I have no intention in the following paragraphs of discussing the ideals or the criteria of a good translation; for the making of an English version of a Greek original presents problems little different from those of translation from any language into English. At this time I merely wish to call attention to the various kinds of Greek literature which have been popular at different times during the last four hundred and thirty years. The extant literature of Greece lends itself in many respects better than other literatures to a _genre_ classification. I have taken for my guidance the tabular survey at the close of Professor Jebb's excellent _Primer of Greek Literature_ and in grouping my authors have used his headings and classifications. Of the divisions which he presents in his table thirteen are to be found in this bibliography. Many of these headings, such as Philosophy, Drama, History, Fable, Oratory, Geography, Biography, are self-explanatory. Under the remaining divisions I have classed the following authors: Bucolic Poetry contains only the work of Theocritus, Bion and Moschus; Poetry contains all the other work in verse except the epic; Romance embraces the work of Longus, Heliodorus, and Apollonius Rhodius; Epic contains the works of Homer and Hesiod; Belles Lettres, the work of Theophrastus, Longinus, and Lucian; Learning and Science, the work of Hippocrates, and others of similar nature.
Date New Reprints Total for Total for Total for ten years preceding preceding fifty hundred years years 1481-1490 1 0 1 1491-1500 0 1 1 2 2 1501-1510 0 0 0 1511-1520 0 0 0 1521-1530 4 0 4 1531-1540 8 5 13 1541-1550 6 3 9 26 1551-1560 5 4 9 1561-1570 12 2 14 1571-1580 11 6 17 1581-1590 8 5 13 1591-1600 14 6 20 73 99 1601-1610 7 7 14 1611-1620 10 9 19 1621-1630 9 3 12 1631-1640 13 13 26 1641-1650 7 2 9 80 1651-1660 12 5 17 1661-1670 9 6 15 1671-1680 11 10 21 1681-1690 18 12 30 1691-1700 16 15 31 114 194 1701-1710 17 19 36 1711-1720 26 15 41 1721-1730 14 19 33 1731-1740 11 18 29 1741-1750 23 19 42 181 1751-1760 23 19 42 1761-1770 14 22 36 1771-1780 29 24 53 1781-1790 17 22 39 1791-1800 25 14 39 209 390 1801-1810 28 49 77 1811-1820 18 44 62 1821-1830 55 32 87 1831-1840 40 22 62 1841-1850 59 19 78 366 1851-1860 41 16 57 1861-1870 94 26 120 1871-1880 101 55 156 1881-1890 154 88 242 1891-1900 142 98 240 815 1181 1901-1910 114 93 207 1911-1917 63 28 91 298 298 Total 1289 875 2164 2164 2165