Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) VIRGIL BY THE REV. W. LUCAS COLLINS, M.A. AUTHOR OF ‘ETONIANA,’ ‘THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS,’ ETC. WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS EDINBURGH AND LONDON MDCCCLXX CONTENTS. PAGE INTRODUCTION, 1 THE POET, 8 THE PASTORALS, 13 THE GEORGICS, 28 THE ÆNEID,-- CHAP. I. THE SHIPWRECK ON THE COAST OF CARTHAGE, 41 “ II. ÆNEAS RELATES THE FALL OF TROY, 53 “ III. ÆNEAS CONTINUES HIS NARRATIVE, 64 “ IV. DIDO, 71 “ V. THE FUNERAL GAMES, 85 “ VI. THE SIBYL AND THE SHADES, 105 “ VII. THE TROJANS LAND IN LATIUM, 128 “ VIII. THE MUSTER OF THE LATIN TRIBES, 137 “ IX. ÆNEAS MAKES ALLIANCE WITH EVANDER, 145 “ X. TURNUS ATTACKS THE TROJAN ENCAMPMENT, 153 “ XI. THE DEATH OF PALLAS, 161 “ XII. THE DEATH OF CAMILLA, 167 “ XIII. THE LAST COMBAT, 171 “ XIV. CONCLUDING REMARKS, 180 ADVERTISEMENT. This volume of the Series was to have been undertaken by the late Mr Conington. None can be more sensible than the present writer of the loss which all readers have sustained in the substitution rendered necessary by his lamented death. The Editor begs to acknowledge the courteous permission of Mr Conington’s representatives and publishers to make full extracts from his admirable version of the Æneid. INTRODUCTION.