Complete Works of Claudius Ptolemy, Vol. II

Hellenic Culture. Presented by Felix Baumgarten, Poland, Richard Wagner. 2nd edition. With 7 colored maps and nearly 400 illustrations in the text and on [80] plates. [10 and 491 pages] large 8vo. 1907. Paperbound 10 Marks, in [cloth] bound 12 Marks.

The work aims to cater to the need for a comprehensive presentation of Greek antiquity, in preparation for the volumes? of Roman culture, in a scope? greater than what has been available thus far. The authors, active in practical school teaching?, have considered it their task to present the results of the latest? research in a form comprehensible and readable for the layman?, to assist them? in the creation of cultural images and the results of instruction in higher schools?. A practical selection? will supplement? and, with the numerous illustrations? at hand?—which one would rarely find so united?—in any case? vividly illustrate? the cultural image of antiquity. The book has the goal? ... The presentation is therefore? ... for the reader? ... The depiction? ...

Character Heads from Ancient Literature. By Prof. Dr. Ed. Schwartz.
Five lectures. 1. Hesiod and Pindar; 2. Thucydides and Euripides?;
3. Socrates and Plato; 4. Polybius and Poseidonius; 5. Lucian.
[6 and 120 pages] large 8vo. 1903. Paperbound 2 Marks, in cloth-bound 2.80 Marks.

The lectures contain excellent sketches of individual phenomena of ancient literature? ... deserves? ... (Central Journal for Higher School Affairs?)

History of the Hellenistic Age. By Julius Kaerst.
Volume 1: The Foundation of Hellenism. [10 and 433 pages] large 8vo. 1901.
Paperbound 12 Marks, in half-calf 14 Marks.

Kaerst nowhere avoids a difficulty, always prudently and cautiously? weighing the possibilities. That a work in part? does not manage without extensive texts? ... Alexander? ...