Athenian political development; a chronological table.--Introduction: The structure of Athenian politics.--A constitutional debate in Persia, by Herodotus.--A gentleman condemns democracy, by the Old Oligarch.--Selections, by Plato.--Selections, by Aristotle.--Pericles: statesman or demagogue? By Plutarch.--A moralist condemns imperialism, by A. Toynbee.--A humanist interprets political comedy, by A. Bonnard.--Pericles delivers his funeral oration, by Thucydides.--A liberal praises Athenian democracy, by J. S. Mill.--A German scholar blasts mob rule, by E. Meyer.--Ancient critics and a modern defense, by A. H. M. Jones.--The democracy in operation, by A. Gomme.--The realities of Athenian government, by W. G. Forrest.