A very hearty word of thanks is more than due to those authors and publishers who have so generously and willingly placed their works at my disposal, and without whose kind co-operation many of the follow- ing pages could not have been inserted. Elsewhere, throughout the book, my obligations to them severally I have been most anxious to avoid violation of copy- right in my selections, and have used my utmost en- A double Index will be found-one in the early part of the volume, comprising the selections generally, J. A. J. |