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Excerpt from Gallus, or Roman Scenes of the Time of Augustus: With Notes and Excursuses Illustrative of the Manners and Customs of the Romans Gallon odor Romisclw Scam aus der Zeit A agents such is the German title of Professor Becker's work was published at Leipsic in 1838. The novelty of its conception the comparatively fresh ground it broke in the field of Roman Antiquities, and the exceeding eru dition brought to bear on the subject, at once arrested the attention of German scholars, and it has ever since been considered, what its author ventured to hope it would be, a desirable repertory of whatever is most worth knowing about the private life of the Romans.' Soon after its publication, a very lengthened and eulogistic critique appeared in the Times London newspaper and as it seldom happens that that Journal can find space in its columns for notices of this description, no little weight was attached to the circumstance, and a pro portionate interest created in the work. Proposals were immediately made for publishing it in an English dress, and the book was advertised accordingly; but unforeseen dimculties intervened, arising from the peculiar nature of the work, and the plan was ultimately abandoned. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.