Ladies and gentlemen; a parcel of reconsiderations.[Essay index reprint series][Prologue, Which treats of writing without tears; To Penelope, the daughter of Icarius; TO Tutankhamen, Lord of the Two Lands; To Solomon, King over Israel; To Egeria, the Fond Huntress; To Jonah-ben-Amittai of Gath-heper, of the House of Jacob; To Gaius Julius Caesar the Divine, Dictator, Consul, Flamen Dialis, Scripto