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the above title, Messrs. D. Appleton &. Co. are issuing a series of small volumes upon some of the principal classical and English writers, whose works form subjects of study in our colleges, or which are read by the general public concerned in classical and English literature for its own sake. As the object of the series is educational, care is taken to impart information in a systematic and thorough way, while an intelligent interest in the writers and their works is sought to be aroused by a clear and attractive style of treatment. Classical authors especially have too long been regarded as mere instruments for teaching pupils the principles of grammar and language, while the personality of the men themselves and the circumstances under which they wrote have been kept in the background. Against such an irrational and one-sided method of educa- tion the present series is a protest.

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