WALTON AND MABERLY'S CATALOGUE. 



military, and legal constitution, and the domestic 15 p e of the Romans ; the =tate of 

 literature at different epochs ; and the portraits of the nations that gradually came 

 within the widening sphere of the Roman power. 



The last two volumes are an indispensable SEQUEL to Niebuhr's History of Rome, 

 from the point where that History terminates. 



NIEBTTHR'S ' LECTURES ON ANCIENT HISTORY, from 



the earliest times to the taking of Alexandria by Octavianus, com- 

 prising the History of the Asiatic Nations, the Egyptians, Greeks, Ma- 

 cedonians, and Carthaginians. Translated from the German by Dr. L. 

 SCHMITZ. With Additions from MSS. in the exclusive possession of 

 the Editor. Three Volumes, 8vo. II. lls. 6s. cloth. 



These Lectures embrace the whole of Ancient History, with the exception of that of 

 Borne, and carry down the histoi-y of all the nations of antiquity, until they are 

 swallowed up by the all-absorbing power of Rome. The reader will find brief but 

 graphic accounts of the Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Egyptians, and other 

 Eastern nations ; and in each case Niebuhr, before entering upon the history itself, 

 gives a critical analysis of the authorities on which our knowledge is based. The; 

 history of Greece and other European countries is treated more minutely, and occu- 

 pies more than half of the whole work. Literature, the arts, and the social and 

 political conditions of the people, are described more graphically and minutely than in 

 many other more voluminous works. In reference to Babylonia, Assyria, aud Egypt, 

 it is particularly interesting to notice, how clearly the historian foresaw and anticipated 

 all the great discoveries which have since been made in those countries. A thousand 

 points in the history of ancient nations, which have hitherto been either overlooked or 

 accepted without inquiry, are here treated with sound criticism and placed in their 

 true light. The present work is based upon the German edition of Marcus Niebuhr, 

 the son of the historian, but Dr. Schmitz has throughout compared MS. notes in his 

 exclusive possession, from which he has been enabled to make several valuable and 

 interesting additions. 



NIEBUHR'S LECTURES ON ANCIENT ETHNOGRAPHY 



and Geography; comprising Greece and her colonies, Epirus, Mace- 

 donia, Illyricum, Italy, Gaul, Spain, Britain, the North of Africa, etc. 

 Translated by Dr. L. SCHMITZ. 2 vols. 8vo. 21s. cloth. 



The subject-matter of these volumes embraces the classical countries of antiquity, 

 and the whole range of nations connected with them by literature or by history. 

 The general purpose of the lectures is to convey precise notions of the geographical 

 boundaries the political limits and constitutions and the natural features, the 

 population, and the productions of all the places mentioned in Greek and Latin 

 authors. They also describe the ancient races of Greece and Italy, and trace their 

 minutest sub-divisions, with especial reference to their early migrations, and their 

 later colonial establishments. In the accounts given of the vast number of places 

 desciibed, perpetual reference is made to the original passages of the classics from 

 which the work has been elaborated ; and the peculiar critical sagacity of Niebuhr 

 is frequently displayed in the detection of mistakes on the part of ancient and modern 

 geographers. 



The first volume treats of Greece Proper and the surrounding countries, compre- 

 hending Epirus, Asia Minor, Macedonia, Byzantium, &c. Accurate conceptions are 

 conveyed of the extension, the boundaries, and the confederacies of the great Doric, 

 Ionian, jEoliau, Pelasgian, and other tribes, of which but vague notions are usually 

 entertained by the student. This volume includes an account of the topography and 

 the existing antiquities of Athens. 



The second volume is devoted to Italy, Britain, Gaul, Spain, and Africa. It com- 

 mences with an extensive delineation of the antiquities of the Eternal City itself, in 

 connexion with a survey of the ancient Italian races, which, by their amalgamation, 

 ultimately constituted the Roman people. In the course of his descriptions of the 

 Western nations, the author defines the ethnological distinctions existing among the 

 Celtic, Germanic, and Belgic tribes. 



Although the work is not in the dry form of a dictionary, but forms a continuous 

 and harmonious narrative, its copious Index of Names, occupying 25 pages with 



