Lares and Penates; or, Cilicia and its Governors. Being a Short Historical
Account of that Province, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day.
Together with a Description of some Household Gods of the Ancient
Cilicians, broken up by them on their Conversion to Christianity, and first
discovered and brought to this Country by the Author, WILLIAM BURCKHARD
BARKER, M.R.A.S., many years resident at Tarsus in an Official capacity.
Edited by WILLIAM FRANCIS AINSWORTH, F.R.G.S., F.G.S. Demy 8vo. cloth, 6s.;
calf, marbled edges, 10s. 6d.; mor. elegant, 12s.
"But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia,
a citizen of no mean city."--Acts xxi. 39.
"It is a work of much research, evincing an extensive knowledge of the
topography of that portion of Asia Minor to which it refers.... The
illustrations are unusually numerous and well executed; and there is
also a Map of Cilicia compiled from the most authentic
sources."--_Morning Advertiser._
"A more complete and authentic assortment of these curious objects
(Household Gods) it were difficult to bring together."--_Globe._
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