CATALOG OF DOVER BOOKS 



THE ANCIENT GREEK HISTORIANS, J. B. Bury. This well known, easily read work covers the 

 entire field of classical historians from the early writers to Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, 

 through Poseidonius and such Romans as Tacitus, Cato, Caesar, Livy. Scores of writers are 

 studied biographically, in style, sources, accuracy, structure, historical concepts, and influ- 

 ences. Recent discoveries $uch as the Oxyrhinchus papyri are referred to, as well as such 

 great scholars as Nissen, Gomperz, Cornford, etc. "Totally unblemished by pedantry." Outlook. 

 "The best account in English," Dutcher, A Guide to Historical Lit. Bibliography, Index. 

 X + 281pp. 53/8 X 8. T397 Paperbound $1.50 



HISTORY OF THE LATER ROMAN EMPIRE, J. B. Bury. This standard work by the leading 

 Byzantine scholar of our time discusses the later Roman and early Byzantine empires from 

 395 A.D. through the death of Justinian in 565, in their political, social, cultural, theological, 

 and military aspects. Contemporary documents are quoted in full, making this the most 

 complete reconstruction of the period and a fit successor to Gibbon's "Decline and Fall." 

 "Most unlikely that it will ever be superseded," Glanville Downey, Dumbarton Oaks Research 

 Lib. Geneological tables. 5 maps. Bibliography. Index. 2 volumes total of 965pp. 5% x 8, 



T398, 399 Two volume set, Paperbound $4.00 



A HISTORY OF ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY, E. H. Bunbury. Standard study, in English, of ancient 

 geography; never equalled for scope, detail. First full account of history of geography from 

 Greeks' first world picture based on mariners, through Ptolemy. Discusses every important 

 map, discovery, figure, travel, expedition, war, conjecture, narrative, bearing on subject. 

 Chapters on Homeric geography, Herodotus, Alexander expedition, Strabo, Pliny, Ptolemy, 

 would stand alone as exhaustive monographs. Includes minor geographers, men not usually 

 regarded in this context: Hecataeus, Pytheas, Hipparchus, Artemidorus, Marihus of Tyre, etc. 

 Uses information gleaned from military campaigns such as Punic Wars, Hannibal's passage of 

 Alps, campaigns of Lucullus, Pompey, Caesar's wars, the Trojan War. New introduction by 

 W. H. Stahl, Brooklyn College. Bibliography. Index. 20 maps. 1426pp. 53/8 x 8. 



T570-1, clothbound, 2-volume set $12.50 



THE EYES OF DISCOVERY, J. Bakeless. A vivid reconstruction of how unspoiled America 

 appeared to the first white men. Authentic and enlightening accounts of Hudson's landing 

 in New York, Coronado's trek through the Southwest; scores of explorers, settlers, trappers, 

 soldiers. America's pristine flora, fauna, and Indians in every region and state in fresh and 

 unusual new aspects. "A fascinating view of what the land was like before the first highway 

 went through," Time. 68 contemporary illustrations, 39 newly added in this edition. Index. 

 Bibliography, x + 500pp. 53/8 x 8. T761 Paperbound $2.00 



AUDUBON AND HIS JOURNALS, J. J. Audubon. A collection of fascinating accounts of Europe and 

 America in the early 1800's through Audubon's own eyes. Includes the Missouri River Journals 

 — an eventful trip through America's untouched heartland, the Labrador Journals, the European 

 Journals, the famous "Episodes", and other rare Audubon material, including the descriptive 

 chapters from the original letterpress edition of the "Ornithological Studies", omitted in all 

 later editions. Indispensable for ornithologists, naturalists, and all lovers of Americana and 

 adventure. 70-page biography by Audubon's granddaughter. 38 illustrations. Index. Total of 

 1106pp. 53/8 X 8. T675 Vol I Paperbound $2.00 



T676 Vol II Paperbound $2.00 

 The set $4.00 



TRAVELS OF WILLIAM BARTRAM, edited by Mark Van Doren. The first inexpensive illustrated 

 edition of one of the 18th century's most delightful books is an excellent source of first-hand 

 material on American geography, anthropology, and natural history. Many descriptions of early 

 Indian tribes are our only source of information on them prior to the infiltration of the white 

 man. "The mind of a scientist with the soul of a poet," John Livingston Lowes. 13 original 

 illustrations and maps. Edited with an introduction by Mark Van Doren. 448pp. 53/3 x 8. 



T13 Paperbound $2.00 



GARRETS AND PRETENDERS: A HISTORY OF BOHEMIANISM IN AMERICA, A. Parry. The colorful 

 and fantastic history of American Bohemianism from Poe to Kerouac. This is the only 

 complete record of hoboes, cranks, starving poets, and suicides. Here are Pfaff, Whitman, 

 Crane, Bierce, Pound, and many others. New chapters by the author and by H. T. Moore bring 

 this thorough and well-documented history down to the Beatniks. "An excellent account," 

 N. Y. Times. Scores of cartoons, drawings, and caricatures. Bibliography. Index, xxviii -f 

 421pp. 55/8 X 83/8. T708 Paperbound $1.95 



POLITICAL PARTIES, Robert Michels. Classic of social science, reference point for all later 

 work, deals with nature of leadership in social organization on government and trade 

 union levels. Probing tendency of oligarchy to replace democracy, it studies need for leader- 

 ship, desire for organization, psychological motivations, vested interests, hero worship, 

 reaction of leaders to power, press relations, many other aspects. Trans, by E. & C. Paul. 

 Introduction. 447pp. 53/8 x 8. T569 Paperbound $2.00 



THE EXPLORATION OF THE COLORADO RIVER AND ITS CANYONS, J. W. Powell. The thrilling first- 

 hand account of the expedition that filled in the last white space on the map of the United 

 States. Rapids, famine, hostile Indians, and mutiny are among the perils encountered as the 

 unknown Colorado Valley reveals its secrets. This is the only uncut version of Major Powell's 

 classic of exploration that has been printed in the last 60 years. Includes later reflections 

 and subsequent expedition. 250 illustrations, new map. 400pp. 5% x 8%. 



« T94 Paperbound $2.00 



