns wide : nor could gold bribe Orcus' minion to 
 bring subtle Prometheus back to life. 'Tis he who 
 prisons proud "Tantalus and Tantalus' race : 'tis he 
 who sought or unsought by prayer comes to free the 
 
 poor whose toils are done. 
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THE ODES OF HORACE 
 
 19 
 
 Bacchus I have seen — believe it, ye future ages ! 
 — teaching song amid the far-off crags, and the 
 pupil Nymphs and ears erect of goatfoot satyrs. 
 fVas hael ! my heart yet throbs with late-felt fear and 
 gladness wild — Bacchus is my bosom's lord. Spare 
 me, great god of wine, dread wielder of the terrible 
 thyrsus, spare ! 'Tis mine to sing of the tameless 
 Thyiades, to tell of springs of wine, of full rivers of 
 milk, of honey flowing from hollow trunks : mine to 
 sing thy blest consort's glories exalted to the stars, 
 Pentheus' palace destroyed by no gentle hand, and 
 Thracian Lycurgus' fall. Thou tamest rivers and 
 eastern seas : thou in thy revels on the lonely hills 
 bindest the locks of Bistonia's dames with harmless 
 viper-knots : thou, when the Giants' impious crew was 
 scaling thy sire's kingdom through the steep sky, 
 didst hurl back Rhoetus — thou, with lion's claws and 
 dreadful fangs : albeit, held fitter for dance and jest 
 and sport, thou wert deemed unmeet for battle : yet 
 thy bearing was still the same in peace and war alike. 
 Thee and thy fair golden horn Cerberus saw, nor 
 harmed thee, but gently moved his tail, and at thy 
 parting licked with his mouth's three tongues thy 
 feet and thy legs. 
 
 20 
 
 A bard transformed, I'll rise aloft through the 
 
 clear air on strong unwonted wing, nor tarry longer 
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 on earth : I'll soar above envy and the cities of men. 
 Poverty's son, thy chosen friend, dear Maecenas, — I 
 shall not die nor be prisoned by the Stygian wave. 
 Rougher and more shrunken grows the skin upon 
 my legs, and my body's upper part changes to a 
 swan's white shape, and glossy feathers spring from 
 finger and shoulder. Soon shall I be a bird of song, 
 and swifter of flight than Daedalus -begotten Icarus 
 behold the shores of groaning Bosphorus, and Gaetulian 
 Syrtes, and the plains beyond the north wind. Me 
 shall the Colchian learn to know, and the Dacian 
 who dissembles his dread of Marsian cohorts, ay, the 
 lettered Spaniard and he that drinks of the Rhone. 
 Be no dirge heard beside my empty bier, no unsightly 
 mourning, no plaint : hush the loud wail and forbear 
 the useless honour of a tomb. 
 
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BOOK III 
 
 1 
 
 I hate and shun the profane crowd : speak no ill- 
 omened word ! the Muses' priest, I sing to youths and 
 maidens songs before unheard. Dread kings bear 
 sway o'er their own flocks : o'er kings themselves 
 rules Jove, renowned conqueror of Giants, whose 
 frown moves the worldi One may range his trees in 
 furrows o'er wider acres than his neighbour : one 
 may come to the hustings with nobler birth, one 
 with life and name more stainless, one with longer 
 train of clients : yet Necessity's equal law takes high 
 and low alike : no name but is shaken in that vast 
 urn. For him above whose impious neck a drawn 
 sword hangs, no care shall give Sicilian feasts a sweet 
 savour, ryj. music of bird or lyre recall his sleep. 
 Gentle sleep spurns not the rustic's humble cot, nor 
 shady banks, nor Tempe's Zephyr-fanned woods. 
 Who craves but what suffices recks nought of stormy 
 seas, nor the fierce assaults of Bear- ward setting or 
 rising Goat : nought of hail-smitten vineyards and 
 faithless farms, where orchards blame now the rains, 
 
 now the parching seasons, now the unkind winters. 
 
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 Fishes feel their seas straitened by masonry dropt 
 in the deep : here many a builder sinks his blockSj 
 — slaves at his side and their lord, a scorner of the 
 land. But Fear and Threat climb high as that lord : 
 black care quits not the brazen-beaked trireme, and 
 sits behind the horseman. Then if nor Phrygian 
 marble nor star-bright purple attire nor vines Faler- 
 nian and Eastern perfume can allay sorrow, why 
 should I plan a lofty hall with novel splendour and 
 envy-stirring doors .-' why barter for more troublous 
 wealth my Sabine vale .'' 
 
 2 
 
 Let every youth, hardened by the keen soldier's 
 life, learn to bear with welcome pinching poverty, 
 and harry the proud Parthian with horse and 
 TMeaded spear, and pass days of danger 'neath the 
 open sky. Him may some warring tyrant's queen 
 behold from our foemen's walls, or maiden tall, and 
 sigh ' Alack ! '^ lest her royal love, unused to war, 
 provoke the lion whom one touch angers — who 
 rushes in gory wrath through paths of carnage. 
 Dear and honoured in his death who dies for his 
 country : death follows hard after the flier too, nor 
 spares the heels and craven back of unwarlike youth. 
 Virtue, that knows no base defeat, shines with un- 
 tarnished glories, nor wins nor loses her pride of place 
 
 at the fickle people's airy will. Virtue, opening 
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 heaven's gate to those that merit immortality, ven- 
 tures on unpermitted paths, and spurns with soaring 
 wing the vulgar throng, the sodden ground. Faithful 
 silence too hath its sure reward : ne'er shall he who 
 reveals Ceres' sacred mystery sit 'neath my roof tree 
 nor loose with me the fragile bark : full oft hath 
 neglected Jove doomed righteous and polluted alike : 
 Vengeance may halt, yet seldom fails to dog the 
 criminal's way. 
 
 3 
 
 The just and firmly-purposed man no fury of 
 citizens urgent for wrong, no menacing tyrant's frown 
 can shake from his stubborn resolve, — no, nor the 
 south wind, stormy sovereign of Hadria's unquiet 
 sea, nor the great might of thundering Jove : though 
 a world in ruins roll down upon his head, unaf- 
 frighted he will meet the shock. Thus Pollux and 
 thus errant Hercules strove upward and gained the 
 starry heights ; 'twixt whom reclines Augustus and 
 quaffs nectar with ruddy lips. Thus was thy guerdon 
 won, great Bacchus ; for this, thy tigers bore thee, 
 their wild necks straining at the yoke : thus was 
 Quirinus carried by Mars' steeds far from Acheron's 
 stream, what time Juno had spoken her welcome 
 word to the gods in council : — Troy, Troy hath 
 fallen, doomed to ruin by that fated and unrighteous 
 
 judge and his stranger mistress, — people and lying 
 
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 ruler alike destined to sate my vengeance and chaste 
 
 Minerva's, since the day when Laomedon cheated 
 
 the gods of their promised wage. Now shines no 
 
 more in beauty that Laconian adulteress' infamous 
 
 guest, and Priam's house fors-worn no more by 
 
 Hector's might hurls back the valiant Achseans :\and 
 
 the war that our feuds lengthened hath sunk to rest. 
 
 Henceforth for Mars' sake I'll forego my bitter 
 
 wrathj my hatred of that grandson whom Troy's 
 
 priestess bore : him will I suffer to enter our bright 
 
 abodes, to drain the nectar's flow and be numbered 
 
 among the gods' untroubled company. Let but 
 
 wide seas rage 'twixt Ilion and Rome, and the 
 
 exiled race may rule in bliss where'er they will : let 
 
 the herd trample Priam's and Paris' grave and wild 
 
 beasts hide their whelps unchecked, — so may the 
 
 Capitol stand in glory, and conquered Medes bow to 
 
 proud Rome's potent will. Far and wide may the 
 
 terror of her name extend, to the farthest shores, 
 
 here where the Midland sea parts Europe from the 
 
 African, there where swelling Nile waters his fields, 
 
 — stronger to spurn gold hidden, — and so best placed 
 
 beneath the concealing earth, — than to mould it to 
 
 human needs with sacrilegious hand. Whatever 
 
 limits bound the world her arms shall reach, eager 
 
 to learn where fires hold revel, where clouds and 
 
 dripping rains prevail. Yet with this charge I grant 
 
 Rome's warlike sons their destiny, that never o'er- 
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 dutiful and o'er-trustful of their fortune they plan to 
 rebuild the dwellings of ancestral Troy. Troy's new 
 birth evil omens shall herald : her tale of woe shall 
 be retold, and I, Jove's spouse and sister, will lead 
 her conquering foes. Thrice should Phcebus build 
 her walls of brass, thrice my Argives should raze it, 
 thrice the captive wife should wail for husband and 
 son. — ^No task is this for my sportive lyre ; Muse, 
 whither strayest ? quit thy rash pratings of converse 
 divine, and degrade not high themes to thy lowly 
 strain. 
 
 4 
 
 Descend from heaven, royal Calliope, and let thy 
 
 flute begin a long-drawn lay, — or, if thou wilt, thy 
 
 clear voice, or Phoebus' stringed lyre. Hear ye the 
 
 sound, or am I fooled by some sweet madness ? 
 
 Methinks I hear, methinks I stray through sacred 
 
 groves, haunts of pleasant airs and pleasant waters. 
 
 Myself in childhood, on Apulian Vultur, beyond the 
 
 threshold of Apulia that nursed me, weary of play 
 
 and fain to sleep, was covered with fresh leaves by 
 
 storied doves : whereat all might marvel, who dwell 
 
 in high Acherontia's nest, and Bantia's glades, and 
 
 low Forentum's fertile fields — how safe I slept from 
 
 deadly vipers and bears, how gathered leaves -of 
 
 sacred bay and myrtle hid me, a babe of courage 
 
 heaven-inspired. Yours, yours am I, ye Muses: 
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 whether I rise to my Sabine heights, or choose to 
 dwell in cool Prseneste or by Tibur's slopes or Baiae's 
 waters. A welcome guest among your founts and 
 dances, I was not done to death by Philippi's rout 
 nor that accursed tree, nor Palinurus' Sicilian wave. 
 Where'er ye are with me, readily will I sail the 
 raging Bosphorus or journey through parching Assyrian 
 sands : I will view unscathed inhospitable Britain, 
 and the Concanian who delights in horse's blood — 
 the quivered Gelonian and the Scythian stream. 
 'Tis you who bid proud Caesar rest in your Pierian 
 cave, whene'er, his war-worn cohorts brought home 
 to their cities, he seeks to end his toils : 'tis you, kind 
 Powers, who grant and joy to grant gentle wisdom. 
 Well we know, how he quelled with falling thunder- 
 bolt the impious Titans and their monstrous crew, — 
 he, who orders the moveless earth, the windy sea, and 
 rules with sole and equal sway cities and the realm 
 of gloom and gods and mortal turmoil. Mightily 
 had Jove been affrighted by those grim champions, 
 proud in their strength of arm, and the brothers 
 who strove to pile Pelion on shady Olympus. But 
 Typhoeus and strong Mimas, and Porphyrion's menac- 
 ing bulk, Rhoetus and Enceladus, rash hurler of 
 trunks uprooted — what might they all avail, rushing 
 'gainst Pallas' clashing shield .'' Here stood eager 
 Vulcanus, here queenly Juno, and here, his shoulders 
 
 ever bearing the bow, he who lave? in Castalia's 
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 pure dew his flowing locks, ruler of Lycian thickets 
 and his native forest — Deles' and Patara's Apollo. 
 Force void of counsel falls by its own bulk : force 
 law-guided heaven too leads to victory : heaven hates 
 the strength that meditates blackest crime. Witness 
 my rede, Gyas of the hundred hands, and Orion, 
 chaste Diana's fabled assailant, slain by the virgin's 
 an-ow ! Hurled down upon her monstrous sons. 
 Earth mourns their fall, and wails for her offspring 
 cast down by thunderbolts to Orcus wan : nor can 
 swift fire eat through jEtna's incumbent mass, nor 
 is passionate Tityus' liver deserted by the winged 
 gaoler of his sin : three hundred chains bind lustful 
 Pirithous fast. 
 
 5 
 
 Ever we believe that Jove, lord of thunder, rules 
 in heaven : Augustus shall be deemed a present god, 
 when Britons and dreaded Persians are brought 
 beneath our sway. Could Crassus' soldier basely 
 wed a foreign wife ? — shame for our senate and our 
 degenerate age ! — could Marsian and Apulian grow old 
 in the armies of a Median king, forgetful of the Roman 
 name and dress, our sacred shields and immortal Ves- 
 ta's shrine, while Jove's temple and Rome yet stood .'' 
 'Twas this that Regulus' foreboding mind had feared, 
 when he spoke against degrading terms of peace, 
 
 and drew from such example a presage of ruin for 
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 generations yet unborn, if the captive youth should 
 not unpitied perish. I have seen, — he said, — our 
 standards hung in Punic shrines and armour stripped 
 from our unresisting soldiery : I have seen free 
 Romans' arms bound behind their backs, while city 
 gates stood open and fields were tilled which once 
 our hosts had wasted. Tell me not that the ran- 
 somed soldier will return with keener mettle ! ye 
 add but mischief to disgrace : never doth dyed wool 
 regain its lost hue, nor will true valour once fallen 
 be restored^ito the heart depraved. Doth the liind 
 turn to bay when freed from the entangling net.' 
 then and only then will he be brave who hath trusted 
 him to a perfidious foe : then will he repair the Trar 
 and trample Carthage anew, the coward who hath felt 
 thongs^ bind his arms and quailed at death. Such as 
 he know not life's true source and blend peace with 
 war. Sham,e upon him ! mighty is Carthage and 
 high exalted above a base and ruined Italy ! — 'Tis 
 said he put aside his chaste wife's embrace and his 
 little children, as a man degraded, and grimly fixed 
 his manly eyes on earth : till the unchanging counsel 
 that he gave confirmed the wavering senate, and he 
 hasted away among his weeping friends, a noble 
 exile. Right well he knew what tortures awaited 
 him among his foes : yet he thrust aside the kinsfolk 
 who barred his way and the throngs that stayed his 
 
 return, e'en as though he had heard and judged his 
 
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THE ODES OF HORACE 
 
 clients' tedious suits and were faring to Venafrum's 
 fields or Spartan Tarentum. 
 
 6 
 
 Roman ! an undeserving victim, thou shalt pay for 
 thy forefathers' fault, till thou hast restored the gods' 
 temples and falling shrines and their statues befouled 
 with black smoke. Thy sovereignty rests on thy 
 obedience to heaven's will : with heaven still is the 
 beginning, with heaven the end. Oblivion of the 
 gods hath brought many an evil on sorrowing Italy. 
 Already hath Monaeses and Pacorus' soldiery crushed 
 our attack, 'neath no good auspices delivered : and 
 smiles in triumph to see his scanty store of bracelets 
 enriched by Roman booty. Our city, faction's prey, 
 hath well-nigh been destroyed by the dreaded Ethiop 
 seaman, and the Dacian more skilled to aim the 
 flying arrow. 'Twas generations fruitful of crime 
 that first polluted wedlock, race and home : hence 
 sprang a flood of calamity to whelm our country and 
 our people. The maiden grown delights to learn 
 Ionian dances, and is formed by all the arts : e'en 
 now all her desire is to plan unchaste loves : soon 
 while her husband drinks she seeks younger para- 
 mours, nor is nice to choose on whom she shall 
 bestow her darkling, unpermitted favours : no, at 
 her lover's open best she rises with her spouse's 
 
 full consent, be it some base mercer who claims her 
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 or captain of a Spanish bark, paying dear for her 
 disgrace. From no such parents sprang the warriors 
 who dyed the sea with Punic blood, and smote 
 Pyrrhus and great Antiochus and dread Hannibal : 
 no, the manly brood they were of soldier yeomen, 
 trained to turn the sod with Sabine spade, and carry 
 fagots cut at a stern mother's bidding, what time 
 the sun shifted the mountain shadows, and lightened 
 weary oxen of their yokes, bringing with parting car 
 the welcome hour of eve. Where hath time's mis- 
 chief not wrought decay .' our fathers, worse in their 
 generation than our grandsires, begat us their viler 
 progeny, soon to leave an offspring yet more vicious. 
 
 7 
 
 Why weep, Asterie, for him whom early spring's 
 
 brightening zephyrs shall restore to thee, — Gyges, 
 
 thy constant lover .'' for he, by south winds driven to 
 
 Oricum after the Goat-star's stormy rising, slumbers 
 
 not but weeps the livelong winter's night. Yet his 
 
 lorn hostess' messenger brings word that Chloe sighs, 
 
 that sad Chloe bums but for thy love — tempting him 
 
 with a thousand cunning wiles : tells, how trusting 
 
 Proetus' traitress wife moved him by false charges 
 
 to hasten chaste Bellerophon's death : tells, how 
 
 Peleus was well-nigh done to death, because his 
 
 virtue shunned Magnesian Hippolyte : and hints 
 
 with guile such tales as teach inconstancy. 'Tis all 
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 in" vain : he still is true, and words like these fall 
 on ears deafer than Icarian crags. But thou, — take 
 heed lest thy neighbour Enipeus please thee too 
 well : albeit none is seen to guide the steed more 
 skilfully o'er the Campus' sward, nor any swims so 
 swift adown the Tuscan channel. Close thy doors 
 in the gloaming, nor turn thine eyes to the street at 
 the flute's plaintive note : and be still unyielding 
 though oft he call thee .cruel. 
 
 8 
 
 What Ij unwedded, have to do on the Kalends of 
 March, — what mean these flowers and yon pot of 
 incense and the coals that lie on the fresh-cut sod, — 
 dost marvel, learned in the lore of either tongue ? 
 'tis because I vowed to Bacchus a toothsome feast 
 and a snow-white goat, for my hairbreadth escape 
 from death by a falling tree. On this my annual 
 holiday shall the pitch-bound cork be drawn from 
 that jar that first drank in the smoke 'neath TuUus' 
 consulship. Quaff", Maecenas, a hundred cups to thy 
 friend's deliverance : let wakeful lamps burn till 
 morn : afar be all riot and quarrel. Forget thy 
 statesman's cares for the city : Dacian Cotiso's host 
 hath fallen : the Median foe is torn by suicidal strife. 
 Tardy chains have bound in slavery the Cantabrian, 
 Spain's ancient enemy : e'en now the Scythians un- 
 bend their bow and are minded to flee from our 
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 y 
 
 plains. Care not for the people's troubles, forget 
 thy rankj thy counsels over-cautious : take joyfully- 
 the present hour's gift and quit all serious tasks. 
 
 9 
 
 While I was dear to thee, and no happier rival 
 clasped thy fair neck, Persia's king was ne'er so 
 blest as I. 
 
 While thou loyedst none better than me, and no 
 Chloe was prized above Lydia, then rang the world 
 with Lydia's name : Roman Ilia was ne'er so famous 
 as I, 
 
 Now Thracian Chloe is my queen, sweet songstress, 
 deft mistress of the lyre : for whom I will not fear 
 to die, so fate spare her life and let her live, 
 
 For Calais, son of Thurian Ornytus, I burn with 
 love requited : for whom I'll brook a double death, 
 so fate spare the youth and let him live. 
 
 How if our ancient love return and link our 
 severed hearts with brazen yoke ? if Chloe's yellow 
 locks are forgotten and banished Lydia welcomed 
 back again ? 
 
 Though he is fairer than a star, and thou lighter 
 than cork and more passionate than curst Adria's 
 wave, with thee I'd love to live, with thee I'd gladly 
 die. 
 
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 10 
 
 Lyce ! didst thou drink of distant Tanais, wedded 
 to a savage lord, e'en so for pity thou ne'er wouldst 
 suffer me to lie before thy doors in thy cold native 
 blasts. Hearst thou how thy gate rattles to the 
 winds, how they roar among the trees of thy fair 
 court ? canst feel how the sky's clear influence freezes 
 the fallen snow? Abate that pride which Venus 
 hates, lest wheel and rope whirl all thy labour 
 away. Daughter of a Tuscan sire, thou art no Pene- 
 lope, to spurn thy suitors. O if no gift nor prayer, 
 nor lover's pallor streaked with violet hue, nor thy 
 husband's passion for a Pierian wench, can move 
 thee,' — ^yet spare thy suppliants, hard as stubborn 
 oak, cruel as Moorish snakes ! not for ever will my 
 bones endure thy stony threshold and the rains of 
 heaven. 
 
 11 
 
 Mercury, — for 'twas taught by thee that Amphion 
 moved stones with song, — and thou, O tuneful shell, 
 skilled to sound the music of thy seven strings : once 
 void of voice and charm, now a welcome guest in 
 temples and in rich men's halls : sing a strain where- 
 to Lyde may ope her stubborn ears, Lyde who now 
 disports her gaily like a mare of three years in 
 pastures wide and shuns a touch, unwedded yet and 
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 still unripe for an eager mate. Thou canst lead 
 tigers and woods in thy train, and stay swift rivers : 
 thy soothing voice o'ercame e'en the dread hall's 
 gate-ward, Cerberus : albeit his Fury head be em- 
 battled by a hundred snakes and foul breath and 
 slaver flow from his three-tongued jaws. Nay, e'en 
 Ixion and Tityos smiled sore against their will : the 
 urn stood dry a moment, while thy sweet song 
 charmed Danaus' daughters. Tell Lyde the fate of 
 those damsels' crime and storied penalty, the water 
 flowing ever through the bottom of the emptied 
 cask, and all the tardy doom that awaits crime e'en 
 beneath the earth : impious — ay, for what worse 
 could they have dared i" — impious was their deed, 
 who brooked to slay their spouses with cruel knife ! 
 One alone of all, worthy of the nuptial torch, did 
 nobly cheat her perjured sire, a damsel of renown 
 . that shall not die : for ' Rise,' she said to the youth 
 her husband, ' rise, lest a hand thou fearest not send 
 thee to endless sleep : escape the father and the 
 wicked sisters of thy bride, who now, ah me ! are 
 mangling each her several prey, like lionesses that 
 have chanced on bullocks : but I, less cruel than 
 they, will not stab thee nor bar thy flight. Let my 
 sire load me with cruel chains, for that in mercy I 
 spared my hapless spouse : let his fleet bear me 
 away an exile e'en to Numidia's farthest lands. 
 
 Go whither foot or breeze may waft thee, while 
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 night and love befriend thee : go and good luck 
 attend thy way : and carve on some tomb a plaintive 
 line in memory of me.' 
 
 12 
 
 Unhappy girls, who cannot give love his way, nor 
 drown their woes in sweet wine, — or cower for fear 
 of the lash of an uncle's tongue ! Thee, Neobule, 
 Cytherea's winged son robs of thy wool-basket : stolen 
 away are thy threads and thy care for household 
 works, all for the beauty of Liparaean Hebrus, who, 
 soon as his anointed shoulders are laved in Tiber's 
 stream, is a cavalier more skilled than Bellerophon's 
 self, nor yields the victory to feeble fist or foot : 
 a marksman sure to hurl his javelin 'mong the driven 
 herd of deer that fly across the open, and swift to 
 meet the boar as he sallies from his lair in the deep 
 thicket. 
 
 13 
 
 Fount of Bandusia, brighter than glass, worthy of 
 
 sweet wine, ay and flowers ! to-morrow shall a kid 
 
 be offered thee, whose brow is big with earliest 
 
 horns, promise of love and battle : all in vain : for 
 
 the sportive flock's scion shall dye with red blood 
 
 thy current cool. Untouched thou art by burning 
 
 Dog-star's fiercest hour : welcome coolness thou dost 
 
 give to oxen weary of the plough, and wandering 
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 flocks. Thou too shalt have a place 'mong storied 
 springs, when I sing the oak that crowns those 
 beetling crags whence leap thy babbling waters. 
 
