COLLECTION OF BRITISH AUTHORS TAUCHNITZ EDITION. VOL. 2388. No. XIII; OR, THE STORY OF THE LOST VESTAL BY EMMA MARSHALL. IN ONE VOLUME. TAUCHNITZ EDITION. By the same Author, MRS. MAINWARING’S JOURNAL 1 vol. BENVENUTA 1 vol. LADY ALICE 1 vol. DAYSPRING 1 vol. LIFE’S AFTERMATH 1 vol. IN THE EAST COUNTRY 1 vol. IN FOUR REIGNS 1 vol. ON THE BANKS OF THE OUSE 1 vol. IN THE CITY OF FLOWERS 1 vol. ALMA 1 vol. UNDER SALISBURY SPIRE 1 vol. THE END CROWNS ALL 1 vol. WINCHESTER MEADS 1 vol. EVENTIDE LIGHT 1 vol. WINIFREDE’S JOURNAL 1 vol. BRISTOL BELLS 1 vol. IN THE SERVICE OF RACHEL LADY RUSSELL 1 vol. A LILY AMONG THORNS 1 vol. PENSHURST CASTLE 1 vol. KENSINGTON PALACE IN THE DAYS OF QUEEN MARY II. 1 vol. THE WHITE KING’S DAUGHTER 1 vol. THE MASTER OF THE MUSICIANS 1 vol. AN ESCAPE FROM THE TOWER 1 vol. A HAUNT OF ANCIENT PEACE 1 vol. CASTLE MEADOW 1 vol. IN THE CHOIR OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY 1 vol. THE YOUNG QUEEN OF HEARTS 1 vol. UNDER THE DOME OF ST. PAUL’S 1 vol. THE PARSON’S DAUGHTER 1 vol. NO. XIII; OR, THE STORY OF THE LOST VESTAL. BY EMMA MARSHALL, AUTHOR OF “LIFE’S AFTERMATH,” “DAYSPRING,” “IN THE EAST COUNTRY,” ETC. _COPYRIGHT EDITION._ LEIPZIG BERNHARD TAUCHNITZ 1886. _The Right of Translation is reserved._ “The darkness is past, And the True Light now shineth.” “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works.” INTRODUCTION. Recent discoveries in the Roman Forum have brought to light many interesting relics. Amongst these are the statues of the Vestales Maximæ, of which, in spite of the efforts of the lime-burners and stone-cutters of the Middle Ages, who were distinguished for their work of wholesale destruction, thirty-six inscriptions, and fourteen statues, have been discovered. The pedestals on which the statues were placed bear inscriptions, and the names of the Vestales Maximæ whose virtues are recorded.