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des Monuments historiques' has not only resulted in more
intimate acquaintance with matters of topography, but has
brought into the field of African literature many French authors
of known repute. Again, the bibliography of the entire
country, including Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Tripoli, has
also been the subject of much thoughtful and enlightened
labour. Some idea of the extent of the literature associated
with North Africa may be gathered from the fact that the five
English volumes devoted entirely to its bibliography comprise1
no less than 1215 pages.1
The rise and progress of Roman Africa are necessarily; (
interwoven with the history of the Roman people, and form)
some of its most interesting chapters during the long period)
which elapsed between the close of the second Punic war,
B.C. 201, and the fall of Rome, A.D. 455. Gibbon's scholarly
pages treating of this branch of his subject are masterpieces of
erudition, and are the outcome of diligent investigation of the
works of Greek and Roman authors. But he wrote at a time
when archaeological inquiry was hardly recognised as a branch
of knowledge, when little assistance could be given by observant
travellers, who hesitated to explore a trackless region inhabited
by barbarian hordes, and when the historian had to rely on his
own interpretation of many conflicting statements by authors
of antiquity. Mommsen has lived in a more favoured age,
He has had at his disposal the notes of a long array of modern
travellers and antiquaries, and has been able to correct or
substantiate the statements of ancient authors by the light of
recent research.
It is difficult for the traveller, as he journeys across the now
1 A Bibliography of Algeria. By Sir R. Lambert Playfair. Pp. 430. London :
John Murray. 1888. A supplementary volume by the same author and publisher.
Pp. 321. 1898.
A Bibliography of Tunisia. By Henry Spencer Ashbee, F.S.A. Pp. 144.
London : Dulau & Co. 1889.
A Bibliography of Tripoli and the Cyrenaica. By Sir R. Lambert Playfair. Pp.
58. London : 1889.
A Bibliography of Morocco. By Sir R. Lambert Playfair and Dr. Robert Brown.
Fp. 262. London : John Murray. 1892.
intimate acquaintance with matters of topography, but has
brought into the field of African literature many French authors
of known repute. Again, the bibliography of the entire
country, including Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Tripoli, has
also been the subject of much thoughtful and enlightened
labour. Some idea of the extent of the literature associated
with North Africa may be gathered from the fact that the five
English volumes devoted entirely to its bibliography comprise1
no less than 1215 pages.1
The rise and progress of Roman Africa are necessarily; (
interwoven with the history of the Roman people, and form)
some of its most interesting chapters during the long period)
which elapsed between the close of the second Punic war,
B.C. 201, and the fall of Rome, A.D. 455. Gibbon's scholarly
pages treating of this branch of his subject are masterpieces of
erudition, and are the outcome of diligent investigation of the
works of Greek and Roman authors. But he wrote at a time
when archaeological inquiry was hardly recognised as a branch
of knowledge, when little assistance could be given by observant
travellers, who hesitated to explore a trackless region inhabited
by barbarian hordes, and when the historian had to rely on his
own interpretation of many conflicting statements by authors
of antiquity. Mommsen has lived in a more favoured age,
He has had at his disposal the notes of a long array of modern
travellers and antiquaries, and has been able to correct or
substantiate the statements of ancient authors by the light of
recent research.
It is difficult for the traveller, as he journeys across the now
1 A Bibliography of Algeria. By Sir R. Lambert Playfair. Pp. 430. London :
John Murray. 1888. A supplementary volume by the same author and publisher.
Pp. 321. 1898.
A Bibliography of Tunisia. By Henry Spencer Ashbee, F.S.A. Pp. 144.
London : Dulau & Co. 1889.
A Bibliography of Tripoli and the Cyrenaica. By Sir R. Lambert Playfair. Pp.
58. London : 1889.
A Bibliography of Morocco. By Sir R. Lambert Playfair and Dr. Robert Brown.
Fp. 262. London : John Murray. 1892.