 14 
 
 People of Rome ! Caesar, whom we lately heard 
 to have sought like Hercules the laurel crown that 
 death can buy, Caesar returns home victorious from the 
 Spanish shore. Let the Lady faithfiil to her wedded 
 love come forth with oiFering of sacrifice due, and our 
 renowned chiefs sister, and, decked with suppliant 
 fillet, the mothers of wives and warriors late saved 
 from ill. Youths and wedded girls, abstain from all 
 ill-omened words ! On this my true holiday shall 
 black cares be banished : nor civil strife nor forceful 
 death will I fear while Caesar rules the world. Go, 
 lad, fetch perfumes and garlands, and a cask withal 
 that remembers the Marsian war, if e'er a jar hath 
 'scaped the eye of roving Spartacus. Bid clear-voiced 
 Neaera too haste to knot her perfumed locks : but 
 should her vile porter bar the way, then e'en return. 
 With whitening hair the temper cools that once was 
 all for strife and heady quarrel : I had not brooked 
 the slight in my hot youth, when Plancus was our 
 consul. 
 
 15 
 
 Wife of needy Ibycus ! 'tis high time for thee to 
 
 end thy evil -v^ays, thy ill-famed toils : nigh thou art 
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 to the ready grave, and shouldst cease to sport 
 among maidens, darkening as with a cloud those 
 bright stars. What graces Pholoe •well,^Chloris, 
 beseems not thee : meeter 'tis for thy daughter to 
 storm the doors of youth, like Thyiad frenzied by 
 the cymbal's beat. She, for love of Nothus, sports 
 like wanton gazelle : thou art past thy prime : thy 
 place is among the fleeces shorn near famed Luceria, 
 not harps nor roses' purple bloom, nor casks drained 
 to the lees. 
 
 16 
 
 Imprisoned Danae had been protected enow 
 'gainst nightly suitors by her brazen tower with 
 doors of oak and surly watchdogs to be her sentinels, 
 had not Jupiter and Venus mocked Acrisius, timid 
 guardian of the hidden maid : knowing right well 
 that safe and easy the road would be once the god 
 was changed to gold. Gold will find a way through 
 banded guards, and split rocks more mightily than 
 the lightning's stroke : 'twas gain that plunged the 
 Argive seer's house in headlong ruin : with bribes 
 the Macedonian brake city gates asunder and mined 
 the power of rival kings : bribes ensnare rough ship- 
 captains. With growing wealth comes care and 
 hunger for increase. Wisely, Maecenas, pride of 
 untitled knights ! have I ever shrunk from raising 
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THE ODES OP HORACE 
 
 follows self-denial : naked, I cast my lot with those 
 that covet nought, and desert the banner of the 
 hosts of wealth : prouder in my lordship of what 
 the world contemns, than in the fame of storing in 
 my granaries all the harvests that hardy Apulians 
 win — so were I 'mong blessings still unblest. Mine 
 is but a stream of clear water, a few acres of wood- 
 land and the sure promise of a crop, yet little knows 
 the lordly ruler of fertile Africa how far less happy 
 is his lot than mine : albeit no Calabrian bees store 
 honey for me, nor have I wine that mellows in 
 Formian jar, nor rich fleeces that gi'ow in Gallic 
 pastures, yet hated poverty is far from me, nor, 
 should I crave for more, wouldst thou refuse to 
 grant. Better shall I add somewhat to my scant 
 estates by limiting my desires than by joining 
 Alyattes' realm to Phrygia's plains. Ask much, 
 much shalt thou lack ; happy he, to whom heaven 
 hath granted sufficiency with sparing hand. 
 
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 ^lius, old Lamus' noble scion, — for since 'tis said 
 
 that the Lamiae's ancient stock derives its name from 
 
 him, and all their line in history's mindful page, be 
 
 sure thy lineage is traced to him who first, they say, 
 
 ruled with wide sway the walls of Formise and Liris' 
 
 stream that washes Marica's shore : — to-morrow shall 
 
 the swooping eastern blast strew the wood with thick 
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 falling leaves and the strand with useless seaweed, 
 'unless the many-wintered crow be no true prophet 
 of rain. While thou mayst, pile the dry logs ; to- 
 morrow shalt thpu glad thy heart with wine and a 
 porker two months old, thou and thy household freed 
 from its tasks. 
 
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 Faunus, lover of flying Nymphs ! through my 
 borders, my sunny fields, kindly come and kindly go, 
 nor harm my little younglings, — if a kid is still offered 
 thee in the year's fulness, nor doth the bowl, Venus' 
 mate, lack its brimming wine, and the ancient altar 
 steams with clouds of incense. All the flock sports 
 in the grassy field, when thou seest December's 
 Nones return ; idle folk and unyoked oxen keep 
 holiday in the meadows : the wolf roams among the 
 fearless lambs : woodland leaves spread thy carpet : 
 on the rascal earth with triple beat the ditcher 
 merrily dances. 
 
 19 
 
 The tale of years 'twixt Inachus and Codrus who 
 
 feared not to die for his country : the line of ^acus 
 
 and the battles fought 'neath sacred Ilion's walls — 
 
 of these thou talkest ; but never a word to show 
 
 what price shall buy a cask of Chian, who shall heat 
 
 the bath, whose the house and what the hour which 
 
 quits me of the wintry chill. Quick, a cup to the 
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 new moon, a cup to the midnight hour, a cup to 
 Murena's augurship ! with three or nine full measures 
 our goblets are mixed. Thrice three measures for 
 the rapt singer who loves the Muses' uneven number : 
 yet more than three to taste the naked sister Graces 
 forbid, in fear of quarrel. 'Tis the hour of mad- 
 ness : why is the Berecynthian flute unheard .' why 
 hang the pipe and Ijrre silent ? No stingy hands for 
 me : strew roses : let envious Lycus hear our mad 
 revelling, ay and that fair neighbour so ill-matched 
 with old Lycus. Beauteous thick-haired Telephus, 
 fair as eve's clear star, to thee hastes Rhode, thy 
 proper mate : I bum for my Glycera with love's 
 slow-wasting flame. 
 
 20 
 
 Seest not, Pyrrhus, how dangerous it is to rob a 
 Gaetulian lioness of her whelps ? soon shalt thou, a 
 craven ravisher, fly the hard-fought strife, when through 
 youths' opposing ranks she comes to claim Nearchus' 
 beauty, and battle royal shall judge whether to thee 
 or her fall the greater prize. Meantime, while thou 
 makest ready thy swift arrows, and she' whets her 
 terrible teeth, he stands umpire of the fray with 
 naked foot upon the palm, while breezes fan his 
 shoulders whereon his perfumed locks are flowing — 
 in mien like Nireus or many-fountained Ida's stolen 
 
 darling. 
 
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 21 
 
 My gentle wine-jar, born with me in Manlius' 
 consulship ! whether thou movest to plaint or jest, 
 or quarrel or passionate love, or easy sleep, — what- 
 ever end those Massic grapes may serve which thou 
 guardest, worthy to be broached on a lucky day, 
 descend now from thy place, since 'tis Corvinus' will 
 to set forth mellower wines. Though steeped in 
 philosophic converse, he will never be so stern as to 
 despise thee : 'tis said that e'en ancient Cato's virtue 
 oft took fire from wine. Thy gentle spur quickens 
 wit's wonted sloth : thy merry draughts lift darkness 
 from the cares and secret questionings of the wise : 
 thou bringest back hope to anxious hearts, thou 
 givest spirit and strength to the poor man, who when 
 he hath drunk from thee fears no crowned king's 
 wrath, no soldier's arms. Bacchus and Venus, if 
 she come in kindness, and the Grace's close-linked 
 sisterhood, and late-burning lamps shall prolong thy 
 revels, while Phoebus' return chases the stars away. 
 
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 Maiden protectress of hills and groves, who hearest 
 
 the thrice-uttered prayer of travailing girls, and 
 
 savest them from death, goddess of triple shape ! 
 
 may thy pine o'ershadow my dwelling, whereto in 
 
 joy with each returning year I may offer blood of a 
 
 boar whose tusk is ripe for side-long thrust. 
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 23 
 
 Lift heavenwards palms outstretchedj O peasant 
 Phidyle, at the new moon's birth : with incense and 
 with timely produce and a greedy sow's blood 
 appease thy household gods : so shall thy fruitful 
 vine escape the south wind's baneful breath, nor 
 mildew blight thy crop, nor the sickly season of 
 fruit harm thy dear younglings. The victim des- 
 tined to stain with its life-blood the priestly axe 
 grazes on snowy Algidus 'mid woods of oak and ilex, 
 or fattens- in Alba's pastures : crown thou thy little 
 gods with rosemary and myrtle sprigs, nor strive to 
 move them with slaughtered sheep. If the hand 
 that touches the altar be innocent, no costliest victim 
 hath a more potent charm to aid thee win thy Pen- 
 ates' favour than holy meal and crackling salt. 
 
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 Though thou be richer than the virgin treasures 
 of Arabia and wealthy India, though thy masonry 
 fill the Etruscan and the Apulian sea, — if dread 
 Necessity plant her adamantine nails in the build- 
 ings' summit, thou shalt not free thy heart from fear, 
 nor thy head from the snares of death. Better live 
 those Scythians of the steppes, whose custom 'tis to 
 draw on wains their roving homes : better the frozen 
 Getae, whose undivided acres bear corn for the com- 
 mon good, and each man tills his land but for a year, 
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 and bequeaths to a like successor the burden of his 
 finished toil. There guiltless dames harm not their 
 motherless step-children, there no dowried wife rules 
 her spouse, nor listens to gay paramours. Their 
 ample dowry is their parents' vu-tue, and chastity 
 inviolate that owns a single lord : sin is forbidden, or 
 its wage is death. O whoe'er will end unnatural 
 slaughter and civic fury, if he would have his statues 
 entitled Father of Cities, let him dare to curb un- 
 ruly licence, so winning posterity's praise : since 
 now — shame that I should say it ! — our jealous hearts 
 hate living virtue, and mourn it when lost to sight. 
 What avail sad complaints, if no penalty checks 
 transgression? what profit empty laws that custom 
 violates, if regions fenced by fervent heat and realms 
 of frozen snow, neighbours to the north wind, bar 
 not the trader's path, if sailor's cunning vanquishes 
 the terrors of the seas, and the deep reproach of 
 poverty bids us leave nought undone and unendured, 
 shunning the steep path of virtue ? To the Capitol 
 — thus shall we win the shouting crowd's plaudits — 
 or to the nearest sea with our gems and jewels and 
 useless gold, chiefest cause of all evil, if we truly 
 repent of crime ! We must erase the graven char- 
 acters of evil desire, and shape with sterner arts the 
 over-tender mind. The high-bora youth is untaught 
 to sit a horse, and fears to hunt ; more skill he has 
 
 in play, whether you bid him toy with Grecian hoops 
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 or dice by law forbidden : while his perjured sire 
 cheats the partner of his fortunes and his guest, and 
 hastes to amass money for an unworthy heir. Ay,. 
 wealth grows past control : yet is the measure never 
 full, and something still is lacking. 
 
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 Whither dost hurry me, Bacchus, possest by thee ? 
 to what groves, what caverns does thy new-found 
 inspiration swiftly drive me ? where the grot that 
 shall hear me plan how best to set great Caesar's 
 glory among the stars and 'mid Jove's councillors ? 
 A notable theme and new shall be mine, by other 
 lips as yet unsung. E'en as on the heights stands 
 in amaze the sleepless Bacchant, viewing Hebrus 
 and snow-clad Thrace and Rhodope trodden by 
 savage feet, so wind I my way marvelling by river- 
 bank and lonely wood. Ruler of the Naiads and 
 Bacchants strong to bend tall ash trees with might 
 of hand i no lowly strain, no mortal utterance shall 
 be mine. Sweet is his peril, king of the wine-jar! 
 who follows the god that wreathes his brows with 
 vine-leaf green. 
 
 26 
 
 Late was I meet for ladies' love, nor were my 
 
 triumphs few : now I hang my arms, my lute whose 
 
 wars are done, on yonder wall, whereby the left side 
 
 of sea-born Venus' statue is guarded. Here, here 
 
 set my bright torch, my crowbar, my bow once 
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 perilous to the opposing door of love. Goddess, 
 queien of blest Cyprus and Memphis that ever lacks 
 Thracian snow, let proud Chloe feel one smart from 
 thy up-lifted lash. 
 
 27 
 
 The boding ovi^l's repeated note, the pregnant 
 bitch, the brown wolf running from Lanuvium's lea, 
 the vixen with her cubs, — these be the omens to 
 guide the wicked on their way : and may the snake 
 bar their journey, frighting their cobs with arrow-like 
 dart athwart the path : but I, keen-eyed diviner for 
 her sake for whom I fear, or ever the bird that 
 presages coming rain fly back to his stagnant marshes, 
 will pray the crow to croak an auspicious omen from 
 the sun's rising. Be happy, Galatea, where'er thou 
 wilt ; live and forget not me : and thee may no un- 
 lucky sight of woodpecker or errant raven forbid to 
 go. But thou seest amid what storms Orion trembles 
 to his setting. Well I know the terrors of Adria's 
 dark gulf, the dangers of the clearing western wind. 
 May it be for the wives and children of our foes to 
 know the blind stirrings of the rising east, the black 
 sea's roaring and the waves that lash the shuddering 
 shore. 'Twas thus Europe trusted her snowy form 
 to the treacherous bull, and paled amid her rash 
 emprise to see the monster-teeming main, the snares 
 encompassing her way. But lately had she eagerly 
 plucked meadow flowers, weaving for the nymphs 
 
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 their garland due : now by night's dim radiance 
 nought she saw save stars and waves. Soon as she 
 touched Crete, mighty mistress of an hundred cities, 
 — ' My father ! ' she cried, ' O forfeited name of 
 daughter, O duty vanquished by madness ! whence, 
 whither have I come? One death is too light 
 penalty for maiden's sin. Is it waking that I mourn 
 my base deed, or am I the guiltless dupe of some 
 vain imaged dream sent from the ivory gate ? Was 
 it better to traverse wide seas, or pluck fresh flowers .'' 
 Were that infamous steer given back to me now in my 
 wrath, I'd strive to cut and rend the horns of the lately 
 loved monster. Shameless, I left my father's home : 
 shameless still, I shrink from death. Ye gods, 
 whoe'er of you hears me pray, suffer me to wander 
 naked among lions ! Ere my fair cheeks be loathly 
 and wasted, ere the tender prey be sapless, I'd fain 
 be food for tigers while beauteous still. Base Europe, 
 thou hearst thine absent father's bidding : " Why 
 delay to die .'' Yon ash will serve thee ; thy girdle 
 — 'tis well it hath followed thee — will make a halter 
 to wring thy neck. Or if thou'rt fain for crags and 
 stones, sharp ministers of death, haste, trust thee to 
 the swift storm-wind ; unless thou wouldst liefer 
 card wool with slaves — thou, a king's daughter — a 
 concubine, serving a foreign mistress." ' But as she 
 wept Venus stood smiling by, and her son with bow 
 
 unbent. Soon, when enow she had mocked her, 
 
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 'Thou must end,' she said, 'thy wrath and angry 
 plaints, when that hateful bull brings thee his horns 
 to rend. Thou knowst not that thou art wife to 
 Jove : still thy sobs, learn to bear calmly thy high 
 fortune : half the world shall bear thy name.' 
 
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 What can I better do on Neptune's festal day ? 
 Bring with speed, Lyde, the Caecuban from its recess, 
 and storm the fastness of wisdom. Thou seest the 
 sun sinking from mid heaven, yet as though the 
 hasting day were standing still, thou wilt not pull 
 down from my store that loitering jar that bears the 
 date of Bibulus' consulship. In turn we'll sing of 
 Neptune and the Nereid's sea-green tresses : thou 
 to thy hollow lute shalt chant Latona's praise and 
 swift Cynthia's arrows : of her our hymn's close 
 shall be who rules Cnidos and the gleaming Cyclad 
 isles and visits Paphos in swan-drawn chariot : nor 
 shall Night lack her due tribute of a song. 
 
 29 
 
 Descendant of Etruscan kings ! long have I kept 
 for thee, Maecenas, the mellow wine of a cask yet 
 unbroached, with roses' bloom and unguent expressed 
 for thy locks. Cast all delays aside : gaze not always 
 at watery Tibur and ^sulae's slopes and the hill of 
 Telegonus, his father's slayer. Leave thy cloying 
 wealthy thy palace nigh the lofty clouds : cease to 
 
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 admire the smoke, the riches, the noise of wealthy 
 Rome. Rich men oft love change : trim suppers 
 'neath the humble roof-tree of the poor, with no 
 purple tapestries, have smoothed many an anxious, 
 brow. Now does Andromeda's bright father display 
 his hidden fires, now 'tis the fierce hour of Procyon 
 and the mad lion's star : with the sun's course, days 
 of drought return : now the weary shepherd with his 
 fainting flock seeks shade and stream and rough 
 Silvanus' thicket, nor are the still banks fanned by 
 wandering winds. Thou plannest how best our 
 state may stand, and questionest in anxious care for 
 our city what dangers loom from farthest east and 
 Cyrus' Bactrian realm and Tanais' disunited tribes. 
 Yet heaven's wisdom shrouds the future's outcome 
 in darkness, and smiles that mortal man should vex 
 his soul unduly. Take thou calm thought for the 
 present hour : all else is like a rushing river, that 
 now glides peacefully between his banks down to 
 the Etruscan sea, now-whirls water-worn stones and 
 trunks uprooted and herds and homes together, 
 while hills and neighbouring woods re-echo as the 
 fierce spate troubles the peace of tributary streams. 
 Happy will he live and master of his fate who each 
 day can say: I have lived; to-morrow let the Father 
 possess the sky with dark clouds or sunlight clear : 
 yet shall he not make the past of none effect, nor 
 change and undo that which the flying hour hath 
 
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 once borne away. Cruelty-loving Fortune, unceasing 
 in her tyrant sport, bestows at will her shifting 
 favours, kind now to me, now to another. I bless 
 her while she stays : if she shake her swift wings for 
 flight, I surrender her gifts and wrap myself in my 
 own virtue, and take honest undowered poverty for 
 my mate. 'Tis not my part, if the mast groan before 
 southern storms, to fall a-muttering piteous prayers, 
 and drive a bargain of vows with heaven, that so my 
 Cyprian and Tyrian wares may not enrich the greedy 
 sea.* Then, safe in a two-oared skiff, shall I be 
 wafted through the ^gean's commotion by the 
 breeze, and Pollux with his twin brother. 
 
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 I have built me a memorial'more lasting than brass, 
 higher than royal pyramid's pile : that no wasting rain, 
 no unruly north wind may destroy, nor the uncounted 
 course of years and flight of time. Not all of me 
 shall die, no scanty part of my being shall 'scape the 
 deity of death : still shall I grow, still quickened by 
 after fame, while priest and silent maid shall climb 
 the Capitol. 'Twill be told by headstrong Aufidus' 
 roaring tide and in the unwatered lands where 
 Daunus ruled his rustic folk, how I rose from lowli- 
 ness to fame as he who first set to Italian measures 
 iEolian song. Claim, my Muse, thy due pride of 
 place, and with goodwill set on my locks a garland 
 
 of Delphic bay. 
 
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BOOK IV 
 
 1 
 
 Dost wage war once more, Venus, after so long a 
 
 truce ? Prithee, spare me ! I am not such as I was 
 
 'neath gentle Cinara'srule. Cease then, cruel mother 
 
 of dear Desires ! to btidle one whom some fifty years 
 
 make less docile to thy soft behests : go whither the 
 
 pleading prayers of youth invite thee. More fitly 
 
 shalt thou go wafted by lustrous swans with all thy 
 
 rout to PauUus Maximus' home, if thou wouldst burn 
 
 a willing heart. For noble is the youth and fair, no 
 
 silent champion of trembling prisoners, — a hundred 
 
 arts are Lis, and far shall he bear thy standard : and 
 
 whene'er he smiles in triumph o'er some bounteous 
 
 rival's gifts, he will set thee in marble 'neath a citron 
 
 roof by Alba's lake. There shalt thou breathe clouds 
 
 of incense, there shall the mingling strain of lyre 
 
 and Berecyntian flute and pipe delight thee : there 
 
 twice a day shall boys and tender virgins in thy 
 
 divinity's honour tread with white feet the triple 
 
 Salian measure. No more for me are youth and maid, 
 
 nor fond hope of mutual love : not mine to vie in 
 
 draughts of wine nor crown my brow with fresh 
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 flowers. But why, Ligurinus, ah ! why flows the 
 tear ever and anon adown my cheeks ? why as I 
 speak sinks my fluent tongue to unseemly silence ? 
 In dreams of night I hold thee clasped, I follow thy 
 swift flight, O hard of heart ! across the grassy Mar- 
 tian plain and through the fleeting flood. 
 
 2 
 
 Julus ! whoe'er is fain to vie with Pindar, flies with 
 wax-bound wings of Daedalus' workmanship and will 
 but give his name to the glassy sea. Like some 
 down-rushing mountain stream that rain hath swollen 
 beyond its wonted banks, so mightily rolls and surges 
 on the deep music of Pindar's song ; still meriting 
 Apollo's laurel, whether he sweep new-made words 
 adown the bold dithyrambic tide of his lawless verse : 
 or sing of gods and kings the sons of gods, by whose 
 hand justice slew the Centaurs and dread fiery 
 Chimsera : or grant a boon of song more precious 
 than a hundred statues to boxer or horseman whom 
 some Elean victory brings home in more than mortal 
 glory : or wail the youth reft from his weeping consort, 
 and raise heaven-high and save from dark death his 
 strength, his courage, his golden virtues. Strong is 
 the breeze that bears that Dircaean swan, Antonius ! 
 as oft as he soars into the lofty regions of the clouds. 
 I, like the Matine bee that toilfully gathers its 
 
 pleasant store of thyme about watery Tibur's groves 
 
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 and banksj — a humble singer, I mould my laboured 
 strain. Thou, a poet of stronger note, shalt sing of 
 Caesar, what time, adorned with well-won laurel, he 
 leads the proud Sygambri up the sacred hill : Caesar, 
 than whom no greater, better boon hath fate and 
 heaven's bounty bestowed on earth or shall bestow, 
 though the ancient age of gold return. Thou shalt 
 sing the days of gladness when the city holds high 
 festival for brave Augustus' prayer-won return and 
 the forum is void of strife. Then, if words of mine 
 may merit hearing, shall my best notes swell the 
 strain, and I'll sing ' O beauteous, blessed day ! ' happy 
 in Caesar's return. And thee, O Triumph, as on thou 
 goest, a people's voice shall hail and hail again, with 
 offering of incense to the gracious gods. Thy debt 
 ten bulls and as many kine shall pay : mine a tender 
 calf, new-weaned from his mother, who grows to 
 youth 'mid bounteous pastures for my vows' fulfil- 
 ment : bearing on his brow the likeness of the 
 moon's bright crescent at her third rising, save for 
 his snow-white marks all else of tawny hue. 
 
 3 
 
 For him on whose birth thou hast looked, Mel- 
 pomene, with kindly eye, no Isthmian struggle shall 
 win the boxer's fame : no swift steed shall bear him 
 in Achaean car to victory, nor warlike prowess show 
 
 him to the Capitol, laurel-crowned conqueror trium- 
 
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 phant o'er the swelling threats of kings : nay, but 
 the streams that lave fertile Tibur and the groves' 
 dense foliage shall mould the lyric singer to win 
 renown. Imperial Rome's sons deign to grant me a 
 place in the loved company of the poets; and less and 
 less am I gnawed by envy's tooth. Muse that guidest 
 the golden shell's sweet note, that canst if thou wilt 
 bestow e'en on dumb fishes the swan's melody ! 'tis 
 all of thy bounty that passers-by point to me as the 
 minstrel of the Roman lyre : the breath of poesy, 
 the gift to please, if please I can, — 'tis all from thee. 
 
