History of Letter-writing: From the Earliest Period to the Fifth Century

W. Pickering, 1843 - Greek letters - 700 pages

Letter of Ambrose containing his Maxims of Moral Conduct	6

OF THE MECHANISM AND MATERIALS OF LETTERWRITING	9

Final Triumph of Christianity over Heathen Idolatry throughout	16

et	19

Symmachus and Ausonius their Letters	23

CHAPTER III	28

Story of Menecrates	38

CHAPTER VI	48

To Marcellinus on the Death of the young Daughter of his Friend	295

To Priscus with an Account of the Illness of Fannia the Wife	307

To Fabatus his Wifes Grandfather on his ornamenting the Town	319

To Marcellinus on the Death of Junius Avitus and his excellent	327

To the Emperor Trajan on the Conduct of the Christians in Bithynia	333

Musonius to Pancratida on the Education of her Children	353

CHAPTER XVII	383

Letters between Aurelian and Zenobia	391

PYTHAGOREAN CORRESPONDENCE	67

Pythagorean College Golden Verses	78

et	82

CHAPTER VIII	84

CHAPTER IX	91

Amasis to Polycrates Orœtes to the same	100

CHAPTER X	114

CHAPTER XI	123

Servius Sulpicius to Cicero on the Death of his Daughter	138

Some Account of Matius and his Letter to Cicero	151

Merits of that Letter	166

180182	183

CHAPTER XIII	219

To the same on the Soul of Man and its Capacities	248

LETTERS OF THE YOUNGER PLINY	266

Remarks on the different Sentiments entertained respecting	272

To Caninius describing the selfinflicted Death of Silius Italieus	278

To Apollinaris containing the Description of Plinys Tuscan Villa	284

39	457

Gregory Nazianzen to Gregory Nyssen a consolatory Letter on	465

Letter of Chrysostom to Olympias Deaconess describing his Jour	475

From the same to the same in praise of her Christian Constancy	482

Remarks on his Letters	495

Character of Synesius	503

Isidore of Pelusium Account of	515

Short Notices of Cyprian and Cyril	529

Remarks on the Wonders wrought by the Bonds of Protasius	538

41	562

48	571

52	577

Augustin to Valentin	606

Letter from Jerom in answer to Augustin respecting St Pauls	619

From the same to the same alluding to their Differences	651

Letter from Sidonius Apollinaris to Domitius giving an Account	679

From the same to Agricola describing the Person and Habits	687

Fathers of the Church a few Remarks upon their Writings Princi	696

Title	History of Letter-writing: From the Earliest Period to the Fifth Century
Author	William Roberts
Publisher	W. Pickering, 1843
Original from	The British Library
Digitized	27 Jan 2016
Length	700 pages

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