ADVERTISEMENT. THE first six Books I now issue. Considerations of health compel me to suspend for an interval the revision of the other six. When, however, I am able to resume this duty, there will be no delay in issuing them. PARADISE LOST BY JOHN MILTON. THE NUMEROUS MUTILATIONS OF THE TEXT Emended, ALSO THE OBNOXIOUS PUNCTUATION ENTIRELY REVISED, AND ALL COLLECTIVELY PRESENTED, WITH NOTES AND PREFACE, ALSO A SHORT ESSAY ON THE INTELLECTUAL VALUE OF AND SOME REMARKS ON THE ORIGIN OF MUTILATIONS. BY MATTHIAS MULL, LATE PROPRIETOR AND SOMETIME EDITOR OF 'THE TIMES OF INDIA," 66 "The proud full sail of his great verse." SHAKESPEARE. LONDON: KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, & CO., 1, PATERNOSTER SQUARE. 1884. THE Satur its readers to whom the tas would become has set about shattered all c manner in wh carries its own tion of the imp treatment the r tributed towar English literat list to my craft There is not a do the slightes By the change I m. putable restoration, sweep away the ridic The Saturday A emendations, which neglects to notice m can understand. Th of the Poem can on simplest principles endeavours to effect least, as this vapou however, come in co over his "pass of pra I am constrained I was refreshing mys criticises some of th forth from time to ti the self-respecting paramount, so that i any man." Look on |