Table of contents : PREFACE CONTENTS CHAPTER I. THE PASTORAL BEFORE VERGIL CHAPTER II. MOLLE ATQVE FACETVM CHAPTER III. THE POET AND HIS HOME CHAPTER IV. THE POET AND HIS FRIENDS CHAPTER V. GALLUS, SILENUS, AND ARKADY CHAPTER VI. VERGIL AND ALLEGORY CHAPTER VII. SOME THEOKRITEAN IMITATIONS CHAPTER VIII. A CHILD IS BORN NOTES TO CHAPTER I : THE PASTORAL BEFORE VERGIL INDEX