Putnam's Library of 

 Standard Literature 



Published by G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS for 

 the United States, in co-operation with 

 MESSRS. METHUEN & Co., of London 



The volumes are handsomely printed and tastefully 

 bound. They will be issued at the uniform price of 



$1.75 



series comprises reprints of standard works, which are 

 in large part masterpieces of literature. ' It will also, 

 however, include certain works which have never been re- 

 printed, or which have not been in print for a considerable 

 period, together with others which have been reprinted only in 

 limited editions, and which have, therefore, not heretofore been 

 available for the use of students of to-day. The series will thus 

 consist in part of rare books of special value for the scholar, 

 and in part of more familiar works appealing to the wider circle 

 of intelligent readers. 



In the editorial work required for the selection of the books 

 and for the preparation of the- same for the press, the collabor- 

 ation has been secured of a series of able scholars, each an 

 authority on the subject-matter considered. The volumes will 

 be characterized by an accurate text, and will include scholarly 

 introductions and notes in a form convenient for reference. 

 The notes are placed at the foot of the page and will present 

 such material as is necessary to make the text intelligible to 

 modern readers, and to bring the books up to the standard of 

 modern scholarship. 