 4 
 
 Like that winged servant of his thunder, whom 
 the king of gods made sovereign of wandering birds, 
 his faith once proved on golden-haired Ganymede, — 
 as by youth and native strength impelled the eagle 
 yet untried in toil erst left his nest, while winds of 
 spring in the clear heaven trained his timid wings to 
 unwonted flights, till soon with swoop impetuous he 
 wars with sheep-folds, or fain for feast and fight 
 confronts his fierce serpent foe : as the hind on pas- 
 tures rich intent espies the lion new-weaned from 
 his tawny mother's teat, soon to perish by his un- 
 fleshed tooth : so have the Vindelici beheld Drusus 
 waging war beneath the Raetian heights : — whence 
 comes that immemorial custom which arms them 
 
 with Amazonian axe, I have not asked: nor is it 
 
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 granted to know all things : — ^howe'er that be, theil* 
 hordes victorious far and wide, now quelled by youth- 
 ful wisdom, have learnt the power of mind and 
 temper duly nurtured 'neath an auspicious roof, of 
 Augustus' fatherly spirit to Nero's young sons. Valour 
 and virtue breed valour : steers and steeds show 
 their sires' worth, nor are timid doves begotten of 
 proud eagles : but teaching quickens native vigour, 
 and training in right fortifies the breast : should 
 manners grow corrupt, e'en generous minds are 
 stained by fault. Thy debt, O Rome, to the Neros 
 Metaurus' stream attests and Hasdrubal's rout and 
 that bright dawn that chased away Latium's night ; 
 that first smiling day of victory since the dread 
 African began to ride through Italian towns, like 
 fire in pines or eastern wind upon Sicilian waves. 
 Since then victorious toil brought still new greatness 
 to Rome's arms, and in the shrines wasted by the 
 impious Punic invader their gods stood once more 
 erect : and at last said treacherous Hannibal : We 
 are as stags, a prey to ravening wolves : yet reverse 
 our part and chase those whom to baffle and escape 
 were a glorious triumph. That race whose courage 
 bore from Troy's ashes over the tossing Tuscan sea 
 their worship, their sons and aged sires to Ausonia'S 
 cities, — like ilex lopped by ruthless axes 'mid Algidus' 
 rich forests of foliage dark, in loss, in slaughter, they 
 
 draw strength and courage from the very stroke qf 
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 steel. Never Hercules, maddened by defeat, 
 saw his Hydra foe more fully repair its wounded 
 strength : no more wondrous growth sprang from 
 soil of Colchis or Echion's Thebes. Plunge Rome 
 in the deep, and fairer she arises : wrestle with her, 
 and 'mid plaudits loud she will hurl the unchecked 
 victor to earth and fight battles whereof women shall 
 speak. No more proud messages shall I send to 
 Carthage : fallen, fallen is all our hope and the 
 fortune of our name with Hannibal slain. Nought 
 shall Claudian hands fail to accomplish, hands that 
 Jove's kindly divinity protects and wise counsels 
 guide through the sharp stress of war. 
 
 5 
 
 Scion of kindly gods, noble guardian of Romulus' 
 
 race, too long hast thou been absent: fulfil thy 
 
 promise of a speedy return, given to the senate's 
 
 sacred council. Bring light again to thy country, good 
 
 prince : for soon as the people see the spring-like 
 
 brightness of thy face, pleasanter is the passing day, 
 
 fairer shines each sun. As a mother desires her son, 
 
 whom the south wind's envious blast keeps for longer 
 
 than a year's space far from his home beloved beyond 
 
 the breadth of the Carpathian main, as she entreats 
 
 his coming with vow and omen and prayer, nor 
 
 turns her eyes from the curving shore, e'en so, 
 
 smitten by loyal yearning, his country longs for 
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 Caesar's return. In safety oxen roam the fields : 
 those fields Ceres and benign Prosperity blesses : 
 sailors flit o'er a peaceful sea, Honour shuns all 
 blame ; chaste are our homes and unpolluted by 
 vice : law and custom have vanquished shameful 
 crime, children like her lord are the mother's pride, 
 punishment follows hard on transgression. Who 
 need fear Parthian or frozen Scythian or rough 
 Germany's offspring, when Caesar is safe ? why think 
 on fierce Iberia's wars ? No man now but sees the 
 day's close on his own hills, and mates the vine with 
 widowed trees : then merrily goes he to the wine- 
 cup and invokes thy divinity at the feast's renewal : 
 to thee he offers constant prayer and wine poured 
 from the bowl, and worships thee among his house- 
 hold gods, as Greece forgets not Castor and mighty 
 Hercules. Long "holiday, good prince, mayest thou 
 grant to Hesperia ! so say we in each fresh morning's 
 sober hour, so say we at our revels when the sun 
 hath sunk beneath the Ocean. 
 
 6 
 
 Great god, who didst visit a boastful tongue on 
 
 Niobe's brood, who smotest lustful Tityus and Phthian 
 
 Achilles, well-nigh vanquisher of lofty Troy : no 
 
 match in arms for thee though mightier than all the 
 
 rest, albeit Thetis, the sea's daughter, sent her son 
 
 to wield the dread battle-spear and shake the Dardan 
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 towers. But he, like pine smitten by the axe's edge 
 or cypress struck down by eastern blast, fell to earth 
 in giant bulk and bowed his neck in Trojan dust. 
 Never had he, prisoned in the horse that aped 
 Minerva's oflfering, deceived the Trojans on their ill- 
 timed holiday and the meiTy dancers of Priam's 
 court: but cruel in victory fairly won, O horrid 
 deed! had burnt in Achaean flames the children 
 yet untaught to speak, e'en babes hidden in their 
 mothers' womb, had not the father of the gods, 
 won by loved Venus' plea and thine, granted to 
 iEneas' fortunes a city reared 'neath happier auspices. 
 Minstrel who didst teach clear-voiced Thalia, — 
 Phoebus, who lavest thy locks in Xanthus' stream, 
 defend the pride of my Italian Muse, beardless god 
 of city streets ! 'Tis Phoebus, Phoebus, who hath 
 given me the breath, the art of song, the poet's 
 name. Noble maidens and sons of sires renowned, 
 wards of the Delian goddess whose bow stays the 
 flight of lynx and stag, mark well the Lesbian mea- 
 sure and my finger's beat, duly singing of Latona's 
 son, singing the crescent fires of the Queen of Night, 
 who blesses harvest and swiftly speeds the circling 
 months. Wedded, O maid, thou shalt say : 'Twas I, 
 what time the age brought round its festal days, who 
 chanted a song that heaven approved, apt to learn 
 Horace the singer's strain. 
 
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 7 ^ .. 
 Fled are the snows, and now the fields once more 
 are clad with grass, the trees with leaves : with the 
 varying year the lessening streams flow between 
 -their banks : the sister Graces three in naked beauty 
 venture forth with the Nymphs to lead the dance. 
 Hope nought irftmortal — so warns the year and the 
 hour that speeds the sunny day. Cold turns to 
 mildness at the west wind's breath : summer routs 
 spring, itself to perish soon as fruitful autumn spreads 
 his store, and ere long sluggish winter comes again. 
 Yet swift moons repair what skies have wasted : but 
 we, when we have followed reverend iEneas and 
 wealthy Tullus and Ancus to their lowly bourne, are 
 nought but dust and shadow. Who can tell if heaven 
 above shall add a morrow to this day's sum of life .' 
 All that thou givest for thine own heart's delight 
 shall 'scape the heir's greedy clutch. Once thou 
 hast fallen and Minos passed high judgment on thee, 
 nor lineage, Toi-quatusJ nor eloquence, nor piety 
 shall restore thee : for from the shades of death 
 Diana frees not her chaste Hippolytus, nor can 
 Theseus break oblivion's bonds from off his loved 
 Pirithous. 
 
 8 
 
 Readily, Censorinus ! would I bestow cups and 
 
 precious bronzes on my friends, — tripods too, prizes 
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 of Greek prowesSj — nor shouldst thou win the mean- 
 est of my gifts, were I but wealthy in the works of 
 Parrhasius' or Scopas' art — the last in marble, the 
 first in melting tints, skilled to portray mortal or god. 
 But such wealth have I not, nor is thine a state or 
 temper that craves dainty gifts. Songs are thy joy : 
 songs I can bestow and set true price on my gift. 
 Not all the tokens by the State engraved on marble 
 — tokens whereby true leaders regain breath and life 
 in death — not Hannibal's swift flight and the quelling 
 of his threats, not the flames of impious Carthage 
 trumpet more loudly than the Calabrian Muse his 
 praise who returned with a title won from vanquished 
 Africa : nor, if the poet's page say nought of thy 
 well-doing, canst thou earn a guerdon. Where were 
 Ilia's and Mavors' son, if envious silence barred 
 Romulus' feats from fame ? 'Tis the might and the 
 applauding tongue of potent poesy that rescues 
 iEacus from Stygian waves and makes him a hallowed 
 denizen of the happy isles. 'Tis the Muse that for- 
 bids the man who merits praise to die : 'tis the Muse 
 who raises him to the blest above. , Thus is unresting 
 Hercules a guest at Jove's coveted feast ; the Tyn- 
 darid twins are bright stars to save from the depths 
 the battered barks : Bacchus, his brow bedecked 
 with vine-leaves green, brings prayers to fair fulfil- 
 ment. 
 
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 9 
 
 Deem not that death will overtake the verse 
 which 1, a child of far-sounding Aufidus' banks, 
 make by arts aforetime undivulged, fit mate for 
 lyric strings : though Maeonian Homer hold his 
 pride of place, yet is not Pindar's nor Ceos' Muse 
 forgotten, nor Alcseus' challenge nor Stesichorus' 
 exalted song : nor hath time erased Anacreon's 
 sportive lay : there love yet breathes, and yet lives 
 in the lyre's keeping the JEolian girl's passion. 
 Others beside Laconian Helen have been fired with 
 love and wonder by a paramour's glossy locks, his 
 embroidered raiment and royal pomp and retinue : 
 others ere Teucer aimed aiTows from Cydonian bow : 
 other Troys have been besieged : not giant Idomeneus 
 or Sthenelus alone fought fights that poesy should 
 have sung : not proud Hector, not brave Deiphobus 
 fii-st faced the hard battle-shock for children and 
 chaste wives. Many the brave who lived ere Aga- 
 memnon : but all are buried in eternal night, unwept, 
 unknown, for lack of a sacred singer. Small is the 
 space that severs buried sloth from hidden worth. 
 My page, LoUius ! shall not mutely leave thee un- 
 honoured, or suffer envious oblivion unrebuked to 
 devour thy many toils. Thou hast a soul wise in 
 affairs, upright in hours of success and danger, a soul 
 to punish greedy fraud and shun money's all-com- 
 pelling charm, a soul to make thee consul not one 
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 year alone, but at whatsoever time it plays the 
 honest judge's part, sets Honour above interest, 
 refuses with lofty scorn the bribes of guilt, and 
 carries its triumphant standards through the opposing 
 hosts. The lord of wide possessions merits not truly 
 the name of blest : more rightly is the title his alone 
 who knows how wisely to use heaven's gifts and bear 
 grim peliury, and dreads crime worse than death : 
 fearing not to perish for friends beloved or fether- 
 land. 
 
 10 
 
 Thou that art still so cruel and so rich in Venus' 
 bounty, when unhoped-for down shall come to spite 
 thy pride, and those locks have fallen that now float 
 o'er thy shoulders, and the colour that now is 
 brighter than red roses' bloom shall change and turn 
 Ligurimus' beauty to hairy roughness — then, ah me ! 
 thou'lt say, whene'er the mirror reflects thy altered 
 face : why had I not in boyhood my manhood's 
 mood, or why doth not my temper of to-day restore 
 the freshness to my cheeks ? 
 
 11 
 
 .A cask I have of Alban wine passing its ninth 
 year ; in my garden, Phyllis ! is parsley for twining 
 garlands ; and store of ivy too, that binds thy hair and 
 decks thy beauty : my house laughs with sheen of 
 
 silver : my altar crowned with holy herbs longs for 
 
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 the sprinkling blood of a slain lamb. All my house- 
 hold speeds the work, boys and girls together hurry 
 to and fro : busy flames whirl eddies of dusky smoke. 
 Yet know what joys invite thee — 'tis the Ides that 
 thou must keep, dividing day of ^ sea-bom Venus' 
 April : a day for me of merited observance, well-nigh 
 more sacred than my own natal hour, for from this dawn 
 my loved Maecenas counts his years' increasing tale. 
 Telephus, whom thou courtest, is no fit mate for 
 thee : a girl rich and wanton hath forestalled thee, 
 and holds him bound in pleasant fetters. Phaethon's 
 fiery fate checks covetous hopes, and winged Pegasus' 
 scorn of his earthly rider Bellerophon warns by dread 
 example to seek what is thy due, and shun an 
 unequal match by deeming too ambitious desires a 
 crime. Come then, thou last of my loves — ^for no 
 other woman shall hereafter touch my heart — learn 
 the strain thy dear voice must sing: thy song shall 
 lessen my dark cares. 
 
 12 
 
 Now sails are sped by spring's companions, the 
 
 Thracian airs that calm the sea : now are the 
 
 meadows frozen no more, nor roar the rivers swollen 
 
 with winter's snow. With piteous wail for Itys the 
 
 sad bird builds her nest — eternal shame to Cecrops' 
 
 house for the ill vengeance she wreaked on kings' 
 
 savage desires. Keepers of fat sheep pipe their 
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 songs amid the tender grass, to that god's delight 
 who loves the flock and Arcadia's dark hills. 'Tis 
 the season, Virgilius, that brings thirst : but if thou 
 longest to drain the juice of Cales' grape, thou client 
 of high-bom youth, thou must earn thy wine by 
 nard. One little box of nard shall tempt forth the 
 cask that now lies in Sulpicius' cellar, bounteous 
 giver of new hopes, potent to drown bitter cares. 
 To these delights if thou hastest come quick with 
 thy price : 'tis no plan of mine that thou shouldst 
 swill my cups for nought, as in a rich man's wealthy 
 house. Nay, away with thy delays and thy zeal for 
 gain : remember the dark funeral fire while thou 
 mayest and let folly awhile mar thy counsels : at 
 fitting seasons, unwisdom for me ! 
 
 13 
 
 Lyce, the gods have heard, have heard my prayer : 
 thou growest old, yet wilt still seem beautiful, and 
 thinkest not shame to sport and drink, and, flown 
 with wine, thou courtest lagging Love with quaver- 
 ing song. But Love keeps vigil on the fair cheeks 
 of blooming Chia, skilled in minstrelsy. Rudely he 
 flies past withered oaks, and shuns thee disfigured as 
 thou art by blackened teeth and wrinkles and snowy 
 hair. Nor Coan purple robes nor glittering gems can 
 restore to thee those times which fleeting days have 
 
 writ in calendars that all may read. Whither is fled 
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 thy lovelinesSj ah me, whither thy colour ? whither 
 thy graceful movements ? what hast thou of hers, 
 of hers, whose breath was love, who stole away my 
 heart, — that famed beauty, mistress of all delightiul 
 arts, happy heiress of Cinara's sway ? But the fates 
 that shortened Cinara's tale of years keep Lyce living 
 as long as some aged crow, that glowing youths may 
 laugh aloud at the ashes of her burnt-out torch. 
 
 14 
 
 What worthy boon of honour, Augustus ! by 
 
 senate or by people granted, may bid thy virtues 
 
 live for ever inscribed on stone or history's page, 
 
 thou greatest of all princes where'er the sun shines on 
 
 lands inhabited by man ? whose warlike powers the 
 
 Vindelici erewhile unbroken to Latin rule have 
 
 lately learnt. For with thy soldiery brave Drusus 
 
 more than once o'erthrew the restless Genauni and 
 
 swift Breuni and the castles crowning their Alps' 
 
 tremendous height : soon Nero's elder son by the 
 
 stem shock of battle routed the dreadful Rsetians 
 
 'neath heaven's favouring auspices, — a wondrous 
 
 sight to all who marked his bearing in the fray, how 
 
 he dashed to destruction those breasts vowed to a 
 
 freeman's death : well-nigh as eastern winds harass 
 
 the tameless wave when the Pleiad band shine 
 
 through torn clouds, so vehemently he charged the 
 
 hostile squadrons and rode his chafing steed through 
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 encompassing fires. So rolls bull-like Aufidus through 
 Apulian Daunus' realm, when in wrath he plans to 
 drown in deluge dread the tilled fields, as Claudius 
 with giant charge bore down the savages' mailed 
 ranks and strewed the ground with the swathe of 
 their first and rearmost lines, an unscathed conqueror. 
 Thine was his army, thine the counsel and thine the 
 favouring gods. For fifteen years from that day when 
 suppliant Alexandria opened to thee her harbours 
 and her empty palace, Fortune still smiling gave 
 thine arms another victory, and added this glory, this 
 coveted triumph to the lustre of thy past campaigns. 
 Thy rule the erewhile untamed Cantabrian reveres, 
 the Mede, the Indian, and the flying Scythian, thou 
 present guardian of Italy and imperial Rome. Thy 
 name is heard by Nile's stream flowing from his 
 hidden source, by Danube and swift Tigris, by that 
 monster-haunted Ocean that roars on Britain's dis- 
 tant shore, by death-defying Gaul and rude Iberia : 
 the slaughter-loving Sygambri lay down their arms 
 and worship thee. 
 
 15 
 
 Phifibus, when I fain would sing of battles and con- 
 quered cities, forbade me with his lyre's chiding note 
 to sail my tiny skiff over the Tyrrhenian sea. Thy age, 
 Csesar ! hath brought abundance back to our fields and 
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THE ODES OF HORACE 
 
 victor in war, clement to the conquered foe ! For 
 now the Mede fears our armies' conquests by land 
 and sea, our Alban axes : now the Scythians, late so 
 proud, and Indians await our word. 
 
 Now Faith, Peace, Glory, and ancient Honour and 
 neglected Virtue dare to return : and Plenty, blest 
 with full horn, appears once more. May prophetic 
 PhcEbus, graced with shining bow, loved by the 
 Muses nine, Phoebus whose healing art relieves the 
 suffering frame, — may he, if with friendly eye he 
 looks on the Palatine towers, give yet five happy 
 years and days of growing blessedness to Rome and 
 Latium : and may Diana, dweller on Aventine and 
 Algidus, hear the fifteen men's entreaty and turn a 
 friendly ear to the prayers of youth ! So home re- 
 turns our choir skilled to sing Phcebus' and Diana's 
 praise, with sure and certain hope that thus Jove 
 wills and all the host of heaven. 
 
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EPODES 
 
 1 
 
 Thou goest, my friend Maecenas ! in light Libur- 
 
 nian galleys among tall ships' bulwarks, prepared to 
 
 brave all Caesar's dangers at thy proper risk. What 
 
 of me, whose life were pleasant if thou survivest, 
 
 but hateful shouldst thou fall ? shall I obey and 
 
 abide in ease — an ease that is not dear with thee 
 
 not there to share it — or shall I face this stress with 
 
 courage such as beseems no craven ? Ay, I will face 
 
 it, and bravely follow thee o'er Alpine heights and 
 
 inhospitable Caucasus or to the West's most distant 
 
 bay. Dost ask how shall I aid thee with toil of 
 
 mine, who am but weak and unwarlike ? Less as 
 
 thy comrade shall I know that dread which absent 
 
 hearts more keenly feel : e'en as the mother bird by 
 
 her unfledged nestlings fears more the serpent's 
 
 stealthy approach when she leaves them, albeit her 
 
 presence could bring them no better aid. Right 
 
 willingly will I serve this and all campaigns, in hope 
 
 to win thy favour : not that more oxen may be 
 
 yoked to my straining ploughs, or my flocks driven 
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 to Calabria's from Lucania's pastures ere days of 
 fervent heat, nor that my marble palace may stand 
 anigh the Circean walls of lofty Tusculum. Enough 
 and more have I received from thy bounty : nor 
 greedy miser nor loose spendthrift am I, to hoard in 
 earth or squander wealth. 
 
 2 
 
 Happy he who, far from business, tills like -man- 
 kind of old his father's farm with oxen of his own, 
 and has nought to do with usury ; whom no fierce 
 trumpet calls to arms, who needs not to dread the 
 angry sea, and shuns the Forum and the proud 
 thresholds of his greater townsmen. Therefore he 
 weds tall poplars to his vines' full-grown boughs, or 
 views the lowing herds that stray in winding vales, 
 and pruning with his knife barren branches engrafts 
 a richer stock, or stores in unstained jars honey 
 drawn from the comb, or shears his helpless sheep : 
 anon when autumn graced with ripe apples looks out 
 o'er the countryside, how gladly he plucks his home- 
 grown pears and grapes that vie with purple, a gift for 
 thee, Priapus, and thee, reverend Silvanus, guardian 
 of boundaries ! Now lies he at will beneath some ilex 
 old, now 'mid the chnging grass. Softly the while 
 flow rivers 'twixt their lofty banks, birds in the woods 
 complain, springs pour their babbling waters down, 
 
 a spell to court light slumbers. But when the 
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 Thunderer's wintry season musters its rains and 
 snows, then from this side and that his pack drives 
 fierce boars into the opposing barrier, or on smooth 
 poles he stretches his meshy nets to snare the greedy 
 thrushes, and in his noose catches the wished-for 
 prize of timid hare and migrant crane. 'Mid sports 
 like these who will not forget the troublous cares of 
 love ? For if a chaste consort do her helpful share 
 for house and loved children, like to a Sabine dame 
 or sun-browned wife of some lithe Apulian, let her 
 pile ancient logs on the sacred hearth to greet her 
 weary loi-d's return, and penning the fi-uitful flock in 
 woven hurdles drain their swollen udders, and drawing 
 the year's wine from its sweetened cask prepare an 
 unbought feast : not Lucrine oysters shall please me 
 more, not turbot nor the daintiest fish that the 
 storm's thunder on eastern waves drives to our coasts : 
 no African fowl, no Ionian heath-cock be more 
 grateful to my palate than olives pluckt from their 
 trees' richest boughs or meadow-loving sorrel and 
 mallows that relieve sickness' burden, or lamb slain 
 at the Boundary-god's feast or kid snatched from the 
 wolfs jaws. At such a feast how sweet to see the 
 sheep haste home from pastm-e, to see the toiling 
 oxen drag with weary neck the inverted share, and 
 the swarming home-bom slaves of a wealthy lord sit 
 round the shining household gods ! — so spake the 
 
 usurer Alfius, minded straightway to turn farmer, and 
 
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 called in all his money on the Ides — then sought to 
 lend it out at the next Kalends. 
 
 3 
 
 Whoe'er with impious hand hath strangled an aged 
 parent, his fare be garlic, deadlier than hemlock. 
 Hardy is your maw, ye harvesters ! by what poison 
 am I inly tortured .'' have I unawares eaten of herbs 
 steeped in viper's blood ? hath Canidia's hand 
 meddled with the baneful feast .'' Medea, what 
 time she gazed in wonder at the chief whose beauty 
 shone transcendent 'mong his Argonaut following, 
 with this anointed Jason ere he yoked the unwonted 
 bulls : with this she drugged the gifts that avenged 
 her on his mistress, then fled upborne by dragons 
 winged. No seasons' heat so potent ever brooded 
 o'er thirsty Apulia : not more fiery the gift that 
 burnt and clung on Hercules' toiling shoulders. O, 
 if ever thou art fain for such fare, my merry Mae- 
 cenas ! then, I pray, may thy love put out a hand 
 to check thy kiss, and shun thy embrace ! 
 
 4 
 
 Enmity is betwixt thee and me, as Nature's law 
 
 hath set it between wolves and lambs, — wretch, with 
 
 thy sides scarred by Spain's rope-ends, thy legs by 
 
 hard fetters ! Stalk purse-proud as thou wilt, fortune 
 
 changes not birth. Seest thou, as thou trailest thy 
 
 six ells' length of toga along the sacred way, how 
 
 every passer-by turns to gaze with anger uncon- 
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 cealed ? Yonder he goes who, once torn by the 
 hangman's lash till e'en the crier called ' Hold, 
 enough ! ' now tills his thousand-acred Falernian 
 farm and haunts the Appian way with his steeds, and 
 sits in the glory of his knighthood on the foremost 
 seats, in scorn of Otho's law ! How can we send 
 the heavy bulk of so many beaked ships 'gainst 
 robbers and bands of slaves, when he, ay, he is tri- 
 bune in our armies ? 
 
