e (Maecius); The
Common Lot (Ammianus); "To-morrow, and To-morrow"
(Macedonius); The Palace Garden (Arabius); The
Young Wife (Julianus AEgyptius); A Nameless Grave
(Paulus Silentiarius); Resignation (Joannes
Barbucallus); The House of the Righteous
(Macedonius); Love's Ferriage (Agathias); On a
Fowler (Isidorus) Anonymous: Youth and Riches; The
Singing Reed; First Love again Remembered; Slave
and Philosopher; Good-by to Childhood; Wishing;
Hope and Experience; The Service of God; The Pure
in Heart; The Water of Purity; Rose and Thorn;
A Life's Wandering

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The Alexander Romance (Colored Plate) Frontispiece
Gibbon (Portrait) 6271
Ruined Rome (Photograph) 6316
Gladstone (Portrait) 6359
Goethe (Portrait) 6385
"Faust and Margaret in Prison" (Photogravure) 6408
"The Bride's Toilet" (Photogravure) 6466
Goldoni (Portrait) 6475
Goldsmith (Portrait) 6501
Grant (Portrait) 6593
Gray (Portrait) 6623
"Stoke Poges Church and Churchyard" (Photogravure) 6626

VIGNETTE PORTRAITS

Gilbert Goncharof
Gilder De Goncourt
Giusti Gottschall
Godkin Gower
Gogol Grattan
Goldschmidt

AULUS GELLIUS

(SECOND CENTURY A. D.)

Perhaps Gellius's 'Attic Nights' may claim especial mention here, as one
of the earliest extant forerunners of this 'Library.' In the original
preface (given first among the citations), Gellius explains very clearly
the origin and scope of his work. It is not, however, a mere scrap-book.
There is original matter in many chapters. In particular, an ethical or
philosophic excerpt has often been framed in a little scene,--doubt