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PAUL SHOREY, PH.D.,
Professor of Greek and Latin Literature,
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, Chicago, Ill.

WILLIAM T. HARRIS, LL.D.,
United States Commissioner of Education,
BUREAU OF EDUCATION, Washington, D.C.

MAURICE FRANCIS EGAN, A.M., LL.D.,
Professor of Literature in the
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA, Washington, D.C.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

VOL. I

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ABELARD AND HELOISE (by Thomas Davidson) 1079-1142
Letter of Heloise to Abelard
Abelard's Answer to Heloise
Vesper Hymn of Abelard

EDMOND ABOUT 1828-1885
The Capture ('The King of the Mountains')
Hadgi-Stavros (same)
The Victim ('The Man with the Broken Ear')
The Man without a Country (same)

ACCADIAN-BABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN LITERATURE (by Crawford H. Toy)
Theogony Adapa and the Southwind
Revolt of Tiamat Penitential Psalms
Descent to the Underworld Inscription of Sennacherib
The Flood Invocation to the Goddess Beltis
The Eagle and the Snake Oracles of Ishtar of Arbela
The Flight of Etana An Erechite's Lament
The God Zu

ABIGAIL ADAMS (by Lucia Gilbert Runkle) 1744-1818
Letters--To her Husband: May 24, 1775; June