The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism [1911] - Get a Free Blog

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
TN this second edition the eight lectures forming the
JL reading matter of this book have suffered scarcely
any change, and, excepting the chapter on Syria, the
additions are insignificant. It would have been an
easy matter to expand them, but I did not want these
lectures to become erudite dissertations, nor the ideas
which are the essential part of a sketch like the present
to be overwhelmed by a multiplicity of facts. In gen
eral I have therefore limited myself to weeding out
certain errors that were overlooked, or introduced, in
the proofreading.
The notes, however, have been radically revised. I
have endeavored to give expression to the suggestions
or observations communicated to me by obliging read
ers ; to mention new publications and to utilize the
results of my own studies. The index makes it easy
to find the subjects discussed.
And here I must again thank my
friend Charles
Michel, who undertook the tedious task of rereading
the proofs of this book, and whose scrupulous and
sagacious care has saved me from many and many a
blunder.
PARIS, FRANCE, Februarv, 1909.
F. C.