This book was published in 1890 by Longmans, Green, and Co.,
London; and New York: 15 East 16th Street. 

The epigrams in the book are given both in Greek and in English.
This text includes only the English.  Where Greek is present in
short citations, it has been given here in transliterated form and
marked with brackets.  A chapter of Notes on the translations has
also been omitted. 

{eti pou proima leuxoia}
Meleager in /Anth.  Pal./ iv.  1. 

Dim now and soil'd,
Like the soil'd tissue of white violets
Left, freshly gather'd, on their native bank.
M.  Arnold, /Sohrab and Rustum/. 

PREFACE 

The purpose of this book is to present a complete collection, subject