GEORGE BELL AND SONS LONDON: PORTUGAL ST., LINCOLN'S INN. CAMBRIDGE: Deighton, bell and co. NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN CO. BOMBAY : A. H. WHEELER AND CO. OF CAIUS PLINIUS CAECILIUS SECUNDUS THE TRANSLATION OF MELMOTH REVISED AND CORRECTED WITH ADDITIONAL NOTES AND A SHORT MEMOIR BY THE REV. F. C. T. BOSANQUET, B.A. GONVILLE AND CAIUS College, CAMBRIDGE LONDON GEORGE BELL AND SONS 1905 PREFACE. THIS translation is based upon the well known one by William Melmoth, which has been for some time out of print. The alterations which have been made are in the direction of greater literalness in the text, whilst a few notes have been omitted and others introduced. The object throughout has been to adapt the book as much as possible to present requirements, without sacrificing any of the merit which Melmoth's translation is admitted to have possessed. My best acknowledgments are due to the Rev. A. Church and the Rev. W. J. Brodribb, also to Messrs. Longmans and Blackwood, for their kindness in permitting me to make use of the following works, viz. Select Letters of Pliny,' Church and Brodribb (Longmans), and Pliny's Letters,' Church and Brodribb (Blackwood), which have been of great assistance. F. C. T. B * Ancient Classics for English Readers.' |