The received text to be adopted as a basis 42 Failure of other methods 44 State of the Manuscripts 46 Complaints of interpolation 47 Testimonies concerning the early use of the Poems 49 Preservative power of the Recitations or matches 55 Pseudo-Homeric poems 56 Argument from the Cyclic poems 59 The Alexandrian period 60 Amount and quality of guarantees 64 Improbability of wilful falsification 67 Internal evidence of soundness in detail 69 SECT. VI. _Place and Authority of Homer in Historical Inquiry._ Homer paramount as a literary authority 71 He has suffered through credulity 73 And through incredulity 79 Proposed method of treatment 81 Instances of contrary method, (1) Hellen and his family 82 Authority of Hesiod 84 Instance (2), personality of Helen 87 Conclusion 89 II. ACHÆIS. ETHNOLOGY OF THE GREEK RACES. SECT. I. _Scope of the Inquiry._ Preliminary objection of Mr. Grote stated 93 Synopsis of national and tribal names to be examined 96 SECT. II. _On the Pelasgians, and cognate races._