Alexander Adam, Rector of the High School, Edinburgh, gives, in alphabetical order, short biographies of \"deities, heroes, and other persons mentioned in the ancient classic authors; and more particular description of the most distinguished characters amongst the Romans\". It is designed in the main to illustrate the Latin Classics.This book is in very good condition for its age (1802) with slight water damage to a few top right corners.It was been rebound, probably sometime in the last 40 years.