The following are the principal works used or consulted in preparing the
matter relating to Seneca:
_Oeuvres complètes de Senèque. Par Charpentier et Lemaistre. 4
tomes. Paris, 1885._
_Oeuvres complètes de Senèque. Publiées sous la direction de M.
Nisard. Paris, 1877._
_L. Annaeus Seneca des Philosophen Werke übersetzt von Pauly und
Moser. Stuttgard, 1828-32._
_Christliche Klänge aus den griechischen und römischen Klassikern.
Von R. Schneider. Leipzig, 1877._
_Lucius Annaeus Seneca und das Christenthum. Von Michael Baumgarten.
Rostock, 1895._
_La Religion romaine. Par Gaston Boissier, 2 tomes. Paris. 1892._
_History of the Romans under the Empire. By Charles Merivale. 7
vols. New York, 1863-5._
_L. Annaei Senecae opera quae supersunt. Ed. Frid. Haase. Voll. I,
II, III. Lipsiae, 1871-62-53._
The two Paris editions have the Latin text and the French translation on
the same page. Both translations are characteristically French, and
consequently very smooth and agreeable to read. But they preserve few of
the salient features of the original, and render the thoughts rather
than the style of Seneca. To the translation is accorded the place of
honor both in type and position. The German version holds very close to
the text and errs, perhaps, somewhat at the other extreme as compared
with the French. The work of Baumgarten is thorough and painstaking. It
is not endorsing all the author’s views to say that it is the best
recent book on Seneca and his times.