MR. T. FISHER UN WIN'S 



History, Biography, &c. continued. 



independence against the Persian kingdom, of their partial and temporary loss of that in- 

 dependence to the King of Macedonia, of their final absorption in the Roman system 

 and of the influence exercised by them upon their conquerors. 



The Roman Empire, B.C. 29 A.D. 476. By H 



STUART JONES, M A., Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College, Oxford ; 

 formerly Director of the British School at Rome ; member of the 

 German Imperial Archaeological Institute. With a Map and many 

 Illustrations. Large Crown 8vo, cloth. 



This volume tells the story of the Roman Empire as founded by Augustus, tracing its 

 history as fully as space permits until the transference of the capital from Rome to 

 Byzantium by Constantine, and treating the last century and a half of the Western 

 Empire by way of epilogue. The author has endeavoured to popularise the results of 

 recent research based on the evidence of monuments and inscriptions and to exhibit the 

 gradual transformation of society culminating in the triumph of Christianity. 



Old Tales from Rome. By ALICE ZIMMERN, Author of "Old 

 Tales from Greece." Crown 8vo. cloth. Fully Illustrated. 



This little book is intended as a companion volume to the author's " Old Tales from 

 Greece," which has won much popularity. Its object is to tell in simple language the 

 legendary history of Rome from the fall of Troy and the wanderings of >3neas to the 

 time when legend is merged in history. 



Tales from Plutarch. By F. JAMESON ROWBOTHAM. Fully 

 Illustrated. Crown 8vo, cloth. 



The manly virtues exemplified in Plutarch's heroes have always been regarded as 

 his chief recommendation to students of Greek and Roman history. There is one 

 point, however, connected with Plutarch's writings which hitherto has failed to receive 

 an equal measure of attention, and that is the strengthening influence which they bring to 

 bear upon the formation of character. " His ambition," says Mr. W. H. D. Rouse, " is 

 not to prove that the great are after all idols with feet of clay, but that in spite of the clay 

 they are great, and worthy models for imitating. It is here lies the chief value of the 

 Lives. No one can read them and not be the better for it.' 



Viewed in this light, Plutarch should be in the hands of young as well as old, and for 

 the first time this has been rendered possible by the present volume, which gives adapta- 

 tions of some of the most interesting of the Lives. 



The Progress of Hellenism in Alexander's Empire. 



By JOHN PENTLAND MAHAFFY, D.D., Mus. Doc., Dublin ; Hon. 

 D C.L., Oxon ; some time Professor of Ancient History in the Uni- 

 versity of Dublin. 2nd impression. 



This volume contains in revised form a course of lectures delivered last year at the 

 University of Chicago. The subjects of the lectures are: Xenophon, the Precursor of 

 Hellenism; Macedonia and Greece; Egypt; Syria; Egypt, Old and New; and Hellen- 

 istic Influences on Christianity. 



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