The ancient Greek historians (Harvard lectures) by J. B. Bury.

PREFACE

THIS volume consists of the Lane Lectures which
I had the honour of delivering at Harvard University in spring 1908, under the auspices of the
Classical Department. They are printed very
nearly as they were originally written, though
some of my kind hearers, if they should glance
through, may detect a good many passages which
were omitted in the Lecture Hall. The book
amounts to a historical survey of Greek historiography, down to the first century B.C., and such
as it is, I dedicate it to Mr. Gardiner M. Lane,
who founded the lecturership some years ago in the
interests of humanistic study.
The lecture on Herodotus would have gained
much if Mr. Macan's admirable work on the last
three Books had appeared in time for me to use it.
It was satisfactory to find that he had established
the priority of those Books with a convincing array
of arguments. I have inconsistently included his
edition of vI.-ix. in the Bibliography; for the
purpose of the list is to make a general acknowledgment of obligations which in lectures of this
kind could not conveniently be acknowledged in
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