vi PREFACE. 
editorial. But there is nothing surprising in the fact, 
that those who are base enough to be intentionally 
false, should also be mean enough to be covertly 
false. 
The name Cybele has been variously pronounced. 
The two first vowels are short, the final e is sounded 
long. This correct pronunciation is insured by making 
the two first syllables end with the consonants thus, 
Cyb-el-e. Some persons insist on Cy-bel-e, and others 
even on Cy-be-le. The Author prefers to sound the 
name nearly as if it were written Sib-el-e. 
The Address of the Author remains at Thames 
Ditton, near Kingston, Surrey. But the town of 
Kingston-on-Thames having been changed under postal 
arrangements to a Head country office, it is no longer 
proper to add the letters ““S.W.” which are the initials 
of a Metropolitan district. Correspondents are requested 
to note this change in postal address. 
