LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PLATES. To fmtt PAGE I. Troy, plan of citadel made after the excavations of 1890, by W. Dorpfeld 179 II. Tiryns. Plan of upper acropolis made after excavations in 1890, by W. Dorpfeld 261 III. Mycenae. Domed-tomb L or Treasury of Atreus. Longitudinal section and plan, after F. Thiersch and W. Dorpfeld 332 TAIL-PIECES, &c. Ornament on Title. Gold ring from the Tyskevicz collection. Chapter I. Gold-fish. Vaphio in „ II. Arrow-head of obsidian. Therasia 134 „ III. Gold ornament. Mycenae 452 IV. Glass-paste. Spata 538 >9 FIG. 1. Cones of obsidian 120 2. Arrow-heads of obsidian 120 3. Flint knives 121 4. Flint saws 121 5. Axes found in Argolis 123 6. Nephrite axe 124 7. Red jasper axe 124 8. Double-edged axe. Rolled pebble 125 9. Two perforated axes 125 10. Axeofdiorite 126 11. Axe 126 12. Axes from Attica 126 13. Axe. Jade 127 14. Axes. Amethyst and cornelian 127 15. Points of polished stone 127