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and Sir James Murray, of Oxford University, for information more exact and complete than a stranger could reasonably expect. The transcript of the epitaph on the tomb of Sir John Maitland was kindly supplied by the Rev. W. Proudfoot, of Haddington, Scotland.
Students who have worked at Columbia University will appreciate the author's debt to members of the English Department. In particular, Professor H. M. Ayres and Professor G. P. Krapp of Columbia have given assistance in linguistic difficulties which have arisen in the preparation of the notes. At all stages in its progress, the book has been under the supervision of Professor W. P. Trent and Professor A. H. Thorndike, and for such merits as it may have their guidance and practical counsel are largely responsible.
