PIETREMENT (C. A.)—“Les Chevaux dans les Temps Historiques et pré-Historiques.” PLUTARCH—“Life of Alexander the Great.” PRESCOTT (W. H.)—“The Conquest of Mexico.” REYCE (R).—“Breviary of Suffolk.” RIDGEWAY (W.)—“The Origin and Influence of the Domestic Horse,” and “The Early Age of Greece.” RUSKIN (J.)—“The Queen of the Air.” SCHLIEBEN (A.)—“The Horse in Antiquity.” SIDNEY (S.)—“The Book of the Horse.” SOTHERBY (W.)—“Georgics of Virgil.” SOUTHEY (R.)—“Iliad of Homer.” STREET (F.)—“The History of the Shire Horse.” STRUTT (J.)—“Sports and Pastimes of the People of England.” TASSO (T.)—“Jerusalem Delivered.” TAUNTON (T.)—“Famous Horses.” TRIMMER (Mrs M.)—“Natural History.” TWEEDIE (Mrs ALEC.)—“Hyde Park: Its History and Romance.” TWEEDIE (W.)—“The Arabian Horse.” UPTON (Capt. R. D.)—“Newmarket and Arabia.” VAUX (Baron C. M. de)—“A Cheval. Etude des Races Françaises et Etrangères.” WHITE (C.)—“History of the Turf.” WITT (C.)—“The Trojan War.” YULE (Sir H.)—“Marco Polo.” Standard classics consulted have for the most part been omitted from this list. The writer wishes in addition to thank his friend, Dr William Barry, the distinguished classical scholar, for the trouble he has taken in helping to revise some of the earlier of the proof sheets; Professor William Ridgeway, of Cambridge, the famous historian and archæologist, for letters containing advice that has proved of use; Mr Theodore Andrea Cook, the most trustworthy authority we have upon the history of the Turf and the modern thoroughbred, for letters of introduction, etc.; and the Directors of the British Museum and the Directors of the National Gallery for allowing photographs to be taken for reproduction. For the sake of convenience the centuries B.C. are alluded to in the same way that centuries A.D. are alluded to, that is, one century in advance. Thus 550 B.C. is spoken of as the fourth century B.C.; 250 A.D. as the third century A.D., and so on. THE HORSE IN HISTORY PART I FROM VERY EARLY TIMES TO THE CONQUEST CHAPTER I Rameses; early Egyptian chariots—Horses of Babylon and of Libya—Erichthonius; horse of Job; horses of Solomon—Early circus riding—Dancing horses of the Sybarites; the Crotonians' stratagem—Homer's “Iliad”; Menesthus; early wagering—Patroclus; Achilles; Euphorbus; Hyperenor—Horses and chariots of the Thracians—Ancient Greeks and horsemanship; decline in the popularity of war chariots; inauguration of cavalry—Xenophon on horsemanship—White horses