Excerpt from Larcher's Notes on Herodotus, Vol. 1 of 2: Historical and Critical Comments on the History of Herodotus, With a Chronological Table M. Larcher was too well informed not to perceive how hard it is to translate faithfully a historian whose meaning is veiled from our eyes in such a variety of ways. It was not enough to have a thorough know ledge of Greek; a profound study of antiquity also was required to be added to it. It was necessary to read over, pen in hand, all the ancient writers, in order to find the means of clearing up obscure passages by comparison. The deep researches to which he devoted himself, in the course of this undertaking, passed into the notes of his work. Hence that voluminous commentary, the prolixity of which is so justly com plained of. It were to be desired that the author had sacrificed some of those digressions, in which he states, at every step, the opinions of others, without ever offering on his own part any satisfactory solution, and in which his chief object seems to be, to show how much he has read. But whatever may be its faults, this work, containing, as it does, an immense number of facts as well as of novel and instructive discus sions, is still one destined to maintain for ever an honourable place in the records of learning. 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.