ough the
perplexing mazes of modern history."

CRITICAL NOTICES.

"A work of the very highest merit; its learning is exact and
profound; its narrative full of genius and skill; its descriptions
of men are admirably vivid. We wish to place on record our opinion
that Dr. Mommsen's is by far the best history of the Decline and
Fall of the Roman Commonwealth."--_London Times_.

"Since the days of Niebuhr, no work on Roman History has appeared
that combines so much to attract, instruct, and charm the reader.
Its style--a rare quality in a German author--is vigorous,
spirited, and animated. Professor Mommsen's work can stand a
comparison with the noblest productions of modern history."--_Dr.
Schmitz._

"This is the best history of the Roman Republic, taking the work on
the whole--the author's complete mastery of his subject, the
variety of his gifts and acquirements, his graphic power in the
delineation of national and individual character, and the vivid
interest which he inspires in every portion of his book. He is
without an equal in his own sphere."--_Edinburgh Review_.

"A book of deepest interest."--_Dean Trench_.

ANOTHER GREAT HISTORICAL WORK.

_The History of Greece,_

By Prof. Dr. ERNST CURTIUS.

Translated by ADOLPHUS WILLIAM WARD, M.A., Fellow of St. Peter's
College, Cambridge, Prof. of History in Owen's College, Manchester.

To be completed in four or five vols., crown 8vo, at $2.50 per volume.

PRINTED UPON TINTED PAPER, UNIFORM WITH MOMMSEN'S HISTORY OF ROME, AND
THE LIBRARY EDITION OF FROUDE'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND.

VOLS. I., II., III., AND IV., NOW READY.

Curtius' _History of Greece_ is similar in plan and purpose to Mommsen's
_History of Rome_, with which it deserves to rank in every respect as
one of the great masterpieces of historical literature. Avoiding the
minute details which overburden other similar works, it groups together
in a very picturesque manner all the important events in the history of
this kingdom, which has exercised such a wonderful influence upon the
world's civilization. The narrative of Prof. Curtius' work is flowing
and animated, and the generalizations, although bold, are philosophical
and sound.

CRITICAL NOTICES.

"Professor Curtius' eminent scholarship is a sufficient guarantee
for the trustworthiness of his history, while the skill with which
he