ILLUSTRATIONS

FACING PAGE

HERODOTUS . . . . . . . . Frontispiece

Photogravure from a bust THE FORTRESS OF THE FAITH . . . . . . . xviii

Coloured miniature from a manuscript of the fifteenth century

BABYLONIAN MARRIAGE MARKET . . . . . . 70

Photogravure from an engraving after a painting by Edwin Long BUILDING THE PYRAMIDS . . . . . . . . 130

Photogravure from a painting by Gustave Richter PROCESSION OF THE BULL APIS-OSIRIS . . . . . 164

Photogravure from a painting by Frederick Arthur Bridgman THE WORLD AS KNOWN TO THE ANCIENTS

Coloured map ANCIENT GREECE, INCLUDING EPIRUS AND THESSALIA . . 388

Coloured map THE PARTHENON . . . . . . . . . 458 Steel engraving by William G. Jackman

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