DG 311 G423 1905

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PREFACE BY THE ILDITOR,

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Ens etc. of the story of to Decline and Fall of the ftuar Dupit "is danguishe?!; & correct text, the vezifention of the references to ancient whlers, and eorrective and complementary notes. On e: the poles a for wuds og "xplanation are necessar I. Tho, that is carefully reprinted

18. ly ore

be second and

to comece ! by the Autler.
Bend a. six voltes quarto; of w
1.5, bed and third in 1781, an ?,
The first edol, of the three kast vol
my, ed by Gil, and in the reprints
ford vores he de hardly any alterac
elton, of de first volumse differ corsiderab1
The editor of the ist volume, jr'
one In which that portion of the wor
b. as it contains several typ

is :: ¦rint.

but he later from tlc ear

geops a the ease of evil it misprint and of a few Hoodera #teles, of which the more correct fons are now samattured for these employed by the Author. It seemed pal to retain, for instance, such words es Niester an! T When tom had sanctioned the use of the correct ada gaby.

1. The r forenes to the ancient writers in Gedrs notes of great value to the scholar and the histod i at agent. drv, how ever, is considerably d'add by their he

ng frequely made to old cdition, the divisions of which