No. VII.--HERODOTUS, vol. III., comprising, in the 6th to the 9th Book, the Origin of the Lacedæmonian Kings; the first Invasion of Greece by the Persians; the Battle of Marathon; the memorable Expedition of Xerxes into Greece; the Battle of Thermopylæ; the Capture and Burning of Athens by the Persians; the Sea-fight of Salamis; the Battles of Platæa and of the Promontory of Mycale; and the overthrow of the Persian power in Greece. No. VIII.--VIRGIL, vol. I., comprising a Biographical Sketch of the Poet; his _Eclogues_, or Pastoral Poems, translated by Archdeacon Wrangham; the _Georgics_, or Poems on Husbandry, translated by William Sotheby, Esq.; and the first two Books of the _Æneid_, translated by Dryden, and prefaced with his celebrated Dedication. No. IX.--VIRGIL, vol. II., comprising the remainder of Dryden’s translation of the _Æneid_, namely, from the third to the twelfth Book. No. X.--PINDAR (translated by the Rev. C. A. Wheelwright, Prebendary of Lincoln); and ANACREON, by Mr. Thomas Bourne. LONDON: PRINTED FOR H. COLBURN AND R. BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON-STREET; And sold by every Bookseller throughout the Kingdom. [Transcriber’s Note: Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation are as in the original. Page 51: “zeb” changed to read “zahav”. Page 53: “kemep” changed to read “keseph”. Page 54: “necheshet” changed to read “nechooshat”. Page 63: “berezel” changed to read “barzel”. Page 63: “ber” changed to read “bar”. Page 63: “nezel” changed to read “nazal”. Page 76: “arrenichon” changed to read “arrhenichon”. Page 81: “chuanos” changed to read “kyanos”.] End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The History of Chemistry, Volume 1 (of 2), by Thomas Thomson