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Ocean West where the of Earth ofbreezes boundaries blowing the gentle and the plain forth Elysian sends The Frontispiece THE ADVENTURES OF ULYSSES ADAPTED FROM GEORGE CHAPMAN’S TRANSLATION OF THE ODYSSEY CHARLES LAMB By INTRODUCTION BY TRENT W. P. PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH SEWANEE, TENN. WITH FOURTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS AFTER FLAAMAN BY ATWOOD AND A MAP C. £. , BOSTON, U.S.A. D. C HEATH & CO., PUBLISHERS 1900 56406 )- 1britt y of Concrroiifi ' v< RECKvEO - 4 OCT 1900 Co^yrifM «ntry (D&fcr o~0 -v. second copy. D«-*iv*r«d to ORDER DIVISION, 25 -QCI 1900 Copyright, 1900, By D. C. HEATH & CO, TYPOGRAPHY BY J. 8. CASHING & CO., NORWOOD, MASS. INTRODUCTION. It would seem hard to find a book better adapted to serve young readers as a starting-point for the exploration of imaginative literature than Lamb’s Adventures of Ulysses which has long been a favorite with readers young and old. — It brings the child in contact with the Odyssey, that fountain head of romance, perhaps the most fascinating single book in the world, and also with Lamb himself, one of the most charming of all English prose writers. Its perusal will almost of necessity induce a desire for further acquaintance with Homer, whether in the original or in the verse translations of Chapman and Pope, both English Classics, or in some one of the excellent modern prose renderings. From the Adventures of Ulysses the young student may be led to the Comus of Milton, which is included in the English Classics read in most American schools, as well as to the Lotus Eaters and Ulysses, two of the most admirable of the late Lord Tenny- son’s poems. In the present edition the explanatory apparatus has been kept within the smallest limits, so as not to interfere with the enjoy- ment of the reader. The map will aid him in following the hero in his wanderings. The pronouncing vocabulary will teach him how to pronounce the unfamiliar names, and the few notes appended here and there will explain the words that have fallen into disuse. The map which shows the wanderings of Ulysses is taken from a map specially prepared to show the world as Homer described it. iii IV Introduction. The fourteen illustrations in the text are pen drawings by Clara E. Atwood, from the designs made by John Flaxman, R.A. (born 1755, died 1826), the famous English sculptor, to illustrate Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey. These designs were engraved under the artist’s own supervision by the distinguished Italian engraver, Piroli, and have contributed largely to Flaxman’s fame. W. TRENT. P. June, 1900. TABLE OF CONTENTS. CHAPTER I — — PAGE The Cicons The Fruit of the Lotos-tree Polyphemus and the — Cyclops The Kingdom of the Winds, and God .dEolus’s Fatal — Present The Lsestrygonian Man-eaters i CHAPTER II — — The House of Circe Men changed into Beasts The Voyage to Hell — The Banquet of the Dead 15 CHAPTER III — — .... The Song of the Sirens Scylla and Charybdis The Oxen of the Sun — — The Judgment The Crew killed by Lightning 32 CHAPTER IV — The Island of Calypso Immortality refused 43 CHAPTER V — — — The Tempest The Sea-bird’s Gift The Escape by Swimming The Sleep in the Woods 49 CHAPTER VI — — — The Princess Nausicaa The Washing The Game with the Ball The Court of Phseacia and King Alcinpus 56 CHAPTER VII — — The Songs of Demodocus The Convoy Home The Mariners trans- — formed to Stone The Young Shepherd 65 v VI Illustrations. CHAPTER VIII PAGE — — The Change from a King to a Beggar Eumseus and the Herdsmen Telemachus 76 CHAPTER IX — — The Queen’s Suitors The Battle of the Beggars The Armor taken — down The Meeting with Penelope 92 CHAPTER X — — — The Madness from Above The Bow of Ulysses The Slaughter The Conclusion 103 Note 114 Index and Brief Explanation of Proper Names .116 . . . LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Map to illustrate the Wanderings of Ulysses Frontispiece . . . Ulysses offering Wine to Polyphemus 8 Ulysses at the Table of Circe 19 Ulysses terrified by the Ghosts 24 The Sirens 35 Mercury’s Message to Calypso 45 ....... Nausicaa throwing the Ball 58 Ulysses following the Car of Nausicaa 62 Ulysses weeps at the Song of Demodocus 66 ........ Telemachus in search of his Father 77 Ulysses conversing with Eumaeus 80 Ulysses preparing to fight with Irus 95 Penelope’s Dream 101 Ulysses killing the Suitors no Penelope and Ulysses .112 . . . . . . . . .
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