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Preface
In response to numerous requests from almost every country in which
English is spoken, we have much pleasure in presenting to the public
this the first English-Esperanto Dictionary. The demands for such a work
became so pressing that it was absolutely necessary to issue it as quickly
as possible. Were it not for this urgency we would have waited until the
larger Dictionary was ready, but the knowledge that the progress of
Esperanto would be materially checked or retarded decided us to issue
this smaller one. The compiling of a Dictionary is always a difficult task,
but the difficulty is increased in a very great degree when an initial and
original work is undertaken. Such a work demands careful and thorough
research, absolute precision, and much patient labour. The labour,
however, has been lightened by the good wishes of Esperantists all the
world over. Not from England alone, but from that Greater Britain beyond
the seas, kindly help has been offered, and gratefully accepted. We
have spared no pains in the endeavour to make this Dictionary (within
its limits) perfect, and we hope we have succeeded. The busy Briton,
who has not time for word-building, will find within the following pages
every ordinary English word, with its Esperanto equivalent. It has been
said, and with truth, that with a perfect knowledge of one or two thousand
words anyone can adequately express oneself—conversationally—on
any of the ordinary topics of everyday life,
and for this reason we have taken special pains to select those words
which are most in use. The student who possesses a knowledge of the
process of word-building can from the material within these pages extend
such material to an almost unlimited extent. (For an example of this
see pages 10-15).
The larger Dictionary is in course of preparation, though some time
must necessarily elapse before its publication. For this the collaboration
and counsel of the most eminent continental Esperantists have been secured.
We shall be extremely grateful to those who use the present work
for any suggestions that may render it more useful, in the event of a
second edition being required, and also that the larger Dictionary may
receive the benefit of such suggestions. (Any such suggestions may be
sent to J.C. O'Connor, B.A., Esperanto House, St. Stephen's Square,
Bayswater, W.; or to C.F. Hayes, Fairlight, 48, Swanage Road,
Wandsworth, S.W.) It is to the interest of all loyal Esperantists to do what
they can in anything that may help to extend the scope of this
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