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Preface The constant reference in the text io authorities in the foot-notes will not, it is hoped, detract from the narrative. In a* matter so much discussed as the subject of this history there seems no longer room for unverified opinion. And if verification seems sometimes too insistent, the impor- tance of authenticating facts which too often have been loosely disputed should be sufficient excuse. Gilbert Holland Montague. Cambridge, Massachusetts.
