precisely
as it was left after revision by its authors; and there is shown at the same time
the amount and character of the revision
.
- Sentences added in the reprint are printed in brown without any appended note.
- [Sentences] omitted, or words altered, are shown by printing the revised version in brown, and giving the text as it stood in the original daily issue as a foot-note[1].
Thus the reader has here both the original texts of the
Spectator
. The
Essays
, as revised by their authors for permanent use, form the main text of the present volume. But if the words or passages in brackets be omitted; the words or passages in corresponding foot-notes, — where there are such foot-notes, — being substituted for them; the text becomes throughout that of the