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PREFACE
and Aristotle respectively; to Mr. Havell for his version of
Longinus; to the publishers of material here included, and
not otherwise in the copyright of Messrs. Macmillan; these
last obligations are specifically noted in the proper places.
Professor Fred
To the series of essays on style edited by
N. Scott (Bosfon, Allyn & Bacon) such a compilation
is necessarily
indebted. That series, and the Methods and Materials
of Literary Criticism, by Professors Gayley and Scott (Boston,
Ginn & Co.), ought to be owned by every teacher who
would use the present volume most intelligently. Finally,
the editor owes his thanks to Professor Louis Bevier of Rutgers
College, for looking over the translations from Wackernagel
and Goethe ;
to Professors O. G. Guerlac and W. Strunk,
Jr., of Cornell, for glancing through those from Buffon and
Voltaire; to Professor J.
L. Haney of the Central High
School, Philadelphia, for valuable suggestions touching the
Bibliography; and to Mr. A. W. Graver and Mr. A. H.
Gilbert for their assistance in reading proof. All other debts
are, he hopes, properly recognized where they occur.