Having followed this example,--the compiler wishes he could say with equal effect,--he will be fully satisfied, should judicious readers feel inclined to concede, that he has shown some judgment in selecting his materials, and some taste in binding "the beads of the chain," that connects them together. He disclaims, in fact, (as, in the present instance, he is bound to do), all the "_divine honours_" of authorship; satisfied with those of a selecter, adapter, and compiler; and happy in the hope that he has here, by means of the superior writers, whose labours he has used, furnished his readers with an useful, accurate, and amusing work. C. B. _London, January 1st, 1840._ CONTENTS. PAGE I. ABYDOS 1 II. ABYDUS 5 III. ÆGESTA 7 IV. ÆGINA 8 V. AGRIGENTUM 15 VI. ALBA LONGA 22 VII. ALCANTARA 23 VIII. ALEXANDRIA 25 IX. AMISUS 50 X. ANTIOCH 53 XI. ARGOS 57 XII. ARIAMMENE 65 XIII. ARSINOE 66 XIV. ARTAXATA 69 XV. ARTEMITA 70 XVI. ATHENS 74 XVII. BABYLON 121 XVIII. BALBEC 165 XIX. BYZANTIUM 185 XX. CAIRO (OLD) 200 XXI. CANNÆ 205 XXII. CAPUA 209 XXIII. CARTHAGE 213 XXIV. CATANEA 237 XXV. CHALCEDON 240 XXVI. CHÆRONEA 243 XXVII. CORDUBA 247 XXVIII. CORCYRA (CORFU) 249 XXIX. CORINTH 252 XXX. CTESIPHON 265 XXXI. DELPHOS 274 XXXII. ECBATANA 279 XXXIII. ELEUSIS 294 XXXIV. ELIS 299 XXXV. EPHESUS 301 XXXVI. GERASA (DJERASH) 316 XXXVII. GRANADA 321 XXXVIII. GNIDOS 330 XXXIX. HELIOPOLIS 333 XL. HERCULANEUM 335 XLI. HIERAPOLIS 352 XLII. ISPAHAN 353 XLIII. ITALICA 365 XLIV. JERUSALEM 366 XLV. LACEDÆMON, OR SPARTA 399 XLVI. LAODICEA 407 XLVII. LEUCTRA 410 XLVIII. MAGNESIA 413 XLIX. MANTINEA 415 L. MARATHON 423 LI. MEGALOPOLIS 428 LII. MEGARA 430 LIII. MEMPHIS 435 RUINS OF ANCIENT CITIES. NO. I.--ABYDOS.