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Excerpt from Historical Essays, Vol. 3 IN this second edition I have added two pieces, written since the volume first appeared, which deal with matters kindred with the general subject Of the series. One Of these papers, Professor Geddes on the Homeric Problem, ' I have reprinted as an Appendix to the Essay on Mr. Glad stone's Homer. In it I wish very distinctly to call attention to the views Of the Aberdeen Professor, without as yet pledging myself either to accept or to reject them. The other, on The Primaeval Archaeology Of Rome, ' appears as a distinct Essay. It consists Of such parts Of an article SO headed, the fruit of my first visit to Rome in 1873, as did not consist Of mere temporary criticism. In both Of these pieces, subjects already treated Of in the series are treated of again, to some extent from new lights. I have therefore cut out some parts Of the Essay on Mommsen's History of Home. In the other Essays I have done little more than add and strike out a few notes and make a few verbal improvements. The publication Of my Third Series Of Essays last year fills up the gap between this and the First Series. The essays on Imperial subjects, if read in the order, Second. 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.