 5 
 ' O, by all gods that reign in heaven over earth 
 
 and men, what means this wild assault ? why glare 
 ye all so grimly on me alone ? By thy children I 
 implore thee, if ever truly came Lucina in answer to 
 thy prayer to aid thy travail, — by this unavailing 
 purple garb, — by Jove's impending wrath against 
 thy deeds, — why lookst thou on me with such eyes 
 as a stepmother or wild beast wounded ? ' With such 
 plaints uttered from trembling lips the boy stood 
 stripped of all adornment, a childish form such as 
 might move the horrid breasts of Thrace : with that 
 Canidia, her head's dishevelled locks entwined with 
 dwarfish vipers, bids bum in magic fires wild fig trees 
 dug from graves, funereal cypress, a nightly screech- 
 owl's feather and its eggs besmeared with a foul 
 frog's blood, such herbs as grow in lolcus and Iberia's 
 poison-teeming soil, and bones snatched from the 
 jaws of a hungry bitch. Sagana busily the while be- 
 sprinkled all the house with Avernus' waters, her 
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 rough hair bristling like sea-urchin or boar at speed. 
 Veia, by no ill conscience checked, upturned the 
 ground with hard spade, panting over her toil, 
 where the buried boy should watch the meal twice 
 and thrice in the long day pass before his dying eyes, 
 his head projecting in such wise as the swimmer's 
 chin floats on the water's face : that so his drained 
 marrow and dry liver might make a charm for love, 
 when once his eyes had closed, fixed on the forbidden 
 food. Folia of Ariminum, a man in lust, there played 
 her part — so 'twas believed by idle ears in Neapolis 
 and every neighbour town — she whose magic spell 
 can charm away the stars and draw the moon from 
 heaven. Thereat cruel Canidia gnawing with black- 
 ened tooth her uncut thumb-nail, — said what, what 
 left unsaid } — ' Ye faithful watchers of my deeds,' 
 quoth she, ' Night and Diana, who rulest the silent 
 scene of our secret rites, now, now lend your aid, now 
 turn against the houses of our foes your wrath and 
 influence divine ! while wild creatures hidden in the 
 dreadful woods repose in slumber sweet, may the 
 Subura's dogs bark at that aged libertine, laughing- 
 stock to all, besmeared with unguents such as ne'er 
 could art of mine more perfectly contrive. — What 
 hath chanced ? why have barbarian Medea's dread 
 poisons lost their power ? 'twas with these that ere 
 her flight she was avenged on that proud mistress, 
 great Creon's daughter, what time the robe she gave, 
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 steeped in foul pollution, consumed in fire the new- 
 wed bride. Yet no herb, no root hath 'scaped my 
 eye in its forbidding hiding-place. So sleeps he on 
 a couch drugged to oblivion of every light o' love. — 
 Aha ! 'tis some more cunning enchanter's spell hath 
 set him free to roam ! Then shall no common 
 draught, O Varus, doomed to sorrow deep ! be 
 brewed to speed thee back to me, nor is it Marsian 
 spell that shall regain thy heart : a stronger charm 
 I'll devise, a drug more potent I'll mix to quell thy 
 pride ; and sky shall be whelmed in sea with earth 
 above it stretched, ere thou shalt fail to burn with 
 love for me as burns asphalt in dusky fire ! ' At 
 this the boy sought no more to move their impious 
 intent with softening words ; but doubting what 
 theme to take for speech he uttered such prayer as 
 Thyestes made : ' Your drugs may change the great 
 laws of right and wrong : vengeance they cannot 
 change : my curse shall still pursue you : that dread 
 imprecation no victim may purge away. Nay, when 
 at your bidding I shall have yielded up my life, my 
 angry ghost by night shall haunt you, my shadowy 
 form shall assail your faces with hooked talons, such 
 power have spirits, — and close sitting byyour troubled 
 breasts I'll fright you from sleep. Foul hags ! the 
 gathering crowd from every street shall pelt you 
 with stones : anon shall your unburied limbs be rent 
 by wolves and carrion birds : nor shall my parents, 
 
 in whose life, alas ! I perish, fail to mark the sight.' 
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 6 
 
 Why dost assail harmless strangers — dog, too 
 
 craven to face a wolf? rather, if thou darest, utter 
 against me thy empty threats, and challenge my 
 revengeful tooth. For like Molossian or tavmy 
 Laconian hound, the shepherd's sturdy friend. 111 
 chase with ear erect through the deep snow whatever 
 quarry flies before me : but thou, when thy dreadful 
 barks have filled the wood, tumest to sniff the morsel 
 at thy feet. Beware, beware : the horns I raise are 
 ready to wage fiercest war against the bad : like am 
 I to the scorned suitor of faithless Lycambes' daughter, 
 or Bupalus' relentless foe. Or think you that when 
 assailed by deadly teeth I'll tamely weep in boyish 
 wise? 
 
 7 
 Whither, ah whither rush your impious feet ? why 
 
 grasp your hands those sheathed swords ? hath 
 not enough of Latin blood been shed on plain and 
 wave — not that the Roman should bum the proud 
 towers of some jealous Carthage, nor that the un- 
 tamed Briton should go in chains adown the Sacred 
 Way, but that Parthia's prayer should be granted and 
 this city perish by her own right hand ? -Not wolves 
 nor lions have e'er been wont to rage against their 
 kind. Is it blind madness that drives you on, or 
 some force more potent ? Is it crime ? Oh, answer ! 
 Silent they stand : wan pallor blanches their cheeks, 
 
 their stricken hearts are all dismay. 'Tis so : Rome's 
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 sons are pursued by bitter fates, by the crime of a 
 brother's murder, since Remus' innocent blood flowed 
 to earth, a curse to his descendants. 
 
 9 
 
 When, O blest Maecenas ! shall I in joy at Caesar's 
 
 victory drink with thee beneath thy lofty roof — as 
 
 Jove hath granted — the Caecuban reserved for festal 
 
 banquet, while Dorian lyre and Phrygian flutes make 
 
 harmonious music ? as late we drank, when that 
 
 Neptune-born leader fled before us from the sea and 
 
 left his ships in flames, he who threatened our city 
 
 with the chains wherefrom his friendship had freed 
 
 his traitor slaves. The Roman soldier, alas ! — a 
 
 fiiture age will ne'er believe it— is made a woman's 
 
 slave : for her he bears stakes and arais, and brooks 
 
 to serve 'neath wrinkled eunuchs, while among an 
 
 army's standards mosquito-curtains flaunt their shame 
 
 in daylight. In wrath at this, two thousand Gauls 
 
 turned aside their horses' heads singing of Caesar's 
 
 praise, and the hostile barks fled leftwards driven to 
 
 the haven's shelter. Triumph ! why tarry thy golden 
 
 chariots, thy oxen yet unyoked ? Triumph ! less 
 
 great than ours was the leader whom thou broughtest 
 
 from Jugurtha's war : less great was Africa's victor 
 
 whose tomb his valour made 'raid ruins of Carthage. 
 
 Vanquished by land and sea, our foe hath changed 
 
 to gloomier hue his mantle's purple. Either he'll 
 
 make 'gainst adverse winds for proud Crete's hundred 
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 cities, or else he seeks the Syrtes ever by the south 
 wind vext, or is the sport of varying tides. Bring 
 hither, boy ! more ample cups, and Chian or Lesbian 
 wines : or measure out Caecuban, to stay the draughts 
 we've quaffed : 'tis joy to drown in Bacchus' sweet 
 gifts our care and fear for Caesar's fortunes. 
 
 10 
 
 With evil omens the ship quits her moorings, 
 whereon sails stinking Maevius : may the south-easter 
 take good heed to lash her either side with rough 
 billows ! may the black east bear her tackle and 
 shattered oars about the upheaved sea : may the 
 north wind rise in might as when on mountain 
 heights he cracks the trembling ilex : no friendly 
 star appear in the black night of sad Orion's setting ; 
 let no more peaceful seas bear Maevius than bore the 
 band of Grecian conquerors when Pallas turned her 
 wrath from Ilium in flames to Ajax' impious ship ! 
 What toils await thy crew, what yellow pallor shall 
 be thine, how loud thy wonted unmanly wailings and 
 prayers to angry Jove, when the Ionian gulf roaring 
 in answer to the moist southern gale shall rend thy 
 keel ! and if thou liest on the curving shore, a dainty 
 morsel for the gulls, I'll sacrifice to the storm-gods a 
 lustful goat and an ewe-lamb. 
 
 11 
 
 Pettius ! I care no more as erst to scribble verses : 
 
 Love hath smitten me with heavy hand, — Love who 
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 ever is fain to make me, his chosen victim, glow for 
 tender boy or girl. 'Tis now the third winter that 
 shakes from the woods their bravery, since ceased my 
 passion for Inachia. Ah me, with shame I mind me 
 of those evil days, how I was the city's by-word ! Ay, 
 I blush for those drinking bouts, whereat languor 
 and silence and deep-drawn sighs betrayed my love. 
 To think that a poor man's honest talent should 
 avail nought in rivalry with wealth ! so would I dole- 
 fully complain to thee, soon as deeper draughts had 
 warmed me,' and the shameless god revealed the 
 secrets of my heart. O, — I'd say, — could wrath be free 
 to boil in my breast, I'll cease to banish modesty nor 
 longer cope with unequal foes, and my wound shall 
 cast to the winds these thankless remedies that relieve 
 not the ill ! To thee I'd make these manly boasts : 
 then, counselled to depart homewards, I went in-eso- 
 lute to the door that ne'er, alas ! would welcome me, 
 that cruel threshold, a bed to bruise loin and side. 
 Now am I slave to Lyciscus, tenderer than any woman, 
 from whom no friends' candid counsel nor stern re- 
 proach may free me — nought but some other love for 
 maiden fair or round-limbed boy knotting his tresses 
 long. 
 
 13 
 
 Rude storms have gathered the clouds, in rain and 
 
 snow the sky descends : now sea and forest roar 
 
 'neath the Thracian north : my friends, let us snatch 
 105 
 
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 the present occasion^ and while 'tis fitting and our 
 knees are fresh and strong, let wrinkles of eld be 
 smoothed from our brows. Bring forth the grape 
 trodden in Torquatus' consulship, my natal year ! 
 speak not of aught else : perchance shall heaven's 
 kind change stablish once more our fortunes. Now 
 'tis the hour to steep us in eastern nard and banish 
 cursed cares with Mercurius' lyre : e'en as the famed 
 Centaur sang to his mighty pupil : — Unconquered 
 mortal son of Thetis divine ! For thee Assaracus' 
 country waits, cloven by cold Scamander's narrow 
 stream and smooth-sliding Simois — whence hath the 
 Fates' unalterable web barred thy return, nor shalt 
 thou sail home o'er thy mother's blue waves. There 
 do thou lighten all thy ills with wine and song, sweet 
 solaces of ugly sorrow. 
 
 14 
 
 Why hath languid sloth steeped all my being in 
 
 oblivion, as though with thirsty throat I had drunk 
 
 of cups that bring Lethean sleep .'' True-hearted 
 
 Maecenas, ask me no more thy torturing question : 
 
 'tis heaven, 'tis heaven that forbids me pen the last 
 
 page of those iambic strains I promised thee long 
 
 since. E'en so, they say, Anacreon of Teos glowed 
 
 for Samian Bathyllus, and oft told his sad love on 
 
 hollow shell with measure flowing free. Thyself thou 
 
 knowest the fire of hapless love : and if passion for 
 106 
 
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 no fairer dame kindled the flames of besieged Ilion, 
 rejoice in thy fortune : she that I pine for is a light 
 o' love, nor favours me alone. 
 
 15 
 
 'Twas night and in the clear sky the moon shone 
 'mid the lesser lights, when thou, so soon to outrage 
 the majesty of high heaven, didst swear devotion to 
 me, thy soft arms more closely clinging than ivy 
 embraces tall ilex : that, while wolves were foes to 
 flocks, while Orion, foe to sailors, should vex the 
 wintry sea, while Apollo's flowing locks should wave 
 in the breeze, we still should live in mutual love. 
 Dearly, Nesera, shalt thou rue my firm intent ! for if 
 thy Horace hath aught of manhood in him, he will 
 not brook that thou shouldst grant to a rival thy fre- 
 quent favours : in wrath he'll seek some heart like 
 his, nor shall thy beauty, if detested once, prevail 
 against his constancy when pain is fixed within his 
 breast. And thou, whoe'er thou art, more fortunate 
 than I, who dost triumph by my calamity ! though 
 thou be rich in flocks and acres broad, though Pacto- 
 lus pour for thee its gold, though thou know the 
 secrets of transformed Pythagoras and excel Nireus 
 in beauty, — thou'lt mourn, alas ! to see her love 
 bestowed elsewhere : then 'twill be my turn to 
 
 laugh. 
 
 107 
 
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 16 
 
 A second age is already wasting in civil wars, 
 and Rome's own might is her ruin : that state, 
 which Marsian neighbours could not destroy nor 
 threatening Porsena's Etruscan bands, nor Capua's 
 rival valour nor keen Spartacus nor AUobrogians, re- 
 volution's faithless friends, nor fierce Germany's blue- 
 eyed warriors could tame,- nor Hannibal, name of 
 horror to our ancestors — by the impious generation of 
 her accursed sons shall she be brought to ruin, and 
 her soil once more possest by wild beasts. Barbarian 
 conquerors, alas ! shall tread her ashes and ride o'er 
 her city with loud trampling hooves, and scatter in 
 arrogant pride, O horrid deed to see ! the bones of 
 Romulus now sheltered from wind and sun. Ask ye 
 — your better part, or all — ^how best to rid you of 
 your sorrows ? let no counsel prevail o'er this, to go 
 — as fled with solemn oaths Phocsea's citizens, leaving ■ 
 their lands and native homes, their temples for boars 
 and greedy wolves to dwell in— to go where'er our 
 feet shall bear us, whithersoe'er the south or wanton 
 African wind shall invite. Shall it be so ? or hath 
 any better counsel .'' why then delay with favouring 
 omen to embark .'' But be this our oath : — When 
 stones shall rise from watery depths and float, then 
 be return no more forbidden : nor let us refuse to 
 turn our sails homewards again, when Padus washes 
 
 Matine peaks, or Apenninus' height plunges in the 
 108 
 
THE ODES OF HORACE 
 
 sea, and linked by strange love in monstrous union 
 tigers shall mate with deer, doves with kites, when 
 trustful herds fear not tawny lions, and goats grown 
 smooth haunt the salt seas. Bound by such vows 
 and by all else that may bar our dear return, let us 
 away, or all our city or those nobler than the sense- 
 less herd : let cowardice and despair slumber still on 
 its ill-omened couch ! But you, who are men, banish 
 all womanly wailings, and fly past Etruria's shores. 
 Wandering Ocean's circling stream invites us : there 
 let us seek those fields, those happy fields, those isles 
 of plenty, where earth untilled yearly bears her corn, 
 and still unpruned teems the vine, nor ever fails the 
 olive-branch to bud, and the dark fig still adorns its 
 parent stem, where honey flows from hollow ilex, and 
 light leaps the babbling brook from high hills. There 
 unbidden come she-goats to the pail, willingly brings 
 the herd its swollen udders home : no bears at eve 
 roar round the fold, nor swells high the ground with 
 viper broods. And more sights shall greet our 
 marvelling eyes : how ne'er the fields are bared by 
 copious showers from the watery east, nor are the 
 generous seeds parched in the arid tilth, sun and rain 
 aUke tempered by heaven's great king. Hither ne'er 
 did Argo's sailors guide their bark, ne'er did Colchis' 
 shameless daughter tread these shores : no Sidonian 
 crews e'er turned hither their yards, nor Ulysses' 
 
 toil-worn following. No sickness hurts the flock, no 
 109 
 
THE ODES OF HORACE 
 
 star parches the herd with violent heat. These lands 
 did Jove reserve for the pious, when he suffered 
 bronze to mar the years of gold — of bronze, then 
 iron he forged the ages, wherefrom the pious, trusting 
 my presage, may yet in safety flee. 
 
 17 
 
 I yield, I yield to potent science, and implore thee 
 
 by Proserpina's realm, by Diana's godhead implacable, 
 and by thy books of charms that have power to unfix 
 and call the stars from heaven, — cease at length, Cani- 
 dia, thy magic invocations, and suffer, O suffer thy swift 
 wheel to spin back again ! Telephus prevailed with 
 Nereus' grandson, 'gainst whom he had proudly arrayed 
 his bands of Mysians, 'gainst whom he had hurled his 
 sharp darts. Troy's matrons anointed murderous Hec- 
 tor's corse, though given a prey to wild birds and dogs, 
 what time the hapless king had left his city and fallen, 
 alas ! at stubborn Achilles' feet. Ulysses' weary 
 oarsmen doffed at Circe's will their hard bristly hides : 
 then sense and voice returned and each countenance 
 regained its former grace. Enough and more than 
 enough have I been punished by thee, thou love of 
 sailor and hawker ! youth and its modest blush have 
 fled me, who am nought but bone clad with sallow 
 skin : thy unguents have whitened my locks : no 
 ease gives me rest from toil : night follows day, day 
 night, yet no breath relieves my straining breast. 
 
 Therefore thou conquerest — in sorrow I needs 
 110 
 
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 must own what 1 denied, that Sabine charms can 
 shake the heart, and Marsian spells split the aching 
 head. What wilt thou more ? O sea, O earth, I burn 
 more fiercely than Hercules besmeared with Nessus' 
 dark blood, than that Sicilian flame which strongly 
 blazes in fieiy ^tna : thou glowest, a veiy crucible of 
 Colchian poisons, till my dry dust shall be the sport 
 of insulting winds. What end, what recompense 
 still awaits me ? Only speak : I'll faithfully pay the 
 penalty ordained, I'll readily make atonement, 
 whether thou demand an hundred steers, or wouldst 
 have my lying lute sing thy praises : how thy 
 chastity, thy virtue shall make thee move, a golden 
 constellation, amid the stars. Castor and great 
 Castor's brother suflFered prayer to overcome their 
 ire 'gainst Helen's maligner, and restored to the 
 singer his eyesight reft. So do thou, for thou canst, 
 save me from madness, — thou who' ne'er wert dis- 
 graced by thy father's vile estate, who wert ne'er a 
 hag skilled to scatter the ashes of the nine days dead 
 among the tombs of the poor. Thy breast is kind, 
 thy hands are clean : thy womb hath truly borne a 
 son : true are thy signs of travail whene'er thou 
 risest in strength from child-bed. 
 
 Why makest thou prayer to ears unhearing ? not 
 deafer to the naked sailor's entreaty are the rocks that 
 stormy Neptune smites with rising spray. That thou 
 
 shouldst reveal and mock Cotytto's rites, the worship 
 111 
 
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 of unchecked Desire ! thyself the high priest of our 
 Esquiline witchcraft, shouldst blaze my name about 
 the town, yet go unscathed ! what then availed it 
 that I enriched Pelignian hags, and mixed a quicker, 
 deadlier draught ? but a more lingering fate awaits 
 thee than thou hopest : poor wretch, thou must live 
 thy unwished-for life, and live for this — that still 
 thou mayest serve as victim of new sufferings. 
 Faithless Pelops' sire Tantalus longs for rest, ever 
 lacking the generous feast : Prometheus longs for 
 rest, fettered to his winged torturer : Sisyphus longs 
 to set his stone upon the mountain's top : but Jove's 
 laws forbid it. Thou shalt be fain now to leap from 
 lofty towers, now to stab thy breast with Noric 
 sword, and all- in vain, of thy gloom and weary 
 sorrow, shalt with the halter circle thy throat. Then 
 will I ride my foe's shoulders, and my pride shall 
 spurn the earth. I who can handle waxen images, 
 as thine own curious eyes have seen, whose invoca- 
 tions can draw the moon from heaven, can raise the 
 dead from out their ashes, can mix the draughts 
 that bring desire — should I lament that issues of my 
 art can nought avail to injure thee .'' 
 
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 Home and State : An Introduction to the Study of Economics and 
 Civics. By Susan Cunnington, Wiston's School, Brighton, Author 
 of "The Story of Arithmetic," etc. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. 
 
 This book is for the Upper Forms in schools, and gives in simple language 
 an account of the fundamental principles which underlie our modern 
 economic and political conditions. Throughout the present has been 
 connected with the past, by noting the beginnings of corporate life and 
 efifort, and by tracing the development of political institutions. 
 
 The desirability of cultivating an intelligent patriotism is acknowledged 
 by all, and there is a growing recognition that this can best be done, as in 
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 The Sights and Duties of the English Citizen. By H. E. Malden, 
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 COMMERCE 
 
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 for students. As far as possible technical phraseology has been avoided, 
 
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 dates, etc., are fully explained. 
 
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 An Entrance Gtiide to Professions and Business. By H. Jones. 
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 IS. 6d. [Commercial Series. 
 
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 to the boy's earning his own Uving. 
 
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 Old Testament History for Use in Schools. By the Rev. W. F. 
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 This book contains many interesting passages from English classics chosen 
 on account of the large number of everyday words which they contain. 
 
 A Class-Book of Dictation Fassagea. Selected by W. Williamson, 
 B.A. Sixteenth Edition. Crown 8vo, is. 6d. [Junior School Books. 
 i6o passages chosen from a wide field of modern literature on account of 
 the large number of words they contain. 
 
 Junior English Examination Papers. By W. Williamson, B.A. 
 
 Second Edition. -Fcap. 8vo, is. [Junior Examination Series. 
 
 This book contains Seventy-two Papers Of Ten Questions each, and will 
 
 be found to meet the requirements of all the Examinations in English usually 
 
 taken in Schools up to the ■ Senior Locals." 
 
 Literature 
 
 English. Literature for Schools. By E. E. Firth, History Mistress 
 at the High School, Croydon, Author of "A, First History of Greece. " 
 With 4 Maps. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. [Junior School Books. 
 
 This excellent Introduction to English Literature has five special 
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 are shown. (2) Many illustrations of their works help the reader to a know- 
 ledge of the great writers. (3) Difficulties are explamed by footnotes. (4) 
 Short summaries of the chief historical events are given with explanations of 
 the political, social, and religious tendencies of the times. Thus the reader 
 realises that all great writers are representative of their generation. (5) 
 Useful Maps have been included, which show the local environment of the 
 great writers. 
 
 At the end of each chapter are to be found summaries, sets of questions, 
 and also suggestions for further reading. 
 
 A Short Story of English Literature. By Emma S. Mellows. 
 Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. 
 
 The story of the beginning and growth of English literature told in a very 
 simple form for schools and the home. In addition to describing the 
 literature and writers, some space is given to describing the character of the 
 age under consideration. 
 English Literature. By F. J. Rahtz, M.A., B.Sc. Crown 8vo, 
 28. 6d. 
 
 This work is suitable for pupfls in the Upper Forms of Secondary Schools, 
 and also for older students. Its aim is to review in a general but criticaj 
 manner the groundwork of English Literature. Special attention has 
 therefore been paid to the course of the development of our literature; 
 the general characteristics of each period and the external influences 
 bearing upon it are carefully explained. The work and style of the greater 
 authors are discussed in some detail, and brief illustrative extracts from 
 their works are given ; lesser authors are treated in due proportion. 
 Questions, many of which are suggestive and require further thought and 
 study, are appended to each chapter. 
 
 The book will be found useful for such examinations as the Cambridge 
 Senior Local and London Matriculation, and will form an excellent 
 foundation for more advanced examinations. 
 
8 MESSRS. METHUKN'S 
 
 Selections &om English liiterature. Vol. I. (1350-1700). By F.J. 
 Rahtz, M.A., B.Sc. Crown 8vo, 2s. 
 
 It is important for the student to have a first hand acquaintance with 
 the authors themselves beyond what may be obtained from the brief 
 extracts given in the English Literature above described. For this purpose 
 two volumes of Selections, uniform with the ' ' English Literatm'e," have 
 been prepared. The present volume covers the period from 1350 to 1700. 
 Extracts are given from prose, poetry, and the drama. In dealing with 
 verse, complete poems have been given where space would permit ; and 
 in the case of the drama, prose, and longer poems, the extracts are such 
 as shoidd be intelligible by themselves or with the aid of brief prefatory notes. 
 As a rule, the space devoted to an author is in proportion to his importance. 
 
