great Greek and Latin classics; of Homer at the
dawn of the classical civilisation, of Virgil and
Horace at its culminating point, of Ammianus
Marcellinus in its decline.

To these studies and addresses, which belong
to the last few years, has been prefixed the in-
augural address given to the Classical Association
at its first annual General Meeting in 1904. It is
reprinted here, now that the Association has
attained its majority, to emphasise the fact that
the aims and ideals of the Association were clear
from the first, that they were the same then as
they are now, that they have been steadily main-
tained, and that they have exercised no little
influence, through troubled times, on national
education and national life.

My acknowledgments are due for permission
to reprint matter which had already been pub-
lished in Classical Journals or Proceedings, or
as separate pamphlets, to the Councils of the
Classical Association and the Society for Pro-
motion of Roman Studies and to the Delegates of
the Oxford University Press.

J. W. M.

August, 1925.

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