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without any idea of publication, while I was 

 reading over a wide area for my own private 

 instruction. I am therefore unable to remem- 

 ber or indicate the origin of a number of my 

 observations or to check their accuracy. May 

 I then ask the reader to accept this book on 

 the following terms ? — 



(a) That I do not profess to be perfectly 

 accurate, although what is herein stated is, 

 so far as lies in my power and knowledge, 

 there or thereabouts correct. 



{b) That I acknowledge my indebtedness to 

 innumerable ancient and modern writers for 

 the entire information now presented, and that 

 nothing herein is my original work. Where the 

 knowledge is derived from standard works of 

 reference I have not included their titles in 

 the bibliography. To the unknown author 

 from whom I have taken information and 

 incorporated it in my notes, and to the author 

 to whom I have not given acknowledgment in 

 the bibliography, owing to lack of records of 

 origin, I raise a high altar and pile upon it 

 offerings of gratitude and humble apology. 



Arthur Samuel. 



48, Montagu Square, 



Marble Arch, London, W. 

 January, 1918. 



