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Excerpt from The Life of the Greeks and Romans: Described From Antique Monuments IN order to make the present volume more acceptable to the English reader, the letter-press has been considerably shortened, partly by means of condensation, such as the more concise char acter of our language, in comparison with the German, permits of, partly by the occasional omission of details which seemed to lie somewhat beyond the scope of the work. Nothing of impor tance, however, has been left out, and it is hoped that this English version will fulfill, no less perfectly than the original, the task of rendering a comprehensive account of the life and manners of the two great antique nations, founded on the latest results of modern research, and illustrated by the careful reproduction of Greek and Roman monuments. It ought to be added that after the decease of one of the authors - Professor E. Guhl, in 1862 Professor W. Koner, of the University Library, Berlin, has brought out two revised and considerably augmented editions of their common work. 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.