Original - North Central Michigan College Library

i|)itorical 3 nttotmcticmeffort has been made to repeat the typographicalpeculiarities of the original edition, forrather than thewhich, presumably, the printer,author, was responsible. On the contrary, thepunctuation, chapter heads, and other typographicaldetails of this edition are the work ofthe present editor; and in a few instances,where propriety clearly dictated this course,obvious errors in the text have been corrected.This procedure will not, of course, commendthe book to professional scholars, but thesehave, or can readily gain, access to the originaledition; the Lakeside Classics are issued forthe delectation of a different class of readers.The footnotes of the original edition are distinguishedfrom those supplied by the editorby the signature "author" or "editor" (as thecase may be) appendedMadison, Wisconsin.to each note.MILO M. QUAIFE.xxiv