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punctuation, alphabetic ai'rangement, cro.sM refei'ences, etc., which the 

 author would necessarily have made had he lived to revise the copy; 

 and a list of abbreviations was prepared. Still, the task of proof 

 revision proved arduous, and much credit is due Mr F. W. Hodge, 

 who began, and Mr H. S. Wood, who completed, this work. Grate- 

 ful acknowledgment is made to ~Mv Wilberforce Eames, of the New 

 York Public Library, for aid in interpreting abbre\iations. 

 July lU, 19U2. 



