The Ruins

HAVING recently purchased a set of stereotyped plates of Volney'sRuins, with a view of reprinting the same, I found, on examination, thatthey were considerably worn by the many editions that had been printedfrom them, and that they greatly needed both repairs and corrections. Acareful estimate showed that the amount necessary for this purposewould go far towards reproducing this standard work in modern typeand in an improved form. After due reflection this course was at lengthdecided upon, and all the more readily, as by discarding the old platesand resetting the entire work, the publisher was enabled to greatlyenhance its value, by inserting the translator's preface as it appeared inthe original edition, and also to restore many notes and other valuablematerial which had been carelessly omitted in the American reprint.