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6 the latter that all the prose quotations from the first portion of the poem in this volume are made. For those in the original rhyme, the present writer is herself responsible.

The 'Vita Nuova' has been translated admirably by Mr Theodore Martin and Mr Dante Rossetti, from whose versions the extracts in Chapter II. are taken, with a few exceptions. The initials of each translator will be attached to the sonnets. Those unsigned are by the writer.

We are not acquainted with any translations in English of the prose works.