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Rh best is that published in the present year by Mr. Bily. I have consulted it for those parts of the "Labyrinth" also that I had translated before the appearance of Mr. Bily's edition. It follows very closely the Amsterdam edition of 1663, and has some valuable notes, of which I have availed myself on several occasions. I must here also acknowledge my indebtedness to Dr. Kvacsala's "Johann Amos Comenius," Dr. Zoubek's "Zivot Komenského," (i.e., "Life of Komensky"), Professor Kapras's "Nástin Filosophie Komenského, (i.e., "Outline of Komensky's Philosophy"), Dr. von Criegern's "Comenius als Theolog," and numerous studies in the Casopis Musea Ceského (i.e., "Journal of the Bohemian Museum"). Of those essays, I should particularly mention those of Dr. Novak on the "Labyrinth of the World," that appeared in the Journal in 1895. It would be unnecessary to give a full list of the authorities consulted, as these books are almost all written in the Bohemian language that is practically unknown in England.

The causes, already mentioned, that limited the number of editions of the "Labyrinth" also account for the fact that the book has not been more frequently translated into foreign languages. An abridged German translation was published at Potsdam in 1781, and another translation, or rather adaptation, appeared at Berlin in 1787 under the name of "Philosophisch Satirische Reisen durch alle Stände der menschlichen Handlungen." The latest German translation was published in 1871 or 1872; the book has no date. This translation, D