LII. ARCHITECTURE 437 LIII. SCULPTURE 445 LIV. PAINTING.--WALL DECORATION 456 LV. THE PAINTINGS 471 PART VI THE INSCRIPTIONS OF POMPEII LVI. IMPORTANCE OF THE INSCRIPTIONS.--MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS AND PUBLIC NOTICES 485 LVII. THE GRAFFITI 491 LVIII. INSCRIPTIONS RELATING TO BUSINESS AFFAIRS 499 CONCLUSION LIX. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE POMPEIAN CULTURE 509 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL APPENDIX 512 INDEX 551 KEY TO THE PLAN OF POMPEII 559 ILLUSTRATIONS PLATES PLATE I. VIEW OF THE FORUM, LOOKING TOWARD VESUVIUS. From a photograph _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE II. COURT OF THE TEMPLE OF APOLLO. From a photograph 88 III. THE GREEK TEMPLE AND THE FORUM TRIANGULARE, SEEN FROM THE SOUTH. Restoration (Weichardt, _Pompeji vor der Zerstörung_, Tafel II) 134 IV. THE BARRACKS OF THE GLADIATORS. From a photograph 160 V. STABIAN BATHS: MEN'S APODYTERIUM, WITH THE ANTEROOM LEADING FROM THE PALAESTRA. From a photograph 188 VI. INTERIOR OF THE AMPHITHEATRE, LOOKING NORTHWEST. From a photograph 216 VII. INTERIOR OF A HOUSE (IX. v. 11), LOOKING FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE ATRIUM INTO THE PERISTYLE. From a photograph 260 VIII. TWO WALL PAINTINGS IN THE HOUSE OF THE VETTII --APOLLO AFTER THE SLAYING OF THE DRAGON, AND AGAMEMNON IN THE SANCTUARY OF ARTEMIS. From photographs 328 IX. A DINING ROOM IN THE HOUSE OF THE VETTII. From a photograph 338 X. THE STREET OF TOMBS, LOOKING TOWARD THE HERCULANEUM GATE. From a photograph 420 XI. ARTEMIS. Copy of an Archaic Work. From a photograph 444 XII. SPECIMEN OF WALL DECORATION. Second or Architectural Style (Mau, _Geschichte der decorativen Wandmalerei in Pompeji_, Tafel V) 462 XIII. SPECIMEN OF WALL DECORATION, IN THE COURT OF THE STABIAN BATHS. Fourth or Intricate Style. From a drawing in the Naples Museum 470 PLANS PLAN I. OUTLINE PLAN OF POMPEII preceding Chap. V II. THE FORUM, WITH ADJOINING BUILDINGS " " VII