Cambridge) is more elementary, but will be found valuable.

Those of Kennedy (London, 1879) and of Papillon and Haigh (Oxford, 2 vols.

1890-91) may also be referred to.
Virgil was first introduced to English readers by William Caxton in 1490.

But his _Eneydos_ was based, not on the _Aeneid_ itself, but on a French paraphrase, the _liure des eneydes_, printed at Lyons in 1483.
The best modern prose translations are those of Mackail (London, 1885) and Conington (London, 1870).
The following is a list of the more important verse translations of the _Aeneid_ which have appeared.

The name of the translator, and the date at which his translation appeared, are given:--Gawin Douglas, 1553 (see Introduction, p.