PLATE V.
THE TREASURY CLOSE TO THE LIONS' GATE. Excavated by Mrs. SCHLIEMANN. Frontispiece.
MYCENÆ
A NARRATIVE OF RESEARCHES AND DISCOVERIES
AT MYCENÆ AND TIRYNS.
BY DR. HENRY SCHLIEMANN
CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
AUTHOR OF 'TROY AND ITS REMAINS,' 'ITHAQUE, LE PÉLOPONNÈSE ET TROIE,'
AND 'LA CHINE ET LE JAPON.'
THE PREFACE
BY THE RIGHT HON. W. E. GLADSTONE, M.P.
MAPS, PLANS, AND MORE THAN 700 OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS.
A NEW EDITION, WITH IMPORTANT ADDITIONS AND NEW PLATES.
NEW YORK:
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS,
1880.
(All Rights Reserved.)
Copyright, 1877,
SCRIBNER, ARMSTRONG & CO.
Copyright, 1880,
BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS.
PRESS OF J. J. LITTLE & CO.,
Nos, 10 TO 20 ASTOR PLACE, NEW YORK.
Dedicated
TO
HIS MAJESTY DOM PEDRO II.,
EMPEROR OF BRAZIL,
WITH THE PROFOUND RESPECT OF
THE AUTHOR.
PREFACE.
It has been with much reluctance that, at the perseveringrequest of Dr. Schliemann, I have undertaken to writea Preface to his Mycenean volume. I have managedperhaps, though with long intermissions of the pleasantlabour, to maintain a tolerable acqua