~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From Lucian’s Wonderland, being a Translation of the ‘Vera Historia,’ by St J. Basil Wynne Willson, M. A., illustrated by A. Payne Garnett; Edinburgh and London: Blackwood and Sons; 1899, pp. i- vi.
LUCIAN’S
WONDERLAND
PREFACE.
______
This work is not intended to be a literal translation. In many places it is a paraphrase. I have adopted several of the translated names descriptive of the various strange peoples and animals from Mr Jerram’s very interesting edition of the work. I have to thank Mr E. E. Sikes, Fellow and Lecturer of St John’s College, Cambridge, and my colleague, Mr J. Manisty Hardwich, for much valuable criticism.
Mr Garnett’s illustrations will speak for themselves.
In dealing with Greek proper names, I have in some cases deliberately printed the better known Latin forms.
St J. B. W. W.
Rugby School, Nov. 14, 1899.
Next:
Translator’s Introduction.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~