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Preface.
likewise, the services of the proof-readers who have made comparisons with manuscripts and original editions to which he has no present access.
Last but by no means least, he wishes to acknowledge both the generosity of the Syndics of the University Press in providing for the publication of a book whose editor might have looked in vain for assistance at home, and the untiring patience of their Secretary, Mr Richard T. Wright, who must have been sorely tried by its slow passage through the press.
C. H. H.
Cornell University.
24 April, 1899.
