The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon Author:Edward Gibbon Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CONTENTS. VOL. IV. CLASSICAL JXD CRITICAL. Page Essai stir 1'Etude de la Litterature. Written 1759 - 1 On the Character of Brutus. Date uncer... more »tain - 95 On Mr. Kurd's Commentary on Horace. Written Feb. 1762. 113 Nomina Gentesque Antiquas Italiae. Written 1763, 1764. 155 Sect. I.—Nomina - - - 157 Sect. II.—Regiones, Aer et Solum Italiae, et Mons Apenninus - - - 164 Sect. III.—Alpes et Gentes Inalpinae, et Flumen Padus - - 171 Sect. IF.—Transpadana - - - 178 Sect. V.—Liguria - - - -180" Sect. VI.—Etruria - - - 183 Sect. VII.—Urbs Roma - - - 206 Sect. Fill.—Latium et Campania - - 225 Sect. IX.—Lucania et Bruttium - - 265 Sect. X.—Calabria et Apulia ... 278 Sect. XL—Samnium - 287 Sect. XII.—Picenum - 302 Sect. XIII.—Umbria - - - - 305 Sect. XIV.—Emilia et Flaminia - - 309 Sect. XV.—Venetia et Istria - - 315 Sect. XVI.—Itinera - - - - 322 An Inquiry whether a Catalogue of the Armies sent into the Field is an essential part of an Epic Poem. 23d Dec. 1763 ------ 327 Ail Page An Examination of the Catalogue of Silius Italicus. 24th Dec. 1763 ----- 335 A Minute Examination of Horace's Journey to Brundusium and of Cicero's Journey into Cilicia. 25th Dec. 1763 346 On the Fasti of Ovid. Written 1764 - - 354 On the Triumphs of the Romans. Nov. 1764 - 359 On the Triumphal Shows and Ceremonies. 13th Dec. 1764. 394 Remarques sur les Ouvrages et sur le Caractere de Salluste. 39th Jan. 1756 ----- 399 :— de Jules Cesar - 408 de Cornelius Nepos ... 416 de Tite Live - - ' - - 422 Remarques Critiques sur un Passage de Plaute. 4th May, 1/57 - - - - - - 435 Remarques sur quelques Endroits de Virgile. April, 1757- 441 Critical Observation...« less