 Selections from English Literature. Vol. II; (1700-1900).- By 
 H. N. Asm AN, M.A., B.D., Second Master of Oviren's School, 
 Islington. Crovra 8vo, 2s. 
 
 This is the second of two volumes of selections that have been prepaied 
 for use with "English Literature," by F. J. Rahtz, M.A. , B.Sc. 
 
 The period covered is 1700 to the present day. The extracts from prose, 
 poetry, and drama have been chosen to illustrate the various aspects of the 
 work of the leading authors, and the general development of the literature 
 of the period. Care has been taken that the selections should all be 
 thoroughly worth studying. 
 
 The Story of Milton's "Paradise Lost." Narrated for the most 
 part in the actual words of the Poet. Arranged by George Carter, 
 M.A., Headmaster of New College School, Oxford. Crown 8vo, is, 6d. 
 The main feature of this book is that the story of * ' Paradise Lost *' is 
 narrated for the most part in the actual words of the poet, but where this 
 was found to be impracticable, short- original passages are introduced to 
 preserve the continuity of the story. Most of the classical and other 
 allusions, which contribute little or nothing to the development of the story, 
 are omitted, Concise footnotes are added to explain difficult or obsolete 
 words. 
 
 The book is prefaced with a "Short Sketch of the Life and Works of 
 Milton," and a Synopsis of " Paradise Lost" is also added. 
 
 Poetry 
 
 An Easy Poetry Book. Selected and Arranged by W. Williamson, 
 
 B.A. Second Edition. Crovm 8vo, is. [Beginner's Books. 
 
 A little book for pupils of twelve or thereabouts. It is believed that all 
 
 the selections are good as poetry, healthy and invigorating in thought, and 
 
 suited to the capacity of beginners. 
 
 Ballads of the Brave: Poems of Chivalry, Enterprise, Courage, and 
 Constancy. From the Earliest Times to the Present Day. By 
 F. Langbridge, M.A., D.Litt., Canon of St. Munchin's, St. Marys 
 Cathedral, Limerick. Fourth and Revised Edition, with Notes. Crown 
 8vo, 3s. 6d. 
 
 In this new edition Canon Langbridge has replaced all outworn matter by 
 new poems, carrying the story and the interest down to the present hour. 
 In addition to the best chivalric verse of Scott, Byron, Campbell, Keats, 
 Tennyson, Browning, Macaulay, Aytoun, Kingsley, William Morris, 
 Sir F. Hastings Doyle, the edition includes many copyright poems in praise 
 of gallant thought or gallant deeds by the Poet Laureate, Watts-Dunton, 
 George Barlow, Conan Doyle, Owen Seaman, Kipling, Newbolt, NOyes. 
 It is a book for all who love and are proud of England, for all who love 
 chivalry, adventure, and gallant pastime ; pre-eminently, it is a book for 
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 "Song of Federation," a call to the Boy Scouts, and England's claim to 
 wield for ever "The Sceptre of the Sea." Careful notes, historical, critical, 
 philological, are given separately ftom the text. 
 
LIST OF EDUCATIONAL BOUK-S 9 
 
 Readers 
 
 The Rose Reader. By Edward Rose. With numerous Illustrations, 
 some of which are Coloured. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. And in Four Parts. 
 Parts I. and II., 6d. each ; Part III., 8d. ; Part IV., lod. Introduction 
 for the Teacher separately, 6d. 
 
 Areader on a new and onginalplan. The distinctive feature of this book is the 
 entire avoidance of irregularly-spelt words until the pupil has mastered reading. 
 
 Tommy Smith's Animals. By Edmund Sblous. With 8 Illus- 
 trations by G. W. Ord. Eleventh Edition. Fcap. 8vo, is. 6d. 
 
 This new and charming continuous reader, besides inculcating kindness 
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 with are — frog, toad, rook, rat, hare, grass-snake, adder, peewit, mole, 
 woodpigeon, squirrel, barn-owl. 
 
 An edition in a superior binding, suitable for prizes, is also issued at 2s. 6d. 
 
 Tommy Smith's Other Animals. By Edmond Selocs. With 12 
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 An edition in a superior binding, suitable for prizes, is also issued at 2s. 6d. 
 
 Health Readings for Elementary Schools. Vol. I. By C. J. Thomas, 
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 Examining Board of the Royal Sanitary Institute. Crown 8vo, is. 6d. 
 
 The first volume of a new series of Health Readers vratten in accord- 
 ance with the recommendations of the Board of Education. It treats the 
 subject in a simple way as a part of Nature Study, and deals with 
 questions of health from the point of view of the natural interests of the 
 child in his surroundings. 
 
 Health Readings for Elementary Schools. Vol. II. By C. J. 
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 Uniform with the above. Vol. I. has dealt with the simple rules of 
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 A Health and Temperance Reader. By H. Major, B.A., B.Sc, 
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 In diction and style suitable for children in Standards V., VI,, and VII. 
 in Elementary Schools. 
 
 The Baring-Goiild Selection Reader. By S. Baring-Gould, M.A. 
 Arranged by G. H. Rose. With 15 Illustrations and a Map. Crown 
 8vo, IS. 6d. 
 
 The Baring-GoTild Continuotis Reader. By S. Baring-Gould, 
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 Crown 8vo, is. 6d. 
 
 Two readers for Upper Standards, from the novels and topographical 
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 A London Reader for Yonng Citizens. [See under " Civics." 
 
 For further Readers see Messrs. Methuen's Stories, in the following Series, 
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 cover a wide ground, avoid hackneyed material, and aim at a high standard of 
 style and treatment, so that they may be used by Secondary Schools and the 
 
O MJiSSKb. MiiltlUliJN'S 
 
 Jpper Standards of Elementaiy Schools. The Volumes are is. 6d, each (with 
 ne exception) and include the following : — 
 
 Itories from Ancient Historyi By E. Bowyer/ 
 
 itories from Modem History. By E. M. Wilmot-Buxton. 
 
 Itories from Roman History. By E. M. WiLMOT-BaxTON. 
 
 Sasy Stories from Knglish. History. By E. M. W,ilmot;Bdxton, is. 
 
 itories frpm Frenct History. By Taylor Dyson. 
 
 [^ales from Irish History. By Alice Birkkead. 
 
 Itories from Old French Romance. By E. M. Wilmot-Buxton. 
 
 itories from Old Italian Romance. By Susan Cunnington. 
 
 itories from Old English Romance. By Joyce Pollard. 
 
 itories from Bickens. By Joyce Cobb. 
 
 itories from Bunyan. By Edith L. Elias. 
 
 itories from Chaucer. By Ada Hales. 
 
 Stories from the Earthly Paradise. By Edith L. Elias. 
 
 itories from the Old Testament. By E. M. Wilmot-Buxton. 
 
 Stories from the ITew Testament. By E. M. Wilmot-Buxton. 
 
 FRENCH 
 Grammars, etc. 
 
 ^ First Tear Intuitive French. By M. Verdon, Modem Language 
 Master at Rotherham Grammar School. Crown 8vo, 2s. 
 
 This book is intended for children between the ages'of twelve and fourteen 
 in Secondary Schools. It aims at teaching elementary French according to 
 the " New" or " Direct" Method, and follows the lines of moderate Re- 
 formers, It is divided into thirty-six lessons, providing ample material for a 
 whole year's work. E^ch lesson, with the exception of a few made of songs 
 and rhymes, consists of a reading piece, which is the r^um^ of several con- 
 versation lessons, drill exercises for oral practice, questions and written 
 exercises. The latter form an Introduction to free composition in French. 
 The grammar evolved from each piece is systematically given in another 
 part of the book. Its vocabulary of about eleven hundred words is simple, 
 practical and useful. ' ' 
 
 1 Junior French Grammar. By L- A. Sornet and M. J, Acatos. 
 Modern Language Masters at King Edward*s School, Birmingham. 
 Third Edition, Revised. Crown 8vo, 2s. [Junior School Books. 
 
 This book comprises a complete course of French Grammar, with 
 Exercises and Examination Papers suitable for candidates preparing for the 
 Oxford and Cambridge Local and College of Preceptors' Examinations. It 
 also includes numerous Vocabularies and materials for Conversatipn Lessons. 
 
 !f ouvelle Grammaire Frangaise, k Tusage des 6coles Anglaises. By 
 J. G. Anderson, B.A., Examiner to London University, Cr. 8vo, 2s. 
 A textbook for Middle and Higher Forms, written in French, with the 
 exception of a long introduction on Phonetics. Emphasis is laid on points 
 where English and French differ. The conjugation of the verb is simplified, 
 and there are many other special features. 
 
 Sxercices de Grammaire Frangaise. By J. G. Anderson, B.A., 
 Crown 8vo, is. 6d. 
 
 This book of exercises is primarily intended as a companion volume to 
 the " Nouvelle Grammaire Franpaise," but there is no reason why it should 
 not be used in conjunction with any grammar. These books cover all the 
 ground for the London Matriculation. 
 
LIST OF EDUCATIONAL BOOKS ii 
 
 A Junior French Prose. By R. R. N. Baron, M.A., Modem 
 Language Master at Cheltenham Grammar School. Fourth Edition. 
 Crown 8vo, 2s. [Junior School Books. 
 
 This book has been written for pupils beginning continuous French Prose. 
 It contains: (i) Examples and Rules in Syntax. These are not professedly 
 exhaustive, but deal rather with points in which the two languages are seen 
 to differ ; and, as they deal with such points occurring in over a hundred 
 passages and exercises, it is hoped they may be found sufficiently complete 
 for the general purposes at which the book aipis. (2) Exercises in every- 
 day language, illustrative of the rules. (3) Graduated continuotjs passages. 
 
 Frencli Prose Composition. By R. R. N. Baron, M.A., Fourth 
 Edition. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. Key, 3s. net. 
 
 A collection of passages from standard English authors for composition 
 in Upper Forms and by Army Candidates ; Notes and Vocabularies are 
 provided. 
 
 French, and. English Parallels. By F. R. M. Fursdon. Fcap. 
 8vo, 3s. 6d. net. 
 
 The first part of this volume consists of a selection of French and English 
 idiomatical phrases and idioms, and the second of over a thousand examples 
 of French and English metaphors. The third section is an interwoven 
 sequence of ideas, expressed by means of some of the most beautiful maxims 
 and proverbs of both languages. 
 
 Junior French Examination Papers, in Miscellaneous Grammar and 
 
 Idioms. By F. Jacob, M.A., Assistant Master at Felsted School. 
 
 Third Edition, Fcap. 8vo, is. [Junior Examination Series, 
 
 A collection of 72 papers of ten questions each suitable for class teaching 
 
 and revision work for the Local and similar Examinations. 
 
 A Manual of French Comm.ercial Correspondence. By S. E. 
 Bally. With Vocabulary. Fourth Edition. Crown 8vo, 2s. 
 
 [Commercial Series. 
 This book provides the student with materials for French correspondence. 
 Almost every paragraph bas been taken from actual letters, 
 
 A French Commercial Header. By S. E. Bally. With Vocabulary. 
 Second Edition. Crown Svo, 2s. [Commercial Series. 
 
 A series of extracts chosen from the best sources, containing an unusually 
 large number of business terms. 
 
 By A. M. M. Stedman, IH.A. 
 
 Steps to French. Ninth Edition. i8mo, 8d. 
 
 One of the easiest French books in existence. Contains both grammar 
 and exercises. 
 
 First French Iiessons. Tenth Edition. Crown Svo, is. 
 
 A short course for beginners written to make a boy's knowledge of Latin 
 help his French. 
 
 Easy French Passages for TTnseen Translations. Sixth Edition. 
 Fcap. Svo, IS. 6d. 
 
 Many of the passages have been actually set at the Local, Public School, 
 and Naval and Military Examinations. Some of the most charming French 
 lyrics are included. 
 
 Easy French Exercises on Elementary Syntax. With Voca- 
 bulary. Fourth Edition. Crown Svo, 2s. 6d. Key, 3s. net. 
 
 These exercises are for pupils who have mastered their accidence and 
 require a more advanced book to accompany their Syntax. 
 
12 . MESSRS. METHUEN'S 
 
 French Vocabularies for Bepetition: Arranged according to Sub- 
 jects. Fourteenth Edition. Fcap. 8vo, is. 
 
 A collection of upwards of 2000 words arranged in sets of 12 each, accord- 
 ing to the subject. 
 
 Frencli Examination Papers in Miscellaneous Grammar and 
 Idioms. Fifteenth Edition. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. Key (Sixth Edition), 
 issued to Tutors and Private Students only, 6s. net. 
 
 These Papers have been compiled for those who have passed beyond the 
 Elementary Stages of Grammar. They cover the whole of the ground 
 usually taught. 
 
 Texts 
 
 Easy French. Rhymes. By Henri Blouet. Illustrated, Second 
 Edition. Fcap. 8vo, is. [Beginner's Books. 
 
 This little book, containing the time-honoured English nursery rhymes 
 translated into French rhyme, will supply children with a fairly extensive 
 and easily acquired vocabulary of French words. The English and French 
 versions are given on opposite pages. 
 
 Simplified French Texts 
 
 Edited by T. R. N. Crofts, M.A.,. 
 
 Headmaster of Roan School, Greenwich. 
 
 This Series, consisting of 16 volumes, provides pupils who have been study- 
 ing French about two or three years with simple translation books which they can 
 understand, and at the same time complete stories, instead of A succession of 
 little anecdotes. It thus makes possible the more rapid reading of a greater 
 variety of authors. Vocabularies have been added, in which the chief idioms are 
 explained. Each volume is Fcap. 8vo, is. 
 
 li'^quipage de la Belle-ITivemaise. By Alphonse Daudet. 
 Adapted from "La Belle-Nivemaise," by T. R. N. Crofts, M.A. 
 Third Edition. 
 
 Ii'Histoire de Pierre et Camille. By Alfred de Musset. Adapted 
 from "Pierre et Camille," by J. B. Patterson, M.A., Modern 
 Language Master at Merchant Taylors' School, London. 
 
 Slemoires de Cadichon. By Madame de S£gur. Adapted from 
 " M^moires d'un Ane," by J. F. Rhoades, Modem Language Master at 
 Fettes College, Edinburgh. 
 
 L'Histoire d'une Tulipe. By Alexandre Dumas. Adapted from 
 " La Tulipe Noire," by T. R. N. Crofts, M.A. Third Edition. 
 
 La Bouillie au SEiel. By Alexandre Dumas. Adapted from "La 
 Bouillie de la Comtesse Berthe," by P. B. Ingham, B.A., Modem 
 Langu^e Master at Merchant Taylors' School, London. 
 
 Edmond Dant^s. By Alexandre Dumas. Adapted from " Monte 
 Cristo," by M. Ceppi, Head Modern Language Master at King's 
 College School, Wimbledsn. 
 
 D'Ajacoio h, Sainte-H616ne. By Alexandre Dumas. Adapted from 
 " Napoleon," by F. W. M. Draper, Modem Language Master, City of 
 London School. 
 
 M. de Beatifort k Vinoennes. By Alexandre Dumas. Adapted 
 from " Vingt Ans Apres " by P. B. Ingham, B.A. 
 
LIST OF EDUCATIONAL BOOKS 13 
 
 Le Socteur SXath^us. By Erckmann-Chatrian. Adapted from 
 
 "L'lUustre Docteur MatWus," by W. P. Fuller, M.A., Headmaster 
 
 of the Holbom Estate Grammar School, London. 
 Le Conscrit de 1818. By Erckmann-Chatrian. Adapted from 
 
 "L'Histoire d'un Conscrit," by H. RiEU, M.A., Modern Language 
 
 Master at Merchant Taylors' School, London. 
 
 La Bataille de Waterloo. By Erckmann-Chatrian. A Sequel to 
 the above. Adapted from "Waterloo," by G. H. Evans, M.A.. 
 Modern Language Master at Oundle School. 
 
 Jean Valjean. By Victor Hugo. Adapted from "Les Miserables," 
 by F. W. M. Draper, M.A., Modem Language Master at King's 
 College School, Wimbledon. 
 
 Abdalltkh. By Edouard Laboulayb. Adapted from "Abdallah, ou 
 le trifle k quatre feuilles," by Mrs. J. A. Wilson. 
 
 Deux Coutes. By P. MfiRiMfiE. Adapted from " Mateo Falcone " and 
 ' ' Tamango, " by J. F. Rhoades. 
 
 La dianson de Roland. Adapted by H. Risu, M.A. Second 
 Edition. 
 
 Bemy, Le Chevrier. By Emile Souvestre. Adapted from "Le 
 Chevrier de Lorraine," by E. E. Chottin, B.-es-L., Modem Language 
 Master at St. Laurence College, Ramsgate. 
 
 Advanced French Texts 
 
 Edited by T. R. N. Crofts, M.A. 
 Headmaster of Roan School, Greenwich. 
 
 This series aims at supplying translation books for fairly rapid class-reading 
 among pupils who have already been through some of the volumes in the 
 Simplified Texts, or who have acquired a good working knowledge of elementary 
 French. The first volumes are : — 
 
 Bernard de Kergy. By P. MfiRiMfis. Adapted by P. B. Ingham, 
 B.A., Assistant Master at Merchant Taylors' School. Crown Svo, 2s. 
 
 This is a condensation of Prosper M^rimfe's one historical novel, 
 " Chronique du Rigne de Charles IX.," considered the best of its type in 
 the French language. Passages have been omitted, but no changes have 
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 Ursus et sa Troupe. Adapted from "L'Homme qui Rit," of Victor 
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 A complete and exciting story, divided into twenty chapters. Each 
 • chapter becomes a theme for conversation, by means of questions based upon 
 it. There is a vocabulary of difficult words and idiomatic expressions. 
 
 GENERAL INFORMATION 
 
 General Knowledge Examination Papers. By A. M. M. 
 
 Stedman, M.A. Seventh Edition. Crown Svo, 2s. 6d. Key (Fourth 
 Edition), issued to Tutors and Private Students only, 7s. net. 
 
 ISc/ieoi Examination Series. 
 Compiled to furnish practice for those who are preparing for Scholarships 
 at the Public Schools and at the Universities. This edition has been care- 
 fully revised and brought up to date by Mr. 0. G. Botting, B.A., and a 
 number of new questions have been added. 
 
4 MESSRS. METHUEN'S 
 
 uiiior General Information Papers. By W, S. Beard. Fcap. 
 
 8vo, IS. Key, 35. 6d. net. \_Jttnior Examination Series, 
 
 An easier book on the same lines as Stedman's "General Knowledge 
 
 Examination Papers." It will be found suitable for the Junior Examinations 
 
 and Candidates for County Scholarships. 
 
 GEOGRAPHY 
 
 A Systematic Geography of the World 
 
 By G. W. Webb, B. A., 
 Master at Owen's School, Islington. 
 
 This series provides for a study of -the Geography of the World on logical 
 ices as recommended by the Board of Education. It is intended for those who 
 Lave passed beyond the elementary' stages of the subject and wish to acquire 
 \ more detailed and advanced knowledge. Emphasis is placed on the distinctive 
 ;haracter of the natural regions by a consideration of geological structure and its 
 >earing on physical features, and again constant reference is made to the causal 
 onnection between the facts of physical and political geography. The books 
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 he London Matriculation, and similar examinations. 
 
 K Systematic Geography of the British Isles. With 13 Diagrams 
 and Maps. Crown 8vo, is, 
 
 IL Systematic Geography of Europe. With 5 Diagrams and Maps. 
 Crown 8vo, is. 
 
 !l Systematic G«ography of Asia. With 8 Diagrams and Maps. 
 Crown 8vo, is. 
 
 &. Systematic Geography of America. With 10 Maps and Diagrams. 
 Crown 8vo, is. 
 
 &. Systematic Geography of Africa, Australia, and Polynesia. 
 
 With Maps and Diagrams. Crown 8yo, is. 
 
 By BiOad and Kiver. A Descriptive Geography of the British Isles. 
 ByE. M. WiLMOT-BnxTON, F. R. Hist. S. With 12 Illustrations and 
 12 Maps. Crown 8vo, 2s. 
 
 Suitable for children in the Lower Forms of all grades of schools. It aims 
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 Physical geography has been closely connected with political aspects, and 
 throughout an appeal has been made to the common sense as weU as to the 
 imagination of the child. Interestinig questions are set at the £nd of each 
 chapter, and the text is fully illustrated by photographs and outline maps. 
 
 The Dominion of Man. Geography in its Human Aspect. By E. 
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 A bright and readable geographical textbook for teachers and upper 
 classes, dealing mainly with the way in which life is affected by its siuround- 
 ings and conditions. Many interesting particulars are given of manufactures 
 and industries. It contains thirty-six full-page Illustrations beautifully 
 printed in double tone ink. 
 
LIST OF EUyCATIQNAL BOOKS 15 
 
 A Commercial Geography of the British Empire. By L. W- 
 
 Lyde, M.A., Professor of Economic Geography at University College, 
 London. Ninth Edition. Crown 8vo, 2s. [Commercial Series. 
 
 The first section gives the general principles of the science and their 
 application to the larger areas of the British Empire. The second section 
 takes each of the Colonies and considers its surroundings, fisheries, harbours, 
 surface, agriculture, and minerals separately. 
 
 A. Commercial Oeography of Foreign Nations, By F. C. Boon, 
 B.A., Assistant Master at Dulwich College. Crown 8vo, 2s. 
 
 \_Catnmercial Series. 
 A companion volume to Prof. L. W. Lyde's ' ' Commercial Geography of 
 the British Empire," 
 
 A Historical Geography of the British Empire. By Hereford 
 B. George, M.A., Fellow of New College, Oxford. Fourth Edition, 
 Revised, With Map. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. 
 
 The purpose of this worlc is twofold — to describe in outline the British 
 Empire, with its component parts so grouped as to show forth the diversity 
 of their relations to the mother country — and to point out the nature of the 
 relations between the geography and the history of the British Islands, 
 from the beginning, and from the time of their becoming British in the case 
 of the other possessions. 
 
 Historical and Slodem Atlas of the British Empire. Specially 
 prepared for Students. By C. Grant Robertson, M.A.(Oxon.), and 
 J. G. Bartholomew, F.R.S.E., F.R.G.S. Demy Quarto, 4s. 6d. net. 
 The Atlas contains 64 Maps, with numerous insets. Historical Tables 
 and Notesi an Introduction, a Historical Gazetteer, a Bibliography, and an 
 Index. The combination of modem maps on physical geography, trade, 
 industry, etc. , with the special and extensive historical maps of the Empire 
 as a whole and of each part of it (e.g. India, Canada, etc. ), give the Atlas a 
 character and completeness not hitherto offered by any other Atlas. 
 
 Junior Geography Examination Papers. By W. G. Baker, M.A. 
 
 Fcap. Svo, IS. ■ [Junior Examination Series. 
 
 72 Papers each containing 10 questions, covering all branches of tlie 
 
 subject required by pupils of 12 to 16 years. By an ingenious arrangement 
 
 the papers can be used either as general papers or to test some particular 
 
 part of the subject; 
 History and Geography Examination Papers. By C. H. Spencb, 
 
 M. A., Assistant Master at Clifton College. Third Edition. Crown Svo, 
 
 2s. 6(J. [School Examination Series. 
 
 The present edition was practically rewritten and a large number of new 
 
 questions added. 
 
 GERMAN 
 
 Grammars, etc. 
 
 A Junior German Grammar. By H. C. A. Seckler, Senior German 
 Master, Owen's School, EX. Crown 8v6, 2s. 6d. [Jtcnior. School Books. 
 This book is for the Middle Forms of schools, and meets the requirements 
 of the Oxford and Cambridge Junior Local and the College of Preceptors 
 Examinations. It consists of grammar and exercises, and a particular 
 feature is the co-ordination of accideiice and syntax. It aims throughout 
 at training pupils to use their knowledge for composition. The latter part 
 of the book gives various examination papers, with some useful model 
 solutions. ,: , , , . 1 : - 
 
i6 MESSRS. METHUEN'S 
 
 G-erman Passages for Unseen Translation. By E. M'Queen 
 Gray. Crown,8vo, 2s. 6d. 
 
