Transcriber's Notes
Any changes made to the text to correct typographical errors are listed at [the end of the book].
The author makes extensive use of diacritics such as macron, breve and grave accent to indicate stress, length etc. In the original, these symbols often float over the text to show that they apply to the syllable, but in this e-book are morked on the first vowel of the syllable only.
Note that rare instances of simultaneous macron and breve diacritics over the same syllable have been retained. This may indicate that the syllable be interpreted as long or short.
In a few cases where sidenotes refer to new topics introduced within a long paragraph, an additional paragraph break has been added.
All footnotes have been renumbered [1] ... [181]. Because of the number and the length of some footnotes, all are presented at the end of the chapter or section to which they refer.
Non-roman script (e.g. Greek) has been rendered in Unicode, with a roman transliteration available with mouse-hover.
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
A HISTORY OF ENGLISH PROSODY FROM THE TWELFTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT DAY. 3 vols. 8vo.
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