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Coin of Piso with bust on front and wreath on back. Front.

Coin of Piso

Coin of Piso with bust on front and wreath on back. Front.

Coin of Piso with bust on front and wreath on back. Back.

Coin of Piso

Coin of Piso with bust on front and wreath on back. Back.

Coin of Piso with bust on front and bird on back. Front.

Coin of Cassius

Coin of Piso with bust on front and bird on back. Front.

Coin of Piso with bust on front and bird on back. Back.

Coin of Cassius

Coin of Piso with bust on front and bird on back. Back.

Coin of the Fabian family showing bust on front and torch on back. Front.

Coin of Fabian Family

Coin of the Fabian family showing bust on front and torch on back. Front.

Coin of the Fabian family showing bust on front and torch on back. Back.

Coin of Fabian Family

Coin of the Fabian family showing bust on front and torch on back. Back.

The Coin of the King of the Suessiones, Diviciacus, with bust on front and prancing horse on back. Front.

Coin of Diviciacus

The Coin of the King of the Suessiones, Diviciacus, with bust on front and prancing horse on back. Front.

The Coin of the King of the Suessiones, Diviciacus, with bust on front and prancing horse on back. Back.

Coin of Diviciacus

The Coin of the King of the Suessiones, Diviciacus, with bust on front and prancing horse on back. Back.

A soldier using a sling to cast stones as weapons, known as a funditor.

Slinger

A soldier using a sling to cast stones as weapons, known as a funditor.

Coin of the Gauls picturing human figure on front and figure of animal on back.

Gallic Coin

Coin of the Gauls picturing human figure on front and figure of animal on back.

Coin of the Gauls picturing deer on front and animal on back.

Gallic Coin

Coin of the Gauls picturing deer on front and animal on back.

Coin of Caesar showing bust on front, design on back. Front

Coin of Cæsar

Coin of Caesar showing bust on front, design on back. Front

Coin of Caesar showing bust on front, design on back. Back

Coin of Cæsar

Coin of Caesar showing bust on front, design on back. Back

Coin of Caesar showing bust on front, ax and amphora on back. Front

Coin of Cæsar

Coin of Caesar showing bust on front, ax and amphora on back. Front

Coin of Caesar showing bust on front, ax and amphora on back. Back

Coin of Cæsar

Coin of Caesar showing bust on front, ax and amphora on back. Back

A Gallic Coin. Back.

Gallic Coin

A Gallic Coin. Back.

British coin of the time period of the Roman invasion in the Gallic War, B.C. 54. Back.

British Coin

British coin of the time period of the Roman invasion in the Gallic War, B.C. 54. Back.

British coin of the time period of the Roman invasion in the Gallic War, B.C. 54. Back.

British Coin

British coin of the time period of the Roman invasion in the Gallic War, B.C. 54. Back.

Coin of L. Plancus showing bust on front and amphora on back. Front.

Coin of L. Plancus

Coin of L. Plancus showing bust on front and amphora on back. Front.

Coin of L. Plancus showing bust on front and amphora on back. Back.

Coin of L. Plancus

Coin of L. Plancus showing bust on front and amphora on back. Back.

A Gallic coin with a human figure on the front. Back.

Gallic Coin

A Gallic coin with a human figure on the front. Back.

"A round plate or dish. The paterae of the most common kind were small plates of the common red earthenware, on which an ornamental pattern was drawn, and which were sometimes entirely black. The more valuable paterae were metallic, being chiefly of bronze but every family, raised above poverty, possessed one of silver, together with a silver salt-cellar. The preceding cut exhibits a highly ornamented patera, made of bronze. The view of the upper surface is accompanied by a sideview, showing the form and depth of the vessel." — Smith, 1873

Patera

"A round plate or dish. The paterae of the most common kind were small plates of the common red earthenware,…

"An outer garment, strictly worn by females, and thus corresponding to the himation or pallium, the outer garment worn by men. Like all other pieces of cloth used for the Amictus, it was often fastened by means of a brooch. It was, however, frequently worn without a brooch, in the manner represented in the annexed cut. Each of the females in this group wears a tunic falling down to her feet, and over it an ample pepius, which she passes entirely round her body and then throws the loose extremity of it over her left shoulder and behind her back, as is distinctly seen in the sitting figure. Of all the productions of the loom, pepli were those on which the greatest skill and labour were bestowed. so various and tasteful were the subjects which they represented, that poets delighted to describe them. The art of weaving them was entirely oriental; and those of the most splendid dyes and curious workmanship were imported from Tyre and Sidon. They often constituted a very important part of the treasures of a temple, having been presented to the divinity by sppliants and devotees." — Smith, 1873

Peplum

"An outer garment, strictly worn by females, and thus corresponding to the himation or pallium, the…

A Gallic coin. Back.

Gallic Coin

A Gallic coin. Back.

