TO
EDWIN R. A. SELIGMAN, PH.D.
PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
IN RECOGNITION OF
HIS WARM INTEREST AND VALUABLE SERVICES IN PROMOTING THE STUDY OF LITERATURE, AND HIS GREAT INSTRUMENTALITY IN ASSISTING YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN TO BROADEN THEIR MINDS, AND REACH A HIGHER SOCIAL PLANE, AND FOR HIS MANY WORKS FOR THE COMMUNAL WELFARE, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN BEHALF OF THE
EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE
THIS VOLUME IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THE EDITOR AND TRANSLATOR
MICHAEL L. RODKINSON.
June 15, 1901.
New York City.