Sam, From the preface by Edward Stabler I found the following: "My task, though a "labor of love," is comparatively a very humble one, and has been mainly confined to the correction of grammatical errors; for I desired as much as possible to preserve the easy and rather peculiar style of the Author , as it came from his sturdy and unpractised pen,....." I am now up to chapter three, and intend to reserve judgement until I read the entire work. I have put my foot in my mouth enough for a while. Delores