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S TOR I ES F R OM A U L U S o E L L ru s, BE ING S EL ECTIONS A ND AD A PTATIONS FROM TH E N OCTE S ATT I CAE , EDI TED WI TH NOTES EXERCI SES AND VOCAB ULARI ES F OR THE US E OF LO WER F ORMS BY TH E G IV E N B Y REV NALL . A M. G H , . , N MA W ASS I ST A T S TER AT ES TMI NS TER SCHOOL. 5 e d fi ctt h o n N MA M LLAN A D CO. C I , W K AND NE Y OR . 888 1 . [All rights reser ved ] P E F A E R C . s s IT is hoped th a t thi s series of hort tories from A . C elli ns m ay serve a s a pl easant ch ange to young boy s f s N s E r i aft a se o C u t o u s etc. er cour orneliu epo , p , The l angu age of the origin al has be en simpli fied in and some rare or l at e word s an d con struct ion s cu t The N t s a e a t f w t o ut. e e s o e h ve be n m de , wi h xcep ion , as s t as ss e a few e t ss s hor po ibl more l ng hy digre ion , such as those upon the abl ative absolute and the a st u t s a if t gerundi l con r c ion , will need no pology, hey succeed in leading boy s to think out for them selv es the difficul ti es which th ese con struction s pre sent . Some simple Ex ercise s h ave been added a t the request of the s e s and for t s an E s -Lat a Publi h r , he e ngli h in Voc r n m t s a a the bula y has bee co pil ed . In hi Voc bul ry s are a a a a t a s the word rr nged in lph be ic l order, ince Exercise s are in tended princip ally for viva voce drill in ’ f and the E to s e s no t fi the orm , di r experienc doe con rm 2 v a 273 25 5 1 7 3 1311 4 CE . ’ t o f s E t s t at a s e of a heory ome di or , h boy knowl dge l anguage is increased in proportion to the time that he Sp end s in hunt ing for words th at he does not “ kno w ; he con sid ers th at the p aragraph vocabu ’ a a s the a z t a e f e liessin l ry m ke l y boy k re ug in g g, CON TE NT S . st it wast s the t e of the st s whil e im indu riou boy . The Edi tor a cknowl edges his obligation s to the P e a e K r f c , f . R Lat G a a s o e and Mr . in r mm r Dr enn dy oby , ’ s t a an d L e o f Aul u s C ell n a nd to Dr . Smi th Dic ion ri es of Biography if i s , A t t s an d to s a s w lie a t n iqui ie , imil r work hich every ext of th e t o e om A ulu Gelliu s T S ri s fr s , ' w schoolmaster s elbo . ot es on the ex t N T , E xe ses rci , La t n -E n l h V o a u l a i g is c b ry , E n l s -Lat n Vo a u l a g i h i c b ry , “ Ta ble sh ow i ng t h e o rd er o f t h e St o ri e s c ompa re d w t t he o o s of the No ctes Attica o i h B k , n ex t o o t e I d N s , ’ n ex t o m e a m es I d I p r N , A U L E L L I U S G U S . T t h f ns NO H ING is known a bout e li e of A. Golli beyond wha t can be ga thered from occ asio n a l hint s in his own wri tings ; it has even been di sputed t hi w lliu l i Ge l us. whe her s n am e a s Age s or A. Pro a he wa s a R a t o f fa a n d b bly om n by bir h , good mily connection s. H e seems t o h a ve sp ent his e arly ye ars a t R e st the e e at t ea e s om , udying under c l br ed ch r , s A n a st ri iu s a n d A t s S s T . Ca c ulpiciu polli ri , , n oniu l to a n t his st n f. e s J ulia us ( c xxxiv . ) h v co inued udie at At s he e t s of fa a t hen , where liv d on erm mili ri y t e es Att s Ca lvisius Ta s e s wi h H rod icu , uru , P regrinu P te s a nd t e fa s s e s of t at da ro u , o h r mou philo oph r h y a nd after the l apse of m a ny y ea rs t o h a ve return ed t o R and te t he e a ea s of his fe t o ome , devo d r m ining y r li litera ry pursui ts a nd the soci ety of a l arge circle of The a t es f his t and at re nu friends. d o bir h d e h a w but f the a es of his tea s a n d kno n , rom n m cher friends it is certain th a t he lived during the reign s of a a A t s Pins and Ma s A s H dri n , n oninu , rcu ureliu , - 1 1 7 1 80 AD . A UL S GELLI U US . h lli T e only work of A. Ge us th at has re a ched us ss the t at t is the , po ibly only one h he wro e , “ Noct es Atticae so a e a s it was , c ll d bec u e begun during the long nights of winter in a country ’ house in At tica (longi nguis p er kiemen noctzbus in term e ttica It s sts of e s agro A e) . con i num rou ex tracts from Gre ek and Rom an wri ters on subj ects e te t st s a nd conn c d wi h hi ory , philo ophy , philology , a t t s st at a a t t s s a nd n iqui ie , illu r ed by bund n cri ici m s T se t a ts r di cussion s. he ex r c a e thrown t ogether t t an a tt t at a a e t and wi hou y emp order or rr ng men , s ha d e a s divided into twenty book . He b en ccu tomed st a sa s t o a e tes a t whil re ding, he y , m k no upon ny hing which struck him as worth rem embering .