"A quiver, was principally made of hide or leather, and was adorned with gold, painting, and braiding. it had a lid, and was suspended from the right shoulder by a belt passing over the breast and behind the back. Its most common position was on the left hip, and is so seen in the annexed figures, the right-hand one representing an Amazon, and the left-hand an Asiatic archer." — Smith, 1873

Phaetra

"A quiver, was principally made of hide or leather, and was adorned with gold, painting, and braiding.…

It is a slender aquatic herb, with whorled, finely dissected rigid leaves, and small solotary monoecious flowers, without calyx or corolla. it is common in pools or slow streams over a great part of the world.

Hornwort

It is a slender aquatic herb, with whorled, finely dissected rigid leaves, and small solotary monoecious…

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall; Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; And all the King's horses and all the King's men can't put Humpty Dumpty together again.

Humpty Dumpty

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall; Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; And all the King's horses and all the King's…

Old King Cole was a merry old soul, and a merry old soul was he; He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl, and he called for his fiddlers three. Every fiddler he had a fiddle, and a very fine fiddle had he; Twee, tweedle dee, tweedle dee, went the fiddlers three. O! there's none so rare as can compare with King Cole and his fiddlers three.

Tweedle Dee

Old King Cole was a merry old soul, and a merry old soul was he; He called for his pipe, and he called…

The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts, all on a summer's day; The Knave of Hearts, he stole those tarts, and took them clean away. The King of Hearts called for the tarts, and beat the knave full sore; The Knave of Hearts brought back the tarts, and vowed he'd steal no more.

Queen of Hearts

The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts, all on a summer's day; The Knave of Hearts, he stole those…

Tom Thumb at King Arthur's Court from the story, "Tom Thumb."

Tom Thumb

Tom Thumb at King Arthur's Court from the story, "Tom Thumb."

"Now when Mordecai knew all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry; and he came even before the king's gate: for none might enter within the king's gate clothed with sackcloth." Esther 4:1-2 <p>Mordecai stands at the king's gate and cries out at the news that all the Jews of Persia were to be destroyed.

Mordecai Cries out at the City Gates

"Now when Mordecai knew all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes,…

"So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen." Esther 7:1 ASV <p>King Xerxes and Esther sit on a couch together. Xerxes holds his royal scepter.

Esther Hosts a Banquet for King Xerxes and Haman

"So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen." Esther 7:1 ASV King Xerxes and Esther…

"Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the entrance of the house. And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favor in his sight; and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre. Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be given thee even to the half of the kingdom." Esther 5:1-3 ASV <p>Illustration of Xerxes, King of Persia, stretching out his golden scepter to Esther.

Esther Approaches King Xerxes

"Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner…

Scene from the story, "The King of the Golden River."

Golden River

Scene from the story, "The King of the Golden River."

Scene from the story, "The King of the Golden River."

Golden River

Scene from the story, "The King of the Golden River."

"Speculum, a mirror, a looking-glass. The looking-glasses of the ancients were usually made of metal, at first of a composition of tin and copper, but afterwards more frequently of silver. The ancients seem to have had glass mirrors also like ours, consisting of a glass plate covered at the back with a thin leaf of metal. They were manufactured as early as the time of Pliny at the celebrated glass-houses at Sidon, but they must have been inferior to those of metal, since they never came into general use, and are never mentioned by ancient writers among costly pieces of furniture, whereas metal mirrors frequently are. Looking-glasses were generally small, and such as could by carried in the hand. Instead of their being fixed so as to be hung against the wall or to stand upon the table or floor, they were generally held by female slaves before their mistresses when dressing. The general form of looking-glasses is shown in the following wood-cut." &mdash; Smith, 1873

Speculum

"Speculum, a mirror, a looking-glass. The looking-glasses of the ancients were usually made of metal,…

A scene from the story, "King Persifer's Crown."

King Persifer's Crown

A scene from the story, "King Persifer's Crown."

A scene from the story, "King Persifer's Crown."

King Persifer's Crown

A scene from the story, "King Persifer's Crown."

A scene from the story, "King Persifer's Crown."

King Persifer's Crown

A scene from the story, "King Persifer's Crown."

Scene from the story, "The Salt of Life."

Salt of Life

Scene from the story, "The Salt of Life."

Scene from the story, "The Salt of Life."

Salt of Life

Scene from the story, "The Salt of Life."

Scene from the story, "The Salt of Life."

Salt of Life

Scene from the story, "The Salt of Life."

A scene from the story, "A Vacation Diary."

Vacation Diary

A scene from the story, "A Vacation Diary."

The Musical Lion, from a nursery rhyme.

Musical Lion

The Musical Lion, from a nursery rhyme.

What a Cavalier wore. The name Cavalier originally related to political and social attitudes and behaviour, of which clothing was a very small part, it has subsequently become strongly identified with the fashionable clothing of the court at the time for supporters of King Charles I and his son Charles II during the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the Restoration (1642 – c. 1679).

