THE

FAWN OF SERTORIUS.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

Printed by A. SPOTTISWOOde, New-Street-Square.

THE

FAWN OF SERTORIUS.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

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LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMANS,

PATERNOSTER-ROW.

A prefatory Chapter accounts for the Origin of this History.

-The Editor's Visit to his Relatives in the Country. -

An Italian Family.—Its Residence. - The Host's Pre-

judices as a Philosopher, a Politician, and a Patriot. -

His Reverence for the early Literature of his Country. —

His Defence even of the Fables connected with it, if

fabulous.-The Spectre of Julius Cæsar.-The Fawn of

Q. Sertorius.-Other Particulars as to this Fawn than

those collected by Plutarch.-The lost Histories of Sallust

and of Oppius.-That of Oppius supposed to be retrieved.

-By whom. On whose Evidence. - Geraldo Ercole

Cornacchini. His Character. - His Pursuits.- How far

entitled to our Confidence.-Whether the History which

follows were indeed translated by him from the original

of Oppius, and may be received as authentic

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