FOR some reason the writing
,. of history has evoked some of the finest prose ever written, not only in Greek and Latin but in English and French. A series of readings has been planned, to be broadcast during the holiday seasons throughout the year, including some of the great passages from Herodotus. Thueydides and Plutarch, Froissart, Gib bon and Macaulay, and this evening's reading is the first.