Cavalier

What a Cavalier wore. The name Cavalier originally related to political and social attitudes and behaviour,…

The front of a French gold coin first issued by Louis IX. in the thirteenth century. It was equal to aout three United States gold dollars.

Chaise

The front of a French gold coin first issued by Louis IX. in the thirteenth century. It was equal to…

The rear of a French gold coin first issued by Louis IX. in the thirteenth century. It was equal to aout three United States gold dollars.

Chaise

The rear of a French gold coin first issued by Louis IX. in the thirteenth century. It was equal to…

There are about 59 known species, <em>Cham&aelig;leon vulgaris</em> being the most famous. its body is 6 to 7 inches long, tail about 5 inches. The skin is cool to the touch and contains small grains or einences which are of a bluish-gray color in the shade. The extraordinary faculty which the chameleon possesses of changing its color, in accordance with that of the objects by which it is surrounded or its temper.

Chameleon

There are about 59 known species, Chamæleon vulgaris being the most famous. its body…

They grow in pools and slow streams rooting in the ground and growing erect. Some species when taken out of the water emit a very disagreeable odor, like that of a sulphuric hydrogen. They occur all over the world, but mostly in temperate climates.

Chara

They grow in pools and slow streams rooting in the ground and growing erect. Some species when taken…

A chess board showing the placement of the chess game pieces.

Chess Board

A chess board showing the placement of the chess game pieces.

A hunting leopard. Has a short mane crest of hairs passing from the back of he head to the sholders. A very fast runner.

Cheetah

A hunting leopard. Has a short mane crest of hairs passing from the back of he head to the sholders.…

A small species of squirrel, about 7 inches long with a tail about the same length. The ears are tufted, the back is reddish with a black stripe.

Red Squirrel

A small species of squirrel, about 7 inches long with a tail about the same length. The ears are tufted,…

It grows wild around the shores of the Mediterranean and many parts of the East, producing a puffy pod, containing one or generally two nested seeds with two swellings on one side. It is much used in olios Spain, is an important article in French cookery and has been cultivated from a very early period in the warmer regions of the old world.

Chick Pea

It grows wild around the shores of the Mediterranean and many parts of the East, producing a puffy pod,…

A fire breathing monster, the fore part of whose body, according to the Iliad, was that of a lion, the middle that of a goat, and the hinder that of a dragon, or which, according to Hesiod, had three heads.

Chimera

A fire breathing monster, the fore part of whose body, according to the Iliad, was that of a lion, the…

"Mercury, with his caduceus, summons the souls of the departed from Orcus, or the low world, as in the case of Protesilaus, for example, who obtained permission from Pluto and Proserpina to visit for a short period the regions of light." &mdash; Anthon, 1891

Mercury with caduceus

"Mercury, with his caduceus, summons the souls of the departed from Orcus, or the low world, as in the…

"Talus. The huckle-bones of sheep and goats were used to play with from the earliest times, principally by women and children, occasionally by old men. The following cut, taken from an ancient painting, represents a woman, who, having thrown the bones upwards into the air, has caught three of them on the back of her hand. When the sides of the bone were marked with different values, the game became one of chance. The two ends were left blank, because the bone could not rest upon either of them on account of its curvature. The four remaining sides were marked with numbers 1, 3, 4, 5; 1 and 6 being on two opposite sides, and 3 and 4 on the other two opposite sides. Two persons played together at this game, using four bones, which they threw up into the air, or emptied out of a dice-box, and observing the numbers on the uppermost sides. " &mdash Smith; 1873

Talus

"Talus. The huckle-bones of sheep and goats were used to play with from the earliest times, principally…

"The following wood-cut from a fictile vase in the Museo Borbonico at Naples, represents Juno seated on a splendid throne, which is elevated on a basement. She holds in her left hand a sceptre, and in her right the apple, which Mercury is about to convey to Paris with a view to the celebrated contest for beauty on Mount Ida. Mercury is distinguished by his talaria, his caduceus, and his petasus thrown behind his back, and hanging b a string. On the right side of the throne is the representation of a tigress or panther." &mdash Smith; 1873

Thrones

"The following wood-cut from a fictile vase in the Museo Borbonico at Naples, represents Juno seated…

"Tiara or Tiaras, a hat with a large high crown. This was the head-dress which characterized the north-western Asiatics, and more especially the Armenians, Parthians, and Persians, as distinguished from the Greeks and Romans, whose hats fitted the head, or had only a low crown. The king of Persia wore an erect tiara, whilst those of his subjects were soft and flexible, falling on one side. The Persian name for this regal head-dress was cidaris. " &mdash Smith; 1873

Tiara

"Tiara or Tiaras, a hat with a large high crown. This was the head-dress which characterized the north-western…

View of New Orleans in 1719

New Orleans

View of New Orleans in 1719

"Represents the interior view of a bronze shield and a pair of greaves. These greaves are made right and left." &mdash; Anthon, 1891

Greaves and shield

"Represents the interior view of a bronze shield and a pair of greaves. These greaves are made right…