 A selection of passages from standard authors for the use of Middle and 
 Upper Forms. N6 notes or vocabularies are included. 
 Qerman Vocalbularies for Kepetition. By Sophie Wkight. Fcap. 
 8vo, IS. 6d. 
 
 A collection of useful German words arranged under sub^jects. 
 A German Commercial Reader. By S. E. Bally. With Vocabulary. 
 Crown 8vo, 2s. [Commercial Series. 
 
 The object of this manual is not only to offer the student material for 
 translation, but to bring to his notice some practical hints on commerce, 
 industry, and commercial history and geography. Roman type and the new 
 spelling have been adopted, in |:his book. 
 A Manual of German Commercial Correspondence. By S. E. 
 Bally. With Vocabulary. Second Edition. Crown;8vo, 2s. fed. 
 
 \_Commercial Series. 
 The specimen letters which illustrate the chapters are preceded, by 
 analyses and followed by. numerous exercises, each containing in a few 
 German words the' gist of the letter to be composed. Roman type and the 
 new spelling have been adopted in this book. 
 G-erman Examination Papers in Miscellaneous Grammar and 
 Idioms. By R. J. Morich, late of Clifton College. Eighth Edition. 
 Cr. 8vo, 2s. 6d. £ey, Thiid Ed., 6s. net. [School Examination Series. 
 A series of Advanced Papers compiled — (i) to avoid the tediousness and 
 length of constant graminar repetition, and (2) to make the student 
 acquainted with some, at least, of the endless number of German idiomatic 
 phrases. 
 Junior German Examination Papers in Miscellaneous Grammar 
 and Idioms. By A. Voegelin, ;M.A., Modem Language Master at 
 St. Paul's School, Fcap. 8vo, is. [Junior Examination Series, 
 
 An easier book, on the same lines as German Examination Papers. 
 
 Texts 
 
 Simplified German Texts 
 
 Edited by T. R. N. Crofts, M.A., 
 Headmaster of Roan School, Greenwich. 
 
 The aim of this Series is to provide pupils who have been studying German 
 ahout two or three years yifitii simple translation books which they canjunder- 
 stand, and which at the same time providb complete stories, instead of a 
 succession of little anecdotes. Vocabularies have been added, in which the 
 chief idioms are explained. Each volume is fcap. 8vo, is. 
 Der Miiller am Bhein. By C. Brent ano. Adapted from "Das 
 
 Marchen von dem Rheiiiund dem Miiller Radlauf," by Miss A. F. 
 
 Ryan, Modern Language Mistress at the High School, Derby. 
 Die GescMcMe von Peter ScblemiU. By A. von Chamisso. 
 
 Adapted from "Peter Schlemihl's Wundersame Geschiphte," by R. 
 
 C. Perry, M.A., Modem Langu^e Master at Merchant Taylors' 
 
 School, London. 
 (Tndine und Huldbrand. By Ds La Motte FonQu£. Adapted from 
 
 " Undine," by T. R. N. Crofts, M.A. 
 Die ITothelfer. By W. H. Riehl. Adapted from " Die Vierzehn 
 
 Nothelfer," by P. B. Ingham, B.A., Modern Language Master at 
 
 Merchant Taylors' School, London. 
 Simplified German TTnseens. By T. R. N. Crofts, M.A. 
 
LIST OF EDUCATIONAL BOOKS 17 
 
 GREEK 
 
 Grammars, Exercises, etc. 
 
 Easy Greek Exercises. By C. G. Botting, B.A., Assistant Master 
 at-6t. Paul's School. Crown 8vo, 2s. 
 
 These exercises have been compiled to accompany Stedman's "Shorter 
 Greek Primer," from which the rules have, by .permission, been for the most 
 part taken. 
 
 Passages for tTnseen Translation. By A. M. Cook, M. A., Assistant 
 Master at St. Paul's School, and E. C. Marchant, M. A., Tutor of Lincoln 
 College, Oxford. Selected from Latin and Greek Literature. Fifth 
 Edition. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. 
 
 Two hundred Latin and two hundred Greek passages, arranged in order 
 of increasing difficulty. The book has been carefully compiled to meet the 
 wants of V. and VI. Form boys at the Public Schools, and is also well 
 adapted for the use of honoursmen at the Universities. Prose and verse 
 alternate throughout. 
 Notes on Greek and Latin Syntax. By G. Buckland Green, 
 M.A., Assistant Master at Edinburgh Academy. Second Edition, 
 Revised. Crown Svo, 3s, 6d. 
 
 The book discusses and explains the chief difficulties of Greek and Latin 
 Syntax, so as to afford a preparation for the higher classical examinations. 
 The treatment throughout is comparative. There are chapters on the cases, 
 tenses, moods, and their uses, on Homeric pecuharities, the article, etc. ; 
 and, besides the examples quoted in illustration of the text, numerous pas- 
 sages are added, by working through which the student may obtain practice 
 in dealing with points of syntax. 
 
 By A. M. M. Stedman, M.A. 
 
 Steps to Greek. Fourth Edition. i8mo, is. 
 
 Easy Lessons on Elementary Accidence, with exercises and vocabularies. 
 
 A Shorter Greek Primer. Revised by C. G. Botting, M.A. Fourth 
 Edition. Crown Svo, is. 6d. 
 
 This book contains the elements of Greek Accidence and Syntax. 
 
 Easy Ch:eek Passages for TTnseen Translation. Revised by C. 
 G. Botting, M.A. Fifth Edition. Fcap. Svo, is. 6d. 
 
 The pieces are graduated in length and difficulty, and the early pieces 
 present no serious obstacles. 
 Greek Vocabularies for Repetition. Revised by C. G. Botting, 
 M.A. Fifth Edition. Fcap. Svo, Is. 6d. 
 
 A collection of over 2000 useful words arranged in sets of twelve each 
 according to subjects. 
 Greek Examination Papers in Miscellaneous Grammar and 
 Idioms. Tenth Edition. Crown Svo, 2s. 6d. Key (Fourth Edition), 
 issued to Tutors and Private Students only, 6s. net. 
 
 ^School Examination Series, 
 A collection of Advanced Papers. 
 
 Junior Greek Examination Papers. By T. C. Weatherhead, 
 M.A., Headmaster of King's College Choir School, Cambridge. Fcap. 
 gyo is_ [Junior Examination Series. 
 
 A volume of 72 Junior Papers. 
 
l8 MESSRS. METHUEN'S , 
 
 Examination Papers on Thucydides. By T. Nicklin, M.A., 
 Assistant Master at Rossall School. Crown 8vo, 2S. 
 
 In this volume the eight books have been divided into short sections, and 
 a paper has been set on each section, as well as recapitulatory papers on 
 each book. 
 
 Texts 
 
 Aristotle.— THE ETHICS OF ARISTOTLE. Edited, with an 
 Introduction and Notes, by John Burnet, M.A., Professor of Greek at 
 St. Andrews. Cheaper issue. Demy 8vo, los. 6d. net. 
 
 An elaborate edition, based on the assumption that the Nicomachean 
 Ethics is the authentic work of Aristotle, and that it has hardly suffered from 
 interpolation or dislocation. It is also assumed that the Eudemian Ethics 
 is our most authoritative commentary, and ^e parallel passages from it are 
 printed under the text to which they refer. The commentary shows that 
 most of the difficulties which have been raised disappear when the work i] 
 interpreted in the light of Aristotle's own rules of Dialectic. 
 
 Demosthenes.— AGAINST CONON AND CALLICLES. Edited by 
 F. Darwin Swift, M.A. Second Edition. Fcap. 8vo, 2s. 
 
 The new text edited for Middle and Upper Forms, with vocabulary and 
 notes. 
 
 Greek Testament Selections. With Introduction, Notes, and Vocabu- 
 lary,by A. M. M. Stedman, M.A. Fourth Edition. Fcap. 8vo, 2s. 6d. 
 This small volume contains a selection of passages, each sufficient for a 
 lesson, from the Gospels, forming a life of Christ. In schools where only a 
 limited time can be given to the study of the Greek Testament an oppor- 
 tunity is thus supplied for reading some of the most characteristic and 
 interesting passages. 
 
 Translations 
 
 .aischylus.— AGAMEMNON, CHOEPHOROE, EUMENIDES. Trans- 
 lated by Lewis Campbell, LL.D. Crown 8vo, 5s. 
 
 ^Classical Translations. 
 Luoian.— SIX DIALOGUES (Nigrinus,- Icaro-Menippus, The Dream, The 
 Ship, The Parasite, The Lover of Falsehood). Translated by S. T. 
 Irwin, M.A., Assistant Master at Clifton. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. 
 
 {Classical Translations. 
 
 Sophocles.— AJAX AND ELECTRA. Translated by E. D. A. 
 
 MORSHEAD, M.A. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. \Classical Translations. 
 
 HISTORY 
 
 Classical 
 
 stories from Ancient History. By E. Bowyer, B.A., B.Sc, Assistant 
 Master, Owen's School, Islington. With 2 Maps. Crown 8vo, is. 6d. 
 
 \New^ Historical Series. 
 
 This volume — the first of a new historical series on the lines of the recent 
 circular of the Board of Education on the teaching' of History — is intended 
 as an introduction' to the story of ancient history for pupils up to the age 
 of twelve. 
 
 In accordance with the suggestions made in the above-mentioned circular, 
 it deals with the ' ' chief events and characters from the history of the most 
 important nations in their traditional form." It aims also at "giving some 
 idea of the nature of the great nations and stages in civilisation, centred 
 round certain individuals or events in the chronological succession " in such 
 a way that young children shall be able at least to "place" thennost notable 
 characters of ancient history.- 
 
LIST OF EDUCATIONAL BOOKS 19 
 
 The Ancient World. Outlines of Ancient History for the Middle Forms 
 of Schools. By E. M. Wilmot-Buxton, F.R.Hist.S. With 12 Maps 
 and 20 Illustrations. Crown Svo, 3s. 6d. 
 
 This book tells the stories of the great civilisations of the Ancient World, 
 as made known by recent excavation and discovery, from the dawn of 
 Egyptian history to the days of the Roman Empire. 
 
 The Greek View of Life. By G. Lowes Dickinson, M.A., Fellow 
 of King's College, Cambridge. Seventh and Revised Edition. Crown 
 Svo, 2s. 6d. net. 
 
 A revised edition, reset in new type, of this admirable book, which is a 
 general introduction to Greek literature and thought. Among the subjects 
 dealt with are the Greek View of Religion, the State and its relation to the 
 Citizen, Law, Artisans and Slaves, Sparta, Athens, Manual Labour and 
 Trade, Athletics, Pleasure, Greek View of Women, Friendship, Art, 
 Sculpture, Painting, Music, etc, 
 
 A First History of Greece. By Edith E. Firth, History Mistress of 
 Croydon High School. With 7 Maps. Second Edition. Crown Svo, 
 IS. 6d. [Beginner's Books. 
 
 This book has been written in the hope of supplying a History of Greece 
 suitable for young children. It is written in biographical form, and those 
 lives have been selected which best explain the rise and decline of the 
 Greeks. 
 
 A Junior Greek History. By W. Horton Spraggb, M.A., Assistant 
 Master at City of London School. With 4 Maps and 4 Plates. 
 Crown Svo, zs. 6d. [Junior School Books. 
 
 It describes the main features in the history of Greece down to the time of 
 its absorption in the Roman Empire, suitably presented for junior pupils in 
 schools. The greater part of it is taken from ancient authorities, Greek and 
 Latin, but the views of modern writers have also been consulted. 
 
 A Short History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great. 
 By W. S. Hbtt, B.A., Assistant Master at Brighton College. With 
 many Maps. Crown Svo, 3s. 6d. 
 
 This book is intended primarily for the use of students reading for the 
 Oxford and Cambridge Higher Certificate, and secondarily as an introduc- 
 tion to a vrider study of the subject. An attempt has been made to render 
 some of the recently acquired archaeological evidence accessible to those who 
 have no expert knowledge. The recent papers set for the Higher Certificate 
 have demanded far more than a mere collection of facts, and accordingly the 
 present work has been written with a view to giving a general survey of the 
 Greek race and of the broad principles underlying its history. 
 
 Stories from Roman History. By E. M. Wilmot - Buxton, 
 F.R.Hist.S. Third Edition. Crown Svo, is. 6d. 
 
 {Beginnei^s Books. 
 The object of this book is to provide an introduction to the study of 
 Roman history by a series of stories in chronological order dealing with the 
 main events and characters of the history of Rome. 
 
 An Introduction to the History of Rome. By H. N. Asman, M. A. , 
 B.D., Second Master of Owen's School, Islington. With 2 Maps and 
 14 Illustrations. Crown Svo, 2s. 6d. 
 
 This book gives to pupils learning Latin some knowledge of the history 
 of the great people whose language they are studying. It has been insisted 
 by educational authorities that some knowledge of the history of Rome is 
 essential not only for a proper appreciation of Roman literature, but that it 
 is also a necessary part of a complete education. This book occupies a place 
 between the primer and the larger works on the subject. It gives a brief 
 survey of the history of Rome to the death of Augustus. It will also be 
 found useful for the general reader who desires some knowledge of the 
 subject. 
 
M MESSRS. METHUEN'S 
 
 A Short History of Kome to the Death of Augustus. By J. 
 Wells, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Wadham College, Oxford. With 
 3 Maps and 4 Plates. ' Tenth Edition. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. 
 
 "The schoolmasters who have felt the want of a fifth-form handbook of 
 Roman history may congratulate themselves on persuading Mr. W^lls to 
 respond to it. His book is excellently planned and executed. Broken up 
 into short paragraphs, with headings to arrest the attention, his manual does 
 equal justice to the personal and the constitutional aspects of the story." — 
 Journal of Education. 
 
 A Constitutional and Political History of Borne. From the 
 Earliest Times to the Reign of Domitian. By T. M. Taylor, M.A., 
 Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. Second Edition. 
 Crown 8vo, 7s. 6d. 
 
 It contains an account of the origin and growth of the Roman institutions, 
 and a discussion of the various political movements in Rome firom the earliest 
 times to the reign of Domitian. 
 
 Modern 
 
 Great Britain 
 
 England's Story from Ceesar to Elizabeth. By Josiah Turnek. 
 With more than 50 Illustrations. Crown 8vo, is. 6d. 
 
 In this book, the sub-title of which is "England on the Edge of the 
 World," an attempt is made to show that the course of England's history 
 has been influenced by the known geographical position of the country. 
 
 The author holds that the Norman Conquest and the Discovery of 
 America were the two turning-points in English history, as the first com- 
 mitted England to the struggle for a continental empire, and the second, 
 by placing England in the centre of the World, was directly responsible for 
 our present oceanic empire. 
 
 The book is intended to be used by children of nine or ten, and the 
 language is not beyond their comprehension. 
 Easy Stories &ora English History. By E. M. Wilmot-Bdxton, 
 F.R.Hist.S. Sixth Edition. Crown 8vo, is. \_Beginnet^s Books. 
 
 A historical reader arranged on the century method ; that is, it aims at 
 enabling the learner, before any detailed study is attempted, to run his eye 
 over the centuries, and point out the main feature of each succeeding epoch. 
 The book contains thirty-five stories, from Caradoc to Gordon, well and 
 simply told, chosen with a view to illustrate each centmry. 
 A Junior History of Great Britain. By S. M. Wilmot-Buxton, 
 F.R.Hist.S. Crown 8vo, IS. 6d. 
 
 This book gives a systematic and interesting account of the history of 
 Great Britain to pupils of ages ten to fourteen, who have hitherto studied the 
 subject in the form of "Stories." To prevent it from being a mere outline, 
 and in accordance with the Board of Education's Circular, many unimport- 
 ant facts have been omitted, and the aim has been to give (i) a clear 
 apprehension of the chief events in chronological sequence; (2) a fairly 
 detailed study of those aspects which should specially appeal to young pupils. 
 The connection of history with hterature has been maintained throughout. 
 A History of Great Britain. From the Coming of the Angles to the 
 Year 1870. By E. M. Wilmot-Buxton, F.R.Hist.S. With 20 Maps. 
 Second Edition. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. 
 
 This book attempts to break through the conventional lines on which 
 History Class-books are laid down. With very few exceptions these books 
 make the reign the chapter-limit, and take each event in chronological order. 
 In this book the old system has been entirely discarded, and each chapter 
 will be found to deal with one great movement, which is traced in cause, 
 events, and result. Another feature is the close connectiota which has been 
 maintained throughout with European History. 
 
LIST OF EDUCATIONAL iJUUi^a 21 
 
 Methuen's School History of England 
 
 In Three Volumes 
 
 A History of England for Schools. Vol. I. To 1485. By H. J. 
 Capb, B.Sc, F.R.Hist.S., Headmaster of the Mathematical School, 
 Rochester. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. 
 
 The author has endeavoured to carry out the suggestions contained in 
 two recent and most valuable Memoranda of the Board of Education By 
 limiting the space devoted to the less instructive reigns, it has been possible 
 to treat at greater length the events of outstanding importance, while the 
 great movements of history are discussed in their European bearing and not 
 merely from the influence which they exercised upon our own country. 
 
 It IS, however, hoped that the book will satisfy the requirements of those 
 who need a practical textbook for examination purposes. 
 
 A History of England for Schools. Vol. II. 1485-1714. By 
 L. Oldershaw, M.A. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. 
 
 This volume aims at showing the position of England in Europe, and at 
 sketching her internal development during the period when the foundations 
 of the modern state and the Empire were being laid. 
 
 The Reformation and the counter Reformation, and. England's attitude 
 in regard to these movements, the Irish policy of the Tudors, and of 
 Cromwell, the great struggle of the Executive and the Legislature, and the 
 increasing attention paid to commercial problems and in foreign relations 
 are among the larger questions dealt with in broad and simple outUnes. 
 As in the other volumes of the series, each chapter deals with a particular 
 phase of the subject ; illustrative extracts drawn from typical ' ' sources " 
 are added to many of the chapters, and its usefulness has been further 
 increased by the inclusion of summaries and a biographical index. 
 
 A Short History of Modern England. 1714-1910. By Ernest 
 BoWYER, B.A., B.Sc. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. 
 
 This volume has been written, on modem lines, expressly for Upper 
 Forms of Schools. In order to enable the young pupil to grasp the 
 history of his country during the last two centuries as an intelligible whole, 
 the economic side of England's history and the part she has played in 
 international politics have been dealt with in greater detail than is usual 
 in textbooks written for schools. Each chapter deals with a particular phase 
 of the subject ; illustrative extracts drawn from typical " Sources" are added 
 to many of the chapters, and the usefulness of the volume is further in- 
 creased by the inclusion of biographies and summaries. 
 
 School County Histories 
 
 Illustrated. Crown Svo, is. 6d. each 
 
 This series is designed to enforce the idea, so all-important in young people's 
 education, that history begins at home. The volumes are meant to bring history 
 into connection with scenes which their readers know, to illustrate manners 
 by local examples, and to teach that every place has its interest and its story. 
 Maps and illustrations are freely added, and each county volume is written by 
 an author who has made a special study of the county he treats. 
 
 A School History of Middlesex, including London. By Victor 
 G. Plarr, M.A., and F. W. Walton, M.A. With 45 Illustrations 
 and a Plan of London. 
 
 A School History of Surrey. By H. E. Malden, M.A. With 4 
 Maps and Jo Illustrations. 
 
22 MJiSSKS. MiirHUiiJN'S 
 
 School County Histories — continued 
 
 A School History of Somerset. By Walter Raymond. With 
 70 Illustrations. - Second Edition. 
 
 A School History of Warwickshire. By B. C. A. Windle, D.Sc, 
 F.R.S., President of Queen's College, Cork. With 47 Illustrations. 
 
 A School History of Lancashire. By W. E. Rhodes, M.A. 
 With 3 Maps and 43 Illustrations. 
 
 A Handy Bigest of British History. By C. E. Snowdbm, 
 Demy 8vo, 4s. 6d. 
 
 A guide and companion that aims at presenting a clear and easily grasp- 
 able analysis of the course of events to students who are reading, and at 
 refreshing, at a minimum cost of time and trouble, the memories of those 
 who have read. It supplies a commentary on the more important and 
 leading questions of each period, while it contents itself with the barest 
 mention of episodes, the details of which can be found in most textbooks. 
 
 English Life Three Hundred Years Ago. Being the first two 
 chapters of "England under the Stuarts." By G. M. Trevelyan, 
 M.A., late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Edited by J. Turral, 
 B.A., Headmaster of the Blackpool Secondary School. Crown 8vo, is. 
 
 A graphic account of the state of England and English Society from 
 1603 to 1640. 
 
 A Constitutional History of England. By A. M. Chambers, 
 Honours School of Modem History, Oxford ; History Mistress, Bedford 
 High School. Second Edition. Crown 8vo, 6s. 
 
 This book is meant primarily for use in the Upper Forms in schools and 
 for Students beginning more advanced work. It deals mainly with Saxon 
 and Feudal Organisation, and with the evolution of the Central Government 
 out of earlier institutions. The development of each branch of the Con- 
 stitution — Executive, Legislature, and Judicature — is traced separately, but, 
 as far as possible, the history of each subject is dealt with chronologically. 
 The difference between the English and other constitutions is examined, and 
 its chief characteristics are pointed out, while the relationship of the several 
 branches of the Constitution to each other, now and in the past, is shown, 
 and an attempt is made to suggest the practical effects of the present balance 
 of power in the State on the Constitution. 
 
 Original Illustrations of English Constitutional History. 
 
 Comprising a Selected Number of the Chief Charters and Statutes. 
 By D. J. Medley, M.A., Professor of History in the University of 
 Glasgow. Crown 8vo, 7s. 6d. net. 
 
 This volume covers the whole period from the Anglo-Saxon laws to the 
 Act of Union with Ireland. University teachers have long desired such a 
 collection in a single volume. In those already published the pieces are 
 translated. But since the object of this selection is that it should serve as 
 an introduction to more extended study, the documents written in French or 
 Latin are presented in the original language, and they are annotated 
 throughout with extracts from other original material bearing on all important 
 points, in order that each passage may be as far as possible its own 
 interpreter. 
 
LIST OF EDUCATIONAL BOOKS 23 
 
 BneliBh Records. A Companion to the History of England. By H. 
 E. Maldbn, M.A. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. 
 
 This handbook is intended to furnish the necessary basis of facts for those 
 who are hearing historical lectures or reading history. It aims also at 
 concentrating information upon dates, genealogies, historical geography, 
 officials, wars, and constitutional documents which is usually only to be 
 found scattered in different volumes. 
 
 The Industrial History of England. By H. de B. Gibbins, Litt.D., 
 M.A. With Maps and Plans. Seventeenth Edition, Revised. Crown 
 8vo, 3s. 
 
 An introduction to the subject, giving in concise and simple form the main 
 outlines of England's economic history. As far as possible the economic 
 questions are connected with the social, political, and military movements. 
 
 British Commerce and Colonies from EliEabeth. to Victoria. 
 
 By H. de B. Gibbins, LittD., M.A. Fourth Edition. Crown 8vo, 2s. 
 
 ^Commercial Series. 
 A review of the history of British Commerce, written in simple and concise 
 form, without elaborate detail. 
 
 Battles of English. History. ByH. B. George, M.A., Fellow of New 
 College, Oxford. With numerous Plans. Fifth Edition, Revised. 
 Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. 
 
 This book is intended to give a clear general idea of all the most im- 
 portant Battles of English History, and, without being technical, to bring 
 out their meaning. It is suitable for an Upper Form textbook or school prize. 
 
 Revision Notes on English History. By F. Wallace-Hadrill, 
 Assistant Master at Kingston-on-Thames Grammar School. Cr. 8vo, is. 
 This book is not intended to supersede but rather to supplement the use 
 of the ordinary class-book, and has been written chiefly for the use of 
 candidates preparing for the Local Examinations. It contains a chrono- 
 logical analysis of the leading events of English history, together with 
 general notes on each reign. 
 
 Examination Papers in English History. By J. Tait 
 
 Wardlaw, B.A. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. [School Examination Series, 
 
 These papers are designed for candidates for a pass degree in History in 
 
 the Universities, and for students taking Historical Scholarships, Army 
 
 Candidates, and the ordinary work in Public Schools. 
 
