AMONG the vast number of men who have thought fit to write down the history of their own lives, three or four have achieved masterpieces which stand out preeminent.' Saint Augustine in his "Confessions," Samuel Pepis in his "Diary," Rousseau in his "Confessions." It is among these extraordinary documents, and unsurpassed by any of them, that the autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini takes its place. The "Life" of himself which Cellilli wrote was due to other motives than those which produced its chief competitors for first place in its class. St. Augustille's aim was religious alld didactic, Pepys 1loted down i;z his diary the daily events of lzis life for his sale satisfaction and with no intention that anyone should read tlze ciplzer in which they were recorded. But Cellini wrote that the world might know, after he was dead, what a fellow lze had been; what great things he had attempted, and agaillst what odds lze had carried them through. "AlAbout the Publisher Forgotten Books is a...

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