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THE illustrations with which this book is enriched are drawn from the important works of celebrated
authors of ancient and modern times, and have been reproduced after originals by well-known
artists. To make a list that would be even approximately complete of the great writers whose works
have furnished subjects for our pictures would be impossible within the limits of this notice; but
the following names will serve as an indication, at least, of the abundance of the material that is
offered to the public in these pages. Among the writers who are counted as classics in their several
countries will be found:

HOMER, VIRGIL, DANTE, TASSO,
æSCHYLUS, OVID, BOCCACCIO, ARIOSTO,
SOPHOCLES, PLUTARCH, PETRARCH, CERVANTES.

LONGUS, LIVY,
MUSæUS,
GOETHE, UHLAND, WIELAND, EBERS,
LESSING, TIECK, GRIMM, FREYTAG,
SCHILLER, FOUQUÉ, WAGNER AUERBACH,
HEINE, TEGNER.