 Junior History Examination Papers. By W. O. P. Davies. Crown 
 gyo IS. [Junior Examination Series. 
 
 Tot "pupils preparing for the Oxford and Cambridge Locals, College of 
 Preceptors, and other Junior Examinations. They have been modelled on 
 papers actually set by the various examining bodies, and the answers 
 required will prove useful exercises in Composition. They are all most 
 carefully graduated, and can be used either to test one particular period, 
 or as Examination Papers of the subject generally. 
 
 The Rights and Duties of the English Citizen. [See under " Civics." 
 
 A Student's History of Scotland. By David W. Rannie, M.A. 
 
 With 4 Maps. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. . 
 
 A history written throughout ra simple language, and putting as cleariy 
 
 as possible the results of the most careful recent criticism from original 
 
 sources. 
 Tales ftom Irish History. By A. Birkhead, B.A. With a Map. 
 
 Crown 8vo, is. 6d. [Stories from the Histories. 
 
ivijc<ooxvo. irLr^ L ex u ii4i'\ J 
 
 Europe and the Empire 
 
 Six Ages of European History 
 
 From A.D. 476 to 1878 
 
 Edited by A. H. Johnson, M.A., Fellow of All Souls' College, Oxford. 
 With Maps. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. each 
 
 The Dawa of Mediseval Europe, 476-918. By J. H. B. Masterman 
 M.A., Professor of History in the University of Birmingham. With 
 12, Maps. Second Edition. 
 
 It is hardly possible to understand European history without sojne know- 
 ledge of the settlement of Europe after the Teutonic immigrations and the fall 
 of the Empire in the West. This volume traces the successive rise of the 
 Gothic and Prankish Kingdoms, leading to the establishment of the Holy 
 Roman Empire under Charles the Great, and its break up under his descend- 
 ants. The influence of the Eastern Empire, and the rise and conquests of the 
 Mohammedan faith, are considered chiefly in their bearing on the develop- 
 ment of Western Europe. Attention is directed especially to the central 
 figures of the period: Theodoric, S. Benedict, Justinian, Clovis, Charles the 
 Great. 
 
 The Central Period of the Middle Age, 918-1S73. By B. A. Lees, 
 Resident History Tutor, Somerville College, Oxford. With 10 Maps. 
 Second Edition. 
 
 Opening with the election of Henry the Fowler, and closing with the rise 
 of the House of Hapsburg to power, it covers the period of the struggle for 
 supremacy between Empire and Papacy and of the gradual building up of 
 the nations of modern Europe on the ruins of Imperial Rome. It traces the 
 development of feudalism and monasticism, of chivalry and the Crusades, of 
 scholasticism and the Universities, and connects these great movements with 
 the great men who inspired and led them. 
 
 Ihe End of the Bliddle Agfe, 1273-1453. By E. C. Lodge, Vice- 
 Principal and History Tutor, Lady Margaret Hall. Second Edition. 
 The period which it covers is one of great importance. It marks the decay 
 of the political system of the Middle Ages, and the disappearance of the old 
 unity in Western Europe ; whilst in it can be traced the growth of new ideals 
 to take the place of the old, and above all the rise of nations. It is essentially 
 a time of transition, a period of effort and experiment rather than of finished 
 work. Its great interest lies in the fact that all the details of the history are 
 part of this gradual change from the Middle Ages to Modern days. 
 
 Ehirope in Benaissance and Beformation, 1453-1659. By M. A. 
 HoLLiNGS, M.A. Second Edition. 
 
 This book deals with the formation of the modern European state-system, 
 the Renaissance and Reformation (both Protestant and Cathohc), the con- 
 solidation and ascendancy of France in Europe, and the Wars of Religion, 
 ending with the Thirty Years' War. 
 
 Ihe Age of the Enlightened Despot, 1660-1789. By A. H. 
 Johnson, M. A., Fellow of All Souls'. With 11 Maps. Second Edition. 
 The period' covered by this volume opens with the triumph of the monarchy 
 of Louis XIV. and closes with the failure of the rule of Louis XVI. The aim of 
 the volume is to bring clearly before the young reader the theory of monarchical 
 rule represented by these kings, and to show when and why they succeeded 
 or failed. 
 
 rhe BemaTting of Modern Europe : From the Outbreak of the French 
 Revolution to the Treaty of Berlin, 1789-1878. By J. A. R. Marriott, 
 M.A. With 10 Maps. Fourth Edition. 
 
 It contains a sketch of European history, presenting a vivid picture of the 
 revolutionary period, of the rise and fall of Napoleon, and of the larger move- 
 ments of European politics since Waterloo. 
 
LIST OF EDUCATIONAL BUUJs-S 25 
 
 Stories from Modem History. By E. M. Wilmot-Buxton, 
 F.R.Hist.S. Crown 8vo, IS. 6d. [New Historical Series. 
 
 An introduction to the story of modem history for pupils up to the age of 
 twelve. In accordance with the suggestions made in the late circular of the 
 Board of Education, it deals with " the chief events and characters from the 
 history of the most important nations in their traditional form." It aims also 
 at ' ' giving some idea of the nature pf the great nations and stages in civilisa- 
 tion, centred round certain individuals or events in their chronological 
 succession" in such a way that young children shall be able at least to 
 "place" the most notable characters of history. 
 
 Makers of Europe. Outlines of European History for the Middle Forms 
 of Schools. By E. M. Wilmot-Buxton, F.R.HistS. With 12 Maps. 
 Tenth Edition. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. 
 
 A Textbook of European History for Middle Forms and Pupil Teachers. 
 
 Stories from I^ench History. By Taylor Dyson, M.A. With a 
 Map. Crown 8vo, is. 6d. [Stories from the Histories. 
 
 A reader for children between eight and twelve. 
 
 The Story of the British Empire for Children. By F. M. Anderson. 
 With many Illustrations. Revised Edition. Crown 8vo, 2s. ' 
 
 This book gives the story of the Empire in simple language for children. 
 Part I. gives a rapid survey of the Colonies and Dependencies to show the 
 unity of the whole under the Crown. Part II. describes in greater detail 
 India, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and Tasmania. 
 
 History and Geography Examination Papers. By C. H. Sfence, 
 M.A., Assistant Master at Clifton College. Third Edition. Crown 
 8vo, 2S. 6d. [Sckool Examination Series. 
 
 The French Revolution. By J. E. Symes, M.A., Principal of Uni- 
 versity College, Nottingham. With a Map. Second Edition. Crown 
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 A short general account of the French Revolution, bringing out the 
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 Grammars, Exercises, etc. 
 
 A School Latin Grammar. By H. G. Ford, M.A., Assistant Master 
 
 at Bristol Grammar School. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. [Junior School Books. 
 
 Both in the Accidence and Syntax what is essential for beginners is 
 
 carefully separated, by a system of typing or paging, from what they may 
 
 neglect. The book may thus be used by boys of all forms. 
 
 An Elementary Latin Exercise Book. By H. G. Ford, M.A., and 
 L. V. Caudwbll, M.A., Assistant Masters at Bristol Grammar 
 School. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. 
 
 This book covers a two years' course divided into six parts, each part 
 containing twelve explanations and twelve vocabularies of uniform length 
 (10 words), with twenty English-Latin sentences and fifteen Latm-Enghsh 
 to each explanation. Throughout only words and constructions found ia 
 Caesar B. G. are used. ^ . _ „ 
 
 It is a companion book to Mr. Ford's " A School Latm Grammar. 
 
MESSRS. METHUEN'S 
 
 ementary Latin. Being a First Year's Course. By F. J. Terry, 
 B.A., Assistant Master at Preston House School, East Grinstead. 
 Crown 8vo, Pupils' Book, 2s. ; Masters' Book, 3s. 6d. net. 
 
 A year's school course arranged for class teaching, with text written to 
 allow the gradual introduction of all inflected forms. Nouns and verbs are 
 built up according to their stem formation throughout, so that the learner 
 gradually acquires the Accidence systematically. As a matter of practical 
 experience, boys ro or 11 years of age are able to construe Caesar at the end 
 of the course with but little help. The book contains Vocabularies, Grammar, 
 and Exercises, and no other textbook is required by the pupils. The Masters' 
 Book is a commentary on the Pupils' book, and explains the system of teachr 
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 and thus explains the Grammar. 
 
 Junior Latin Prose. By H. N. Asman, M.A., B.D. Crown 
 8vo, 2s. 6d. [Junior School Books. 
 
 "The "Junior Latin Prose" is written primarily, though not exclusively, 
 with a view to the Junior Locals. It contains explanation of, and exercises 
 on, the chief rules of Syntax, with special attention to points which cause 
 difficulty to boys, and concludes with exercises in Continuous Prose. 
 
 lercises in Latin Accidence. By S. E. Winbolt, M.A. Crown 
 8vo, IS. 6d, 
 
 This book is adapted for Lower Forms, and is intended to accompany the 
 Shorter Latin Primer. 
 
 itin Fassag'es for Unseen Translation. By A. M. Cook, M.A., 
 Assistant Master at St. Paul's School, and E. C. March ANT, M.A., 
 Tutor of Lincoln College, Oxford, Crown 8vo, Is. 6d. 
 
 Two hundred Latin passages, arranged in order of increasing difficulty. 
 Has been carefully compiled to meet the wants of V. and VI. Form boys at 
 the Public Schools, and is also well adapted for the use of honoursmen at the 
 Universities. Prose and verse alternate throughout. 
 
 Dtes on Greek and Latin Syntax. By G. Buckland Green, 
 M.A., Assistant Master at Edinburgh Academy. Third Edition. 
 Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. 
 
 For description, see under " Greek," 
 
 itin Hexameter Verse. An Aid to Composition. By S. E. Winbolt, 
 M.A. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. Key, Js. net. 
 
 This book contains the fruit of several years' class teaching. It is ofifered 
 as a help to Fifth and Sixth Forms at Public Schools, and Undergraduates 
 at Universities. 
 
 The principle adopted is to aid in the composition of hexameter verse, by 
 showing to some extent the development of this literary form, by inferring 
 from the evolution what is the best workmanship, and by hinting how 
 technique depends largely on thought. 
 
 By A. M. M. Stedman, M.A. 
 
 itia Latina. Easy Lessons on Elementary Accidence, Revised by 
 C. G. BoTTiNG, B.A. Twelfth Edition. Fcap. 8vo, is. 
 
 A very easy Latin course for quite young pupils, containing Grammar, 
 Exercises, and Vocabularies. 
 
 rst Latin Lessons. Revised by C. G. Botting, B.A. Twelfth Edi- 
 tion. Crown 8vo, 2S. 
 
 This book is much fuller than "Initia Latina, and while it is not less 
 simple, it will carry a boy a good deal further in the study of elementary 
 Latin. The Exercises are more numerous, some easy translation adapted 
 from Cassar has been added, and a few easy Examination Papers will a^ord 
 a useful test of a boy's knowledge of his grammar. The book is intended 
 to form a companion book to the " Shorter Latin Primer." 
 
LIST OF EDUCATIONAL BOOKS 27 
 
 A Firet Latin Reader. With Notes adapted to the Shorter Latin 
 Primer, and Vocabulary. Revised by C. G. Botting, B.A. Seventh 
 Edition. i8mo, is. 6d. 
 
 A collection of easy passages without difficulties of construction or 
 thought The book commences with simple sentences and passes on to 
 connected passages, including the history of Rome and the invasion of 
 Britain, simplified from Eutropius and Caesar. 
 
 Easy Latin Passages for TTnseen Translation. Thirteenth Edi- 
 tion. Fcap. 8vo,.ls. 6d. 
 
 A collection of short passages for beginners. Tlie pieces are graduated 
 in length and difficulty. 
 
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 lary. Fourth Edition. Crown 8vo, is. 
 
 This book is intended to be used midway between a book of elementary 
 lessons and more difiRcult Exercises on Syntax. It contains simple and 
 copious exercises on Accidence and Elementary Syntax. 
 
 Easy Latin Exercises on the Syntax of tlie Shorter and 
 Kevised Latin Primers. Revised by C. G. Botting, B.A. With 
 Vocabulary. Thirteenth Edition. Crown 8vo, is. 6d. Key, 3s. net. 
 This book has been compiled to accompany Dr. Kennedy's "Shorter 
 Latin Primer" and "Revised Latin Primer." Special attention has been 
 paid to the rules of orftio oHiqua, and the exercises are numerous. 
 
 The Latin Compound Sentence. Rules and Exercises. Second Edi- 
 tion. Crown 8vo, is. 6d. ; with Vocabulary, 2s. 
 
 This book has been compiled to meet the requirements of boys who have 
 worked through a book of easy exercises on SyntaXj and who need methodical 
 teaching on the Compound Sentence. In the mam the arrangement of the 
 Revised Latin Primer has been followed. 
 
 Notanda Qusedam. Miscellaneous Latin Exercises on Common Rules 
 and Idioms. Sixth Edition. Fcap. 8vo, is. 6d. ; with Vocabulary, 2S. 
 Key, 2s. net. 
 
 This volume is designed to supply miscellaneous practice in those rules 
 and idioms with which boys are supposed to be familiar. Each exercise 
 consists of ten miscellaneous sentences, and the exercises are carefully gradu- 
 ated. The book may be used side by side with the manuals in regular use. 
 
 Latin Vocabiilaries for Repetition. Arranged according to Subjects. 
 Revised by C. G. Botting, B.A. Sixteenth Edition. Fcap. 8vo, is. 6d. 
 In this book an attempt has been made to remedy that scantiness of 
 vocabulary which characterises most boys. The words are arranged ac- 
 cording to subjects in vocabularies of twelve words each, and if the matter 
 of this little book of eighty-nine pages is committed to memory, the pupil 
 will have a good stock of words on every subject. 
 
 A Vocabulary of Latin Idioms and Phrases. Fifth Edition. 
 i8mo, IS. 
 
 Seven hundred useful Latin phrases arranged alphabetically, Latin- 
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 The papers have been compiled to provide boys who have passed 
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 in miscellaneous grammar and idioms. 
 
 Considerable space has been given to the doctrines of the moods (a real 
 test of accurate scholarship), and to those short idioms and idiomatic sen- 
 tences which illustrate the differences between the English and Latin 
 languages. 
 
X1XA:4^kJ±\.tJf XYl.i^X i.i. \J AUi.1. hj I 
 
 ior Latin Examination Papers. By C. G. Botting, B.A., 
 Assistant Master at St, Paul's School. Seventh Edition. Fcap. 8vo, is. 
 Key, 3s. 6d. net. [Jumor Examination Series, 
 
 An easier book on the same lines as Stedman's "Latin Examination 
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 by candidates preparing for the Oxford and Cambridge Junior Local 
 Examinations. The volume contains 720 carefully graduated original 
 questions, divided into papers of ten questions each. 
 
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 Master at Fettes College. Crown 8vo, 2S. 
 
 Three papers are given to each Georgio, five to each .lEneid, and one to 
 each Eclogue, and in addition there are a number of general papers. 
 
 imination Papers on Horace. By T. C. Weatherhead, M.A. 
 Crown 8vo, 2s. 
 
 In this volume the whole of Horace has been divided into short sections, 
 and a paper has been set on each section, as well as (usually) two recapitu- 
 latory papers on each part, e.g. the first book of the Odes, 
 
 Texts 
 
 Simplified Latin Texts 
 
 Edited by H. N. Asman, M.A., B.D., Second Master of 
 Owen's School, Islington. 
 
 lis series is being prepared to meet the real need in schools of a more varied 
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 estions for oral work and written composition. The texts are Fcap. 8vo, 
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 Emanuel School, Wandsworth, S.W. 
 
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 ries from Ovid. By H. N. Asman, M.A., B.D. 
 
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 By A. J. Tate, M.A., Owen's School, Islington. 
 !0t Letters of Pliny. By A. J. Tate, M.A. 
 
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 vised by C. G. Botting, B.A. Fourth Edition. i8mo, is. 
 
 y.— EASY SELECTIONS FROM LIW. The Kings of Rome. 
 With Notes and Vocabulary. By A. M. M. Stedman, M.A. Illus- 
 trated. Second Edition. i8mo, is. 6d, 
 
 iitus.— THE CAPTIVI. Edited, with an Introduction, Textual Notes, 
 and a Commentary, by W. M. Lindsay, Fellow of Jesus College, 
 Oxford. Demy 8vo, los. 6d. net. 
 
 The editor has recoUated all the important MSS. The book contains a 
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 early Latin verse. The textual Notes are complete and the Commentary is full 
 
LIST OF EDUCATIONAL BOOKS 29 
 
 Tacitus.— TACITI AGRICOLA. With Introduction, Notes, Maps, etc. 
 By R. r. Davis, M. A. Crown 8vo, 2s. 
 
 TACITI GERMANIA. By R. F. Davis, M.A. Crown 8vo, 2s. 
 
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 Middle Forms. 
 
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31 
 
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 Oeometiy on Modem Lines. By E. S. Boulton, M.A., Lecturer 
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 Crown 8vo, 2s. 
 
 A textbook on the new method. Only necessary propositions have been 
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 SCIENCE 
 Biology 
 
 )utlinee of Biology. By P. Chalmers Mitchell, D.Sc.(Oxon,), 
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 Society, London, late Lecturer in Biology and Comparative Anatomy, 
 London Hospital Medical College, University of London. Revised by 
 Geo. p. Mudge, A.R.C.Sc.(Lond.), F.Z.S., Lecturer on Biology and 
 Comparative Anatomy, London Hospital Medical College, University 
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 of London. With Diagrams and many new half-tone Illustrations. 
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 Dairy Bacteriologry. A Short Manual for Students in Dairy Schools 
 Cheese-toakers, and Farmers, By Dr. Ed. von Freudenreich. 
 Translated by J. R. Ainsworth Davis, M.A. Second Edition, 
 Revised. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. 
 
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 Insect Life, By F, V. Theobald, M,A, Illustrated, Second Edition, 
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 An Elementaiy Teztbook of Agricultuxal Botany. By M. C. 
 
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 Elementary Lessons on Plant Life. By D. G. Scott, M.Sc, 
 
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 General 
 
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14 MJibSKS. MttltlUliJN-a ■ 
 
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 sequences of facts or theories have been summarised in tables which, 
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 Elementary Experimental Chemistry. By A. E. Dunstan, D.Sc. 
 (Lond.), Head of the Chemical Department, East Ham Technical 
 College. With 109 DiE^iams. Third Edition. Crown 8vo, 2S. 
 
 \_/unior School Booh. 
 The arrangement for this book is modelled on that of "Elementary 
 Experimental Science." The subject is treated experimentally, and covers 
 the necessary ground for Oxford and Cambridge Junior Locals, College 
 of Preceptors (Second Class), and Board of Education (First Stage) 
 Examinations. The author believes that the method adopted is truly 
 educational. The subject is developed in a logical sequence, and wherever 
 possible, historically. 
 
 An Elementary Text Book of Inorganic Chemistry. By K. 
 
 Lloyd Whiteley, F.I.C., Principal of the Municipal Science School, 
 West Bromwich, Second Edition. Crown 8vo, 25. 6i. 
 
 This book has been written primarily for the use of those who are com- 
 mencing the Study of Theoretical Inorganic Chemistry on the Unes l^d 
 down for Stage I. of that subject in the Syllabus issued by the Board of 
 Education. The subject-matter of that Syllabus has consequently been 
 fully discussed. 
 
 A Junior Chemistry. By E. A. Tyi.br,,B.A., F.C.S., Head of the 
 Chemical Department, Swansea Technical College. With 78 Illustra- 
 tions. Sixth Edition. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. [Junior School Books. 
 The first twenty-three pages ire devoted to the necessary physical laws 
 and processes.: The purification and properties of water are used to illus* 
 trate these processes. The studeijt is thus led by a continuous chain <^ 
 reoioaiB^ through the preparation of pure water to the chemistry of water, 
 and hence to a knowledge of the fundamental principles of chemistry. The 
 middle portion of the book treats of these principles, and then follows 
 the study of certain typical elements and compounds. Problems and 
 Exaihination Papers are appended.; '; 
 
LIST OF EDUCATIONAL BOOKS 35 
 
 A Textbook of Inorganic Chemistry. By G, Sbnter, D.Sc, 
 Ph.D., Lecturer at St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, Author of 
 " Outlines of Physical Chemistry." With many Diagrams; Crown 8vo. 
 6s. 6d. [Textbooks of Science. 
 
 The book is designed as a general introduction to the study of Inorganic 
 Chemistry. It is written throughout from the modem standpoint, so that 
 the student who has worked through it should be in a position to profit 
 from the reading of original papers, and to proceed without difficulty to the 
 study of advanced works on the different branches of the subject. The 
 theoretical part of the subject is distributed throughout the book, and as 
 far as possible the facts on which the theories and hypothesis are based are 
 given before the statement of the theories themselves. The great importance 
 to the student of learning to draw a clear distinction between facts and 
 theories is kept in mind throughout. The book is suitable for the Inter- 
 mediate and Pass B.Sc. University Examinations and other examinations 
 of similar scope. 
 
 The Complete School Chemistry. By F. M. Oldham, B.A., Senior 
 Chemistry Master at Dulwich College. With 125 Illustrations. Fifth 
 Edition. Crown 8vo, 4s. fid. 
 
 A complete course in practical and theoretical chemistry up to the 
 standard of the London Matriculation and Army Entrance Examination. 
 It is so arranged that a boy with no knowledge of chemistry may begin the 
 book and use it throughout his progress up the school. Short courses on 
 volumetric analysis and on the common metals are included. 
 
 Practical Chemistry. By W. French, M. A., Director of Education for 
 Lancaster. Part I. Fifth Ed. Cr, 8vo, is. fid. [Textbooks of Science. 
 A course on purely inductive lines dealing with evaporations and distilla- 
 tions, filtration solubility, air, water, chalk, soda, common salt, sugar, com- 
 pound and simple matter, etc. 
 
 Practical Chemistry. By W. French, M.A., and T. H. Boardman, 
 M.A., Science Master at Christ's Hospital. Part II. Crown 8vo, 
 IS. 6d. [ Textbooks of Science. 
 
 A continuation of the above deahng with gases, laws of chemical com- 
 bination, equivalents, atomic theory, molecular weights, symbols, sulphur, 
 nitrogen, carbon, and their compounds, salts, acids, bases, valency. 
 
 A Practical Chemistry XTotebook for Matriculation and. Army 
 Candidates. Easy Experiments on the Commoner Substances. By 
 S. E. Brown, M.A.,' B.Sc, Senior Science Master at Uppingham. 
 Crown 4to, is. fid. net. 
 
 The method is based on practical experience, and aims at maintalDing 
 interest by ensuring success and accuracy in experimenting. The chief 
 objects in view are :^('i) a Ibgical sequence in work and accurate experi- 
 mentmg by demonstration of practical use of apparatus ; (2) to allow the 
 teacher more time for individual attention, and to keep the class together at 
 work on the same experiment. This is done by providing a series of 
 practical problems to keep the more rapid workers employed, as well as for 
 use in revision. Working for two hours (practical) per week, the course 
 should be completed in about three termS. There are spaces provided for 
 notes to be taken by the pupil; 
 
 A Senior Experimental Chemistry. By A. E. Dunstan, D.Sc. 
 (Lond.). With Diagrams and Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 3s. fid. 
 
 This volume is intended as a supplement to the author's well-known 
 text-books, " Elementary Experimental Science" and " Elementary Experi- 
 mental Chemistry." It will contain sufficient matter to provide for the 
 remainder of a boy's school career, and will build up a sound development 
 of modern chemical theory on the experunental foundation of his first two 
 years' work. 
 
J6 MESSRS. METHUEN'S 
 
 The treatment will be based on the Periodic Classification, preceded by 
 a discussion of the Atomic and Molecular Theories with the rudiments of 
 Physical Chemistry, Thermochemistry, and Crystallography. The necessary 
 Practical Chemistry will be incorporated and a section on Qualitative 
 Analysis with the elements of Volumetric Analysis will complete the course. 
 It is believed that this book will be of use to Second Year Students in 
 Technical Institutes. 
 
