OXFORD,
_November_, 1877.




CONTENTS.


INTRODUCTION.

Roman and Greek Literature have their periods of study--Influence of each
--Exactness of Latin language--Greek origin of Latin literature--Its three
great periods: (1) The Ante-Classical Period; (2) The Golden Age; (3) The
Decline.


BOOK I

FROM LIVIUS ANDRONICUS TO SULLA (240-80 B.C.).


CHAPTER I.

_On the Earliest Remains of the Latin Language._

Early inhabitants of Italy--Italic dialects--Latin--Latin alphabet--Later
innovations--Pronunciation--Spelling--Early Monuments--Song of Fratres
Arvales--Salian Hymn--Law of Romulus--Laws of Twelve Tables--Treaty