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  ILLUSTRATIONS.

  Page "FASTEN HIS HANDS, AND FIRMLY TOO; THAT YOUTH MIGHT GIVE US TROUBLE," _Frontispiece._ 26

  "THE OLD KING, THOUGH HIS EYES WERE OPEN, DID NOT SEEM TO SEE CLEANOR," 39

  THE ROMAN ENVOYS TO CORINTH ARE COMPELLED TO LEAVE THE AMPHITHEATRE, 92

  THE MACEDONIAN PRETENDER PERFORMS THE PYRRHIC DANCE, 119

  "DO YOU YIELD?" SAID CLEANOR WHEN THE ROMAN HAD REACHED THE SHORE, 164

  "THE HIGH PRIEST PLACED THE SACRIFICE ON THE OUTSTRETCHED ARMS OF THE GOD," 196

  "I SAW YOU STOOP AND LIFT YOUR COMPANION FROM THE GROUND," 226

  "CLEANOR PRODUCED FROM THE PACK WHICH HE CARRIED SOME TWICE-BAKED BREAD," 271

  THE LADY SALAMO DEFIES THE ROMANS FROM THE WALLS OF CARTHAGE, 295

  "SCIPIO, THROWING HIS TOGA OVER HIS FACE, BURST INTO A PASSION OF TEARS," 317

  A CORINTHIAN NOBLEMAN BEING SOLD AS A SLAVE IN THE MARKET-PLACE, 333

  "HALF AN HOUR AFTERWARDS CLEONÉ EMERGED AS A BRILLIANT YOUNG BEAUTY," 367

  LORDS OF THE WORLD.