PREFACE TO THE 2ND EDITION

For this new edition I have made grateful use of the corrections and additions that emerged in reviews of my book. I have had no reason to make any far-reaching changes. Where it seemed to be required I have indicated my agreement or disagreement with the literature on Virgil which has appeared since the first edition; in particular I was glad to be able to refer copiously to Norden's commentary on Aeneid Book VI (cited throughout by the author's name) in order to amplify or confirm my interpretations. In the first edition I refrained from discussing Book VI because of the imminent publication of Norden's work. Now that it is available I still refrain, since I should only be able to repeat, in all essential matters, what Norden has said, particularly in his summing-up on pp. 342ff.

LEIPZIG, FEBRUARY 1908