Note 0a — Introduction By Marcus Hartog, M.A., D.Sc., F.L.S., F.R.H.S.

This is the date on the title-page. The preface is dated October 15, 1886, and the first copy was issued in November of the same year. All the dates are taken from the Bibliography by Mr. H. Festing Jones prefixed to the “Extracts” in the New Quarterly Review (1909).