The Greek Anthology[Pg ix]   6637 BY TALCOTT WILLIAMS On the Athenian Dead at Platæa (Simonides); On the Lacedæmonian Dead at Platæa (Simonides); On a Sleeping Satyr (Plato); A Poet's Epitaph (Simmias of Thebes); Worship in Spring (Theætetus); Spring on the Coast (Leonidas of Tarentum); A Young Hero's Epitaph (Dioscorides); Love (Posidippus); Sorrow's Barren Grave (Heracleitus); To a Coy Maiden (Asclepiades); The Emptied Quiver (Mnesalcus); the Tale of Troy (Alpheus); Heaven Hath its Stars (Marcus Argentarius); Pan of the Sea-Cliff (Archias); Anacreon's Grave (Antipater of Sidon); Rest at Noon (Meleager); "In the Spring a Young Man's Fancy" (Meleager); Meleager's Own Epitaph (Meleager); Epilogue (Philodemus); Doctor and Divinity (Nicarchus); Love's Immortality (Strato); As the Flowers of the Field (Strato); Summer Sailing (Antiphilus); The Great Mysteries (Crinagoras); To Priapus of the Shore (Mæcius); The Common Lot (Ammianus); "To-morrow, and To-morrow" (Macedonius); The Palace Garden (Arabius); The Young Wife (Julianus Ægyptius); 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  [Pg x] [Pg xi] FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS VOLUME XVI   PAGE 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   [Pg xii] [Pg 6253] AULUS GELLIUS (Second Century A. D.) erhaps 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,—doubtless imaginary,—and cast in the form of a dialogue. We get, even, pleasant glimpses of autobiography from time to time. The author is not, however, a deep or forceful character, on the whole. His heart is mostly set on trifles.