Excerpt from HavelokThe principal aim of this collection of Old and. Middle English texts is the publication of trustworthssfi and critical editions, answering to modern scientific demands. The original dialect will be preserved wherever possible, although differences of transmission, and the special problems arising therefrom, render it impossible to adhere to any absolute rules. The critical apparatus is confined within the narrowest possible limits. It includes all significant variants, while scribal con tractions and alterations in orthography and dialect will be indicated in the text by italics, and will also be tabulated for the sake of clearness in a special list. The introduction _will contain a summary account of the transmission of the text, the plan of the edition, the dialect, sources, time and place of origin of the work, the existing editions, if any, as well as the bibliography of the subject. The notes will deal with textual questions only, and will elucidate the most difficult passages in regard both to, form and matter. The glossary will explain the rarer words, especially such as are unnoticed by Stratmann and Bradley. Each volume will conclude with a complete index of names. The editions are intended primarily for use at the uni versities, and for private study. 'accordingly the com.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.