Excerpt from Bucolics, Vol. 1: Introduction and Text Titles of the poems. Early life of Virgil. Origin and rise of Pastoral poetry. The 'muse of Sicily developed by Virgil. How far was he an angina! Poet? The rise, progress, and decline of modern Pastoral. Publication of the Eclogues. Mss. And principal Editions. Various readings and critical remarks. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.