(...)"PREFACE TO THE THIRD (AMERICAN)
EDITION
SINCE the second edition of this book was exhausted, nearly a year ago, there has been a constant and gratifying demand for it. As the work was then carefully revised wherever there was need of revision or addition, no changes have been made in the text of the present edition. The second edition was published shortly before the War began. During the last four years the comparatively few publications relating to the Middle Ages, which have come to my notice, have not suggested any alterations.
HENRY OSBORN TAYLOR.
NEW YORK, September, 1919.
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