THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD BY OLIVER GOLDSMITH EDITED WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES FOR SCHOOL USE BY EDWARD EVERETT HALE, JR., PH.D. PROFESSOR OF RHETORIC IN UNION COLLEGE UNIVERSITY PUBLISHING COMPANY NEW YORK BOSTON NEW ORLEANS PREFATORY NOTE. THE main points kept in mind in editing this edition of "The Vicar of Wakefield are indicated in the detailed suggestions for study. A considerable part of the work is linguistic, as seems necessary with a book of the eighteenth century. But the main aim has been to let the book itself supply the means for its own study. As it happens that in this case the life of the author and the historical position of the book are more important than with some other books, they are therefore made the subject of more detailed treatment. The text follows, in the main, that of the first edition. But as a critical text seems by no means necessary, the paragraphing has been somewhat altered, the spelling modernized, and a few words and expressions either omitted entirely or changed. UNION COLLEGE. EDWARD E. HALE, JR. 209322 |