English Past and Present

EDITOR'S PREFACE

In editing the present volume I have thought it well to follow the same rule which I laid down for myself in editing  he Study of Words, and have made no alteration in the text of Dr. Trench's work (the fifth edition). Any corrections or additions that seemed to be demanded owing to the progress of lexicographical knowledge have been reserved for the foot-notes, and these can always be distinguished from those in the original by the square brackets [thus] within which they are placed.