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the interest of possessors of the Second Edition, it has seemed best to leave the Commentary unchanged (save for the removal of two or three misprints), and to place the additions and corrections which distinguish this Edition in an Appendix by themselves.

They are occasioned, for the most part, by the appearance of the present ’s edition of In Memoriam (1905), which contains, together with matter already used in the preparation of this Commentary, a number of notes written or dictated by the poet himself, and others contributed by the editor. The former are referred to in my Appendix as ‘the Author’s notes.’ Generally, they must be taken as decisive, though it should be borne in mind that, as was natural, the poet in his later years did not in all cases remember his original meaning accurately (see e.g. the note on