ILLUSTRATIONS.

Fasten his hands, and firmly too; that youth might give us trouble

Frontispiece.

The old king, though his eyes were open, did not seem to see Cleanor

The Roman Envoys to Corinth are compelled to leave the amphitheatre

The Macedonian Pretender performs the Pyrrhic Dance

Do you yield?" said Cleanor when the Roman had reached the Shore

The High Priest placed the sacrifice on the outstretched arms of the god

I saw you stoop and lift your companion from the ground

Cleanor produced from the pack which he carried some twice-baked bread

The Lady Salamo defies the Romans from the Walls of Carthage

Scipio, throwing his toga over his face, burst into a passion of tears

A Corinthian Nobleman being sold as a Slave in the Market-place

Half an hour afterwards Cleoné emerged as a brilliant young beauty

 LORDS OF THE WORLD.

CHAPTER I. THE FATE OF THE MELCART.

THE FATE OF THE MELCART.

THE Melcart, the sacred ship of Carthage, was on its homeward voyage from Tyre, and had accomplished the greater part of its journey in safety; in fact, it was only a score or so of miles away from its destination. It had carried the mission sent, year by year, to the famous shrine of the god whose name it bore, the great temple which the Greeks called by the title of the Tyrian Hercules. This was too solemn and important a function to be dropped on any pretext whatsoever. Never, even in the time of her deepest distress, had Carthage 

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