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Whenever the reading of the Hagenau copy is more intelligible than that of the older edition, I have adopted it. It is quite possible that Gran may have had access to MSS. which the editors of the Vulgate did not know of; and thus he may have obtained a warrant for introducing the few slight improvements he made on his predecessors' text.
I would call the reader's attention to the fact that one or two very good stories are contained in Mr. Swan's Introduction.
W.H.
London, July 31st, 1876.
