Gordon Jennings Laing Masterpieces of Latin Literature

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Note. The several translations by Goldwin Smith from Lucre tius, Propertius, and Martial are taken from his Bag Leaves, by his permission and that of The Macmillan Company, publishers of the volume. The following extracts also are used by permission of The Macmillan Company: Cicero's Letters, from the translation by E. S. Shuckburgh The Last Stand of Vercingetorix, from Caesar's Conquest of Gaul, by T. Rice Holmes; Ode 29, Book ul, from Sir Stephen de Vere's Odes and Epodes of Horace; and Cupid and Psyche, from Marius the Epicurean, by Walter Pater.