The owl and the nightingale

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Uice The Oivl and thi Nightingait has appsirentti mwvm much less attention than it meriti. Probablf this it due in great part lo ihe lack of an sccunite and convenient edition of the poem. The editionsof Stevenson, Wright, and Stratmann are incomplete, and none of the three lias at ,all adequate apparatus (df. Bibliogtaphj). Wright sbare Cotton text may be had in the Percy Society Publications in larger libtariesj but because only a few were printed for a limited circulation, copies of Stevenson sand Statmaim seditions are rare even among collection)- of hundreds of thousands of volumes. Accordingly many students have beet) forced lo rely to a great extent for their estimate of the poem, on the selections in Matznei s Altengliichi Sfrachprobm (a work not generally accessible) and in Morris and Skeats Spicimmi ef Early Engliih, Part I. In this edition for the first time the fii Ureadings of both MSS. are printed. Great pains have been taken in an attempt to make the texts accurate. Explanations of the bases and methods used in making up the texts and the glossary, nil) be found prefaced to the texts and the glos laty. To save space and to satisfy the purpose of this scries, the notes have been confined to explanation of the texts, illustrative parallels being omitted. The use of diacritical marks n the glossary and not in the texts; and the limiting of citations from the text and the omission of etymological matter, in the glossary; are by direction of the general editor.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately