The works of Horace : with English notes, critical and ... - Cristo Raul

PREFACE.
The text of the present edition has been corrected
throughout, principally by that of Orelli, and the notes
have been carefully revised and emended. Much ad-
ditional matter has also been introduced, not only in
the shape of new notes, but also of Excursions. The
latter have been taken from the larger edition, and will
be found to contain much interesting information re-
specting the vineyards and wines of the ancients.
Milman's Life of Horace has also been appended,
from the splendid edition of the poet, which has re-
cently appeared under the supervision of that scholar,
and likewise a biographical sketch of Msscenas.
The larger edition contained a list of the authori-
ties whence much subsidiary matter was obtained for
the notes. This list was omitted in the previous edi-
tion of the smaller work, as the latter professed to be
a mere abridgment, and as it was at that time the in-
tention of the editor to publish a new edition of the
larger Horace. This intention being, however, now
abandoned, it has been thought advisable to transfer
the list of authorities from the larger edition to the
present one, the last thirteen works enumerated there-
in bemg those from which materials have been more
immediately obtained for the improvement of the pres-
ent volume. The list is as follows
: