New Edition, price 3s. 6d. CHARICLES, a Tale illustrative of Private Life among the Ancient Greeks; with Notes and Excursuses. Edited by the Rev. F. METCALFE, B.D., from the German of Professor BECKER London: LONGMANS, GREEN, and CO. GALLUS OR ROMAN SCENES OF THE TIME OF AUGUSTUS. WITH NOTES AND EXCURSUSES ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE BY PROFESSOR W. A. BECKER. TRANSLATED BY THE REV. FREDERICK METCALFE, B.D. FELLOW OF LINCOLN COLLEGE, OXFORD, NEW EDITION. LONDON: LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. AND NEW YORK: 15 EAST 16th STREET. ADVERTISEMENT ΤΟ THE SECOND EDITION. SINCE the appearance of the first edition of Gallus in an English form, its learned author, as well as the veteran Hermann of Leipsic, to whom he dedicated his Charicles, have been numbered with the dead, while the irreparable loss thus sustained by the literary world was heightened by the decease, soon after, of Orelli at Zurich. At the period of his too early removal, Professor Becker was engaged in collecting the materials for a second improved and enlarged edition of Gallus: the task of completing which was consigned to Professor Rein of Eisenach, and the deceased's papers placed at his disposal. Besides interweaving in the work these posthumous notes, the new editor has likewise added very much valuable matter of his own, correcting errors where they occurred, throwing new light on obscure points of criticism or antiquarian knowledge, and, where the explanations were too brief, giving them greater development. He has further adopted the plan of the English editor, whereby the Excursuses were thrown together at the end, so as not to interfere with the even tenor of tho narrative; and the woodcuts removed from the end to their proper place in the body of the text. Much matter has also been extracted from the notes and embodied in the Appendix. These changes have given a unity, con 417412 2994 158 21 secutiveness, and completeness to the work which must materially enhance its literary value. Indeed, so great have been the alterations and additions, and there has been so much transposition and remodelling, that this English edition has required nearly as much time and labour as the preceding one. By the advice of friends many of the citations have now been given at length. The Excursus on the Buhlerinnen has been entirely omitted. It may be added, that the first edition having been for some time exhausted, in order to lose as little time as possible, the proof-sheets were, by the kindness of the German publisher, forwarded to this country as they issued from the press. The editor may be permitted to observe, in conclusion, that he is glad to find from the extensive circulation of Gallus in this country and America, as well as from the opinions of the press, that the praise he ventured to bestow on the work has been fully borne out. BRIGHTON: May, 1849. |