X editors' preface to second edition. 



published rather later, and, in the meantime, had been some- 

 what modified. We therefore made a fresh translation of the 

 essay in its final form, although we are pleased to acknowledge 

 the assistance derived from the translation in ' Nature.' 



We have to thank Frau Liiroth of Freiburg i. Br., and Miss 

 Lilian J. Gould, for their kind help in translating two of the 

 essa^^s. Colonel Ewing kindly assisted us in the correct ren- 

 dering of many sentences in the Essay on the Musical Sense, 

 and Dr. H. Gadow also afforded us great help. 



E. B. P. 



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