 &. Practical Chemistry for Technical Institutes. By A. E. 
 DuNSTAN, D.Sc. ; and F. B. T. Thole, B.Sc, Lecturer in Organic 
 Chemistry, East Ham Technical College. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. 
 
 \Textboohs of Science. 
 
 This Cotuse of Practical Chemistry meets the requirements of the Upper 
 Forms of Secondary Schools, where a good elementary foundation has been 
 laid in the rudiments of manipulation. The book will be found useful also 
 for classes in Technical Institutes and will cover the following ground : — 
 
 Qualitative Analysis of simple substances and of mixtures. Volumetric 
 Analysis, Simple Gravimetric Analysis, Preparation of Pure Compounds, 
 More difficult Quantitative Analysis, Qualitative Organic Analysis, Ultimate 
 Organic Analysis, General Organic Determinations, Determination of 
 Physical Constants. 
 
 Aji Introduction to Quantitative Analysis. By S. J. M. Auld, 
 D.Sc.(Lond.), Ph.D.(Wilrzburg), F.I.C., F.C.S., Head of the Chemical 
 Department, South-Eastem Agricultural College, Wye. With many 
 Diagrams. Crown 8vo, 5s. 
 
 This book is a carefully selected study of the elements of quantitative 
 analysis, providing a thorough introductory course, whereby the student is 
 prepared for his more specialised analytical work, details and considerations 
 of which are best obtained from the standard treatises and monographs. 
 
 DupUcation is largely avoided by giving alternative methods for subse- 
 quent estimations of the same type. Special features are a theoretical 
 chapter on indicators, and a description of exact laboratory methods for 
 the determination of equivalents, etc. 
 
 The textbook contains all the inorganic quantitative work required for 
 the Board of Education examinations and the Inter and Final B.Sc. Courses. 
 
 It will be noted that a complete and consistent school course in Experimental 
 Chemistry, extending over five years, can be covered 'from Messrs, Methuen's 
 list, as follows : — 
 First Year Elementary Experimental Science, see p. 38, 
 
 Chemistry Section, by A. E, Dunstan. 
 Second Year ..... Elementary Experimental Chemistry, by A. E. 
 
 Dunstan. 
 Third and Fourth Years . A Senior Experimental Chemistry, by A. E. Dunstan, 
 Fifth Year A Practical Chemistry for Technical Institutes, by A. 
 
 E. Dunstan and F. B. T. Thole ; and 
 An Organic Chemistry for Schools and Institutes, by 
 
 A. E. Dunstan. 
 
 Org^anic 
 
 An Organic Chemistry for Schools and Technical Institutes. 
 By A. E. Dunstan, D.Sc. With 2 Plates and many Diagrams. Crown 
 8vo,'2s. 6d. \_Texi6oois of Science. 
 
 This book, which has not been prepared to meet the requirements of any 
 particular examining body, is intended for the use of the higher forms of 
 schools taking the Special Science Course, and as a first-year textbook 
 in Technical Institutes. The author does not follow the conventional 
 separation of Organic Chemistry into the two ipso facto inseparable domains 
 of Aliphatic and Aromatic compounds, but endeavours to give a bird's-eye 
 view of the more prominent features in the Science. 
 
LIST OF EDUCATIONAL BOOKS 37 
 
 Second Year Organic Chemistry for Schools and Technical 
 Institutes. By F. B. T. Thole, B. Sc. , Lecturer in Organic Chemistry, 
 East Ham Technical College. With Plates and Diagrams. Crown 8vo, 
 2s. 6d, [Texidooks of Science. 
 
 This book forms Vol. II, of a series designed to meet the requirements of 
 students in technical institutes. It deals with that portion of the subject 
 necessary for the second year student, and covers the syllabus for Stage II. 
 of the examination held by the Board of Ediication. It is hoped, however, 
 that it will be found useful for those students taking the first year of their 
 B.Sc. Course, 
 
 The book contains an account of the properties of the carbo-cyclic 
 compounds, their general synthesis, and their utilisation for industrial and 
 scientific purposes. Questions of constitution and the chief reactions 
 associated wi5i this class of compound are fully discussed and carefully 
 explained. 
 
 Third Year Orgaaic Chemistry for Schools and Technical 
 Institutes, liy T. P. Hilditch, D.Sc.(Lond.), F.I.C. Author 
 of "A Concise History of Chemistry." With Plates and Diagrams. 
 Crown 8vo, 3s. \Texlbooks of Science. 
 
 This book completes the course of organic chemistry whose earlier stages 
 have been dealt with by Dr. Dunstan (Part I.) and Mr. Thole (Part II.). 
 It is occupied for the most part with the systematic study of the different 
 groups of heterocyclic compounds, especially those of practical or com- 
 mercial value. The alkaloids, purines, and other cyclic urea derivatives, 
 and numerous important dyestuffs fall vrithin the scope of these chapters. 
 The remainder of the book deals with the polypeptides, the terpenes, and 
 some general problems such as the characteristics of residual affinity. The 
 work is suited to the needs of honours students in this subject, either for the 
 B.Sc. or the Board of Education examinations. 
 
 The Identiflcation of Organic Compounds. By F. B, T. Thole, 
 B.Sc. With an Introduction by A. E. Ddnst AN, D.Sc. Crown 8vo, 
 IS. 6d. 
 
 This book is reprinted, with additions, from the authors' " Practical 
 Chemistry for Technical Institutes " in such a form as to be self-contained. 
 It deals vrith Organic Qualitative Analysis, both of simple compounds and 
 mixtures. A large range of organic derivatives is dealt with, and the author 
 confidently believes that the scheme will carry a student through the Organic 
 Section of his Honours Degree Course. 
 
 A complete list of melting and boihng pomts is given, the substances 
 beine classified into their groups. Throughout conciseness and compact- 
 ness have been aimed at, so that the student will have the information 
 needed always at hand in an accessible form. 
 
 Modem Besearch in Organic Chemistry By F G. Pope B.Sc. 
 (Lond ) F C S., Lecturer m Organic Chemistry, East London College. 
 Crown 8vo, 7s. 6d. [ Textbooks of Science. 
 
 This volume is an attempt to bring, in a concise form, the development 
 nf some of the more important branches of organic chemistry before the 
 chemical student. The results, of the most recent r^earch work are 
 embodied in the text, and a bibhography is given at the end of each 
 Chapter so that the student may be able to make use of current literature. 
 
38 MESSRS. METHUEN'S ' ' 
 
 Physical 
 
 A Fint Tear Physical Chemistry. By T. P. Hilditch, D.Sc. 
 (Lond.), F.I.C. Crown 8vo, 2s. [Textbooks of Science. 
 
 An attempt to render this branch of chemistry more easy to those 
 commencing its study. The more elementary 'outlines of the subject arc 
 treated, as far as possible, from the standpoint of practical use in solving 
 chemical problems ; accordingly, the first part of the book is devoted to 
 charabteristio propei-ties such as density or refractivity. Later chapters 
 include introductions to the physico-chemical- theories of gases and of 
 solutions and the more important applications of these theories to pure 
 chemistry. The tiook should prove useful to Inter. B,Sc, and Final (Pass) 
 B.Sc. candidates, as well as those taking Board of Education examinations. 
 
 Outlines of Physical Chemistry. By George Senter, B.Sc, 
 Ph.D., Lecturer in Chemistry at St. Mary's Hospital Medical School. 
 With many Diagrams. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 5s. 
 
 [Textbooks of Science. 
 This book is designed to serve as a general introduction to Physical 
 Chemistry, and is specially adapted to the needs of electrical engineers, to 
 whom an acquaintance with the general principles of this subject is becoming 
 of increasing importance. Particular attention is devoted to the theory of 
 solutions and to the modem developments of electro-chemistry. Only 
 an elementary knowledge of mathematics is assumed. 
 
 Physico-chemical Calculations. By Joseph Knox, D.Sc, Lecturer 
 on Inorganic Chemistry, Aberdeen University. Crown Svo, 2s. 6d. 
 
 [ Textbooks of Science. 
 This book is intended for students of physical chemistry, as a supplement 
 to the theoretical matter of lectures and textbooks. Here the theory is 
 applied to the solution of practical problems. The book contains eleven 
 chapters, dealing with the main subdivisions of physical chemistry. Each 
 chapter consists of a short introduction dealing with the theory required for 
 the solution of the problems, a series of typical problems with complete 
 solutions, and a list of problems for solution with answers. Practically 
 all the problems have been taken from the original literature of the subject, 
 and by a careful study of the solved problems the student should leam much. 
 The large collection of problems for solution should prove useful to teachers. 
 
 General Science 
 
 Elementary Experimental Science. Physics by W. T. Clough, 
 A.R.C.S., Head of the Physics and Electrical Engineering Department, 
 East Ham Technical College ; Chemistry l^ A. E. Dunstan, D.Sc, 
 With 2 Plates and 154 Diagrams. Ninth Edition. Crown Svo, 2s. 6d. 
 
 [Junior School Books. 
 This book is primarily intended for the use of candidates taking Experi- 
 mental Science in the Junior Local Examinations. It will also be found of 
 use to those competing for County Council Intermediate Scholarships, and 
 as a general teictbook in Science Schools. The great majority of the 
 Diagrams have been specially drawn. 
 
 Elementary Science for Pupil Teachers. Physics Section by 
 W. T. Clough; Chemistry Section by A, E. Dunstan. With 
 many Illustrations. Crown Svo, 2s. [Textbooks of Science, 
 
 A textbook to meet the new requirements of the Elementary Science section 
 of the Preliminary Examination for the Certificate on the same lines as above. 
 
LIST OF EDUCATIONAL BOOKS 39 
 
 Oeneral Elementary Science. By J. T. Dunn, D.Sci, and V. A. 
 MuNDELLA, Principal of Sunderland Technical College. With 114 
 Illustrations. Second Edition. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. 
 
 An intermediate course in Physics and Chemistry for London Matricula- 
 tion. It is the textbook adopted by the Admiralty for Elementary Science 
 at Greenwich College. 
 
 The World of Science. By R. Elliott Steel, M.A., F.C.S., Science 
 Master at Sherborne School. With 147 Illustrations. Second Edition. 
 Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. ^ , 
 
 An elementary account of Chemistry, Heat, Light, Sound, Magnetism, 
 Electricity, Botany, Zoology, Physiology, Astronomy, and Geology written 
 in an interesting manner for children. 
 
 Geology 
 
 The Scientific Study of Scenery. By J. E. Mark, F.R.S., Fellow of 
 St. John's College, Cambridge. Third Edition. Illustrated. Crown 
 8to, 65. 
 
 An elementary treatise on geomorphology for geographers. As far as 
 possible technical terms have been avoided to render it mtelligible to the 
 general reader who wishes to obtain some notion of the laws which have 
 controlled the production of the earth's principal scenic features. 
 
 Agricultural Geology. By J. E. Marr, F.R.S. Illustrated. Crown 
 8vo, 6s. 
 
 A textbook of geology for agricultural students, more especially such as 
 are preparing for £e International Diploma in agriculture. 
 
 Physics 
 
 First Tear Physics. By C. E. Jackson. With 51 Illustrations. 
 Crown 8to, is. 6d. [Textdoais of Science. 
 
 This book deals with such subjects as may reasonably be included in a 
 first year course of Physics for Secondary Schools, — the processes of measure- 
 ment and the elementary principles of Hydrostatics and Mechanics. 
 
 Examples in Physics. By C. E. Jackson, M.A., Senior Physics 
 Master at Bradford Grammar School. Second Edition. Crown 8vo, 
 2s, 6d. [Textbooks of Science. 
 
 A collection of over one thousand original problems on Mensuration, 
 Hydrostatics, Mechanics, Heat, Light, Magnetism, Erictional Electricity, 
 Current Electricity and Sound, covering the average Physics course in 
 Secondary Schools. 
 
 Elementary Practical Physics. By Henry Stroud, D.Sc, M.A., 
 Professor of Physics, Armstrong College, Newcastle-on-Tyne. With 
 Diagrams. Third Edition. Crown 8vo, 4s. 6d. 
 
 An introduction to practical work in a Physical Laboratory and the 
 standard works on the subject. 
 
 Elementary Experimental Electricity and Magnetism. By W. 
 T Clough, A.R.C.Sc, F.C.S., Fellow of the Physical Society, Head 
 of" the Department of Physics and Electrical Engineering, East Ham 
 Technical College. With 235 Illustrations and 198 Experiments. Crown 
 8vo 2S. 6d. [Textbooks of Science. 
 
 This book is intended for the use of students taking Electricity and 
 Magnetism in the Junior Local Examinations, and for those taking Stage L 
 in the Board of Education Examinations. It is hoped that it will be 
 found useful as an introductory course to the subject of Electrical 
 Engineering. 
 
40 MliSSKS. MJtltlUJilN'a 
 
 The Frinciples of lltagnetisiii and Electricityi By F. L. Gsay, 
 B.Sc. An Elementary Textbook. With l8l Diagrams. Crown 8vo, 
 3s. 6d. 
 
 Although not written to any special syllabus, the book will approximately 
 cover the requirements of the Advanced Stage of the Board of Education 
 Examination, and London B.Sc. Pass Examination. . It is well illustrated 
 with sketches such as a student may, with a little practice, draw for himself 
 from the actual apparatus. 
 
 Examples in Elementary Mechanics, Practical, Graphical, and 
 Theoretical. By W. J. Dobbs, M.A. With $2 Diagrams. Crown 
 8vo, 5s. {Texiiooks of Science, 
 
 This book is intended for use at Schools and Technical Institutes, for 
 Army and Navy Candidates and Students of Engineering. It consists of 
 some 1400 examples in Elementary Statics and Kinetics exhibiting the latest 
 development in die methods of teaching these subjects. But it is something 
 more than'a mere collection of examples, being designed for'use without an 
 accompanying textbook. The preparation and use of simple inexpensive 
 apparatus is described, and the numerous practical examples requiring the 
 use of such apparatus have been found to give satisfactory results. 
 
 Weigldag' a;nd 1 Measuring. A Short Course of Practical Exercises in 
 Elementary Mathematics and Physios, by W. J. DOBBS, M.A., Assistant 
 Master at Oundle School. With 47 Diagrams. Crown Svo, 2s. 
 
 Contents. I. Measurement of Length ; II. Weighing ; III. Measure- 
 ment of Area; IV. Measurement of Volume; V. Density and Specific Gravity. 
 
 This volume covers that common'ground between Elementary Mathema- 
 tics and Physics which is necessary to give reality to the former, and which 
 is indispensable before taking up any serious study of the latter. By common 
 consent, a course of Weighing and Measuring is now an essential part of 
 school training in .Elementary Mathematics. Care has been taken to keep 
 the scope of the book well within the reach of the great majdrity of senior 
 school children of both sexes. ' 
 
 Practical Mechanics. By Sidney H. Wells, Wh.Sc, A.M.Inst.C.E., 
 late Principal of the Battersea Polytechnic, London. An Elementary 
 Manual for the use of Students in Science and Technical Schools and 
 Classes. With 75 Illustrations and Diagrams. Fifth Edition. Crown 
 Svo, 3s. 6d. [Textbooks of Science. 
 
 A laboratory handbook containing all the mechanics part of the ele- 
 mentaiy science syllabus of the Headmasters' Association and the London 
 Matriculation. 
 
 Intermediate Physics. By W. H. White, M.A., B.Sc, A.R.C.Sc., 
 
 Lecturer at the East London College and St. Mary's Hospital Medical 
 School, Examiner in the University of London, etc. With many 
 Diagrams. Crown Svo, 7s. 6d. \Textbooks of Science. 
 
 The book traces the establishment of the Principles of Physics and draws 
 from modern everyday life slbundant instances of their appUcation, instead 
 of giving detailed descriptions of time-honoured experiments. It- amply 
 covers the ground of the "Intermediate" examinations of London and 
 other British Universities. Paragraphs are marked to facilitate its use by 
 medical students, and some prominence is given to physiological matters. 
 
 Physics Examination Papers. By R. Elliott Steel, M.A., 
 Science Master at Sherborne School. Crown Svo, 2s. 6d. 
 
 [School Examination Series. 
 Papers on Sound, Light, Heat, Magnetism, and Electricity. Both book- 
 work and problems are mcluded. 
 
LIST OF EDUCATIONAL BOOKS 41 
 
 TECHNOLOGY 
 
 (See also under "Domestic Science") 
 
 A Woodwork Olass-Book. Beginner's Course. By H. Hey, Inspector 
 of Day Manual and of Technological Classes, Surrey Education 
 Committee, and G. H. Rose, Headmaster, Coulsdon Council School, 
 City and Guilds Woodwork Teacher, With full Diagrams and Photo- 
 graphs. 4to, 2S. 
 
 This class-book is the first of a series of three, in which the work is 
 arranged on a threefold plan of Correlated Lfessons in Drawing, Tools and 
 Materials, and School Workshop Practice. The schemes have been approved 
 by the Board of Education. 
 
 Uamial _ Training' Drawing (Woodwork). Its Principles and Ap- 
 plication, with Solutions to Examination Questions, 1892-1905, Ortho- 
 graphic, Isometric, and Oblique Projection. By F. Sturch, Staff 
 Instructor to the Surrey County Council. With 50 Plates and 140- 
 Figures. Ecap., 5s. net. 
 
 A guide to the Examinations in Manual Training Woodwork of the City 
 and Guilds of London Institute, the Board of Examinations for Educational 
 Handwork, and the Examinations of the N. U.T. , and for use in Secondary 
 Schools and Training Colleges. It deals with the requlremetits in Geo- 
 metrical and Mechanical Drawing of the Educational Department, University 
 of London, London Chamber of Commerce, etc. 
 
 Carpentry and Joinery. By F. C. Webber, Chief Lecturer to the 
 Building Trades Department of the Merchant Venturers' Technical 
 College at Bristol. Sixth Edition. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. 
 
 {Textbooks of Technology. 
 
 An elementary textbook suitable for the Preliminary Grade of the City and 
 Guilds of London Institute and as a book of reference for the apprentice. 
 
 Builders' Quantities. By H. C. Grubb, Lecturer at Beckenham 
 Technical Institute. Crown 8vo, 4s. 6d. [Textbooks of Technology. 
 
 This treatise has been compiled to assist students who are preparing for 
 the examination in Builders' Quantities, held by the City and Guilds of 
 London Institute; while those studying for other examinations, such as 
 Honours Building Construction, held by the Board of Education, etc., will 
 find it covers that portion of the syllabus relating to Quantities. 
 
 Engineering Worksh.op Practice. By Charles C. Allen, Head 
 of the Department of Engineering, Technical Institute, Auckland. 
 With 152 Illustrations. Crown Svo, 3s. 6d. ' {Textbooks of Technology. 
 This deals with the manufacturing operations employed in modern work- 
 shops, and is intended chiefly for students who have opportunities of both 
 examining and using the machines and tools required. 
 
 Bfipousse Metal Work. By A. C. Horth. Crown Svo, 2s. 6d. 
 
 [Textbooks of Technology, 
 
 This book provides students with a graded scheme of Sheet Metal Work 
 for Schools, containing all the information necessary to those wishmg to- 
 become expert. 
 
2 :vii2<oois.o. iviJi.inuJZ'iN'o 
 
 lectric Light and Power. By E. E. Brooks, B.Sc.(Lond.), Head 
 of the Department of Physics and Electrical Engineering, Leicester 
 Municipal Technical School, and W. H. N. James, A.R.C.S., 
 A.M.I.E.E., Lecturer in Electrical Engineering, Municipal School 
 of Techr/ology, Manchester. With 17 Plates and 230 Illustrations. 
 Second Edition. Crown 8vo, 4s. 6d. [Textbooks of Technology. 
 
 This work is an introduction to the study of Electrical Engineering, no 
 previous knowledge being assumed, and very little mathematics being required. 
 It is intended mainly for students employed in electrical industries. 
 
 Ji Introdiiction to the Study of Textile Design. By Aldrbd 
 F. Barker, Head of the Textile Department, Bradford Technical 
 College. Demy 8vo, 7s. 6d. [Textbooks of Technology. 
 
 This work includes within its pages the information which the student of 
 Textile Design should seek to thoroughly master during the first two years 
 he attends the Textile School. 
 
 L Textbook dealing with Ornamental Design for Woven 
 Fabrics. By C. Stephenson, of the Bradford Technical College, 
 and F. Suddards, of the Yorkshire College, Leeds. With. 66 
 Full-page Plates and numerous Dis^rams in the Text. Third Edition. 
 Demy 8vo, 7s. 6d. 
 
 The subject-matter is arranged as far as possible in progressive order, 
 and always with due regard to the practical application of ornament to the 
 weaving process. Several chapters are devoted to the various methods of 
 building up all-over repeating patterns. 
 
 Messrs. Methuen's Series 
 
 Particulars of the following Books will be found in the First Section of this 
 atalogue, under the Subjects. Further Series will be found under the Subjects^ 
 amely, Simpli^d French Texts, p. 12 j Advanced French Texts, j>* tj; New 
 'eographical Series, p. 14; Simplified German Texts, p. z6; School County 
 Hstories, p, 21 : Six A^es of European History j p. 24. 
 
 The Beginner's Books 
 
 Edited by W. WILLIAMSON, B.A., F.R.S.L. 
 
 A series of elementary class books for beginners of seven to twelve years, or there- 
 souts. They are adapted to the needs of preparatory schools, and are suitable for 
 le use of candidates preparing for the Oxford and Cambridge Preliminary I^oCal and 
 le College of Preceptors Examinations. The series will be especially useful to lead 
 p to Methuen's Junior School Books. The author of each book has hadconsider- 
 [}Ie experience in teaching the subject, while special attention has been paid to the 
 rrangement of the type and matter, which is as clear and concise as possible. The 
 Doks are beautifully printed and strongly bound. 
 
 lasy French Rhymes. H. 
 
 Blouet. is. 
 
 lasy Stories from Engflish His- 
 tory. E. M. WILMOT-BUXTON. IS. 
 
 itories from Roma.n History, 
 
 E. M. WiLMOT-BuXTON. IS. 6d, 
 
 •tories from the Old Testa- 
 ment. E. M. WiLMOT •'Buxton. 
 IS- fid. 
 
 Itories from the New Testa- 
 ment. E. M. WiLMOT-BuXTON. is.fid. 
 
 A First Course in Eng^lish. W. 
 
 S. Beard, is. 6d. 
 A First History of Greece. E. £. 
 
 Firth, is. fid. 
 Easy Exercises in Arithmetic. 
 
 W. S. Beard. Without Answers, is. ; 
 
 With Answers, rs. 3d. 
 Easy Dictation and Spelling:. 
 
 W. Williamson, is. 
 An Easy Poetry Book. W. 
 
 Williamson, is. 
 
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 43 
 
 Classical Translations 
 
 Edited by H. F. FOX, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Brasbnose College, Oxford. 
 
 Crown 8vo 
 A series of Translations from the Greek and Latin Classics, distinguished by literary 
 excellence as well as by scholarly accuracy. 
 
 /Esehylua — Agamemnon, Choe- 
 phoroe, Eumbnides. Translated by L. 
 Campbell. 5s. 
 
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 lated by E. N. P. Moor. 3s. 6d. 
 
 Cicero— Select Orations. Trans- 
 lated by H. E. D. Blakiston. 5s. 
 
 Cicero — De Natura Deorum. 
 Translated by F. Brooks. 3s. 6d. 
 
 Cicero — De Officiis. Translated 
 by G. B. Gardiner, ss. 6d. 
 
 Horace — The Odes and Epodes. 
 Translated by A. D. Godley. as. 
 
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 Translated by E. D. Morshead. zs. 6d. 
 
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 Crown 8vo 
 A series intended to assist students and young men preparing for a commercial 
 
 career, by supplying useful handbooks of a clear and practical character, dealing with 
 
 those subjects which are absolutely essential in the business life. 
 
 The Principles of Boole-keeping 
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 M'Allen. 2S. 
 
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 S. E. Bally. 2s. 
 
 French Commercial Correspon- 
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 S. E. Bally, as. 
 
 A Commercial Geoeraphy of 
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