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120 NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 s. vm. FEB. 5, 1021. Egypt. During the same period the dtaverv of Afresh inscriptions and the correction of the text of those already known has been Constant -the science of Comparative Philology has been transformed and the history of the Greek language more fully explored. r, 1911, Mr. Henry Stuart Jones was during which he was engaged on war work of national importance) from the date of his appoint- ^Assistant Editor. Mr. Stuart Jones has had the assistance of several voluntary helpers amongst whom special mention must be made of Mr. Herbert W. Greene, formerly Fellow of Magdalen College ; Prof Jouguet of Pans Prof. Martin of Geneva ; Mr. M. N. Tod, of One College, University Reader in Greek Epigraphy, and Mr. J. U. Powell, of St. John's College. It was felt that in the more technical subjects the assistance of specialists was of the f portance, and the Editor has been fortunate m securing this in large measure. Special mention may be made of the services rendered (amongst others) by Sir W. Thiselton-Dver, K.C.M.G., FK.S., in regard to Ancient Botany ; by Sir Thomas L. Heath, K.C.B., F.K.S., who has con- tributed valuable studies of Greek mathematical terms : and bv Mr. E. T. Withington, who has read the whole of the voluminous literature of Greek Medicine. The technical vocabxilaries of the later svstems of Greek philosophy Epi- curean, Stoic, and Neo-Platonic have also been handled bv experts, including Mr. J. I* fetocKs, Prof A. C. Pearson, and Prof. A. E. Taylor. Mr W. D. Boss, with assistance from others engaged on the Oxford translation of Aristotle, has dealt with the vocabulary of the Aristotelian commentators. These names are far from ex- hausting the list of those who have rendere services to the revision of the Lexicon, which win in du^ course be acknowledged. A new. svstem of reference has been adopted which, while more condensed than the old, will, as the Delegates believe, be found to be at least as clear, and the scope of the Lexicon has been restricted to classical Greek Literature down to the period of Justinian. Thus the words cited "by Liddell and Scott from late or ecclesiastical writers, whether by 'name or by means of the symbols Eccl. or B?/z., have been omitted. The fact that a comprehensive Lexicon of Patristic Greek is in preparation has been thought to justify the omission of references to Early Christian Literature. Further economy of space has been effected by the omission of obsolete Comparative Philology and conjectural ety- mology. The task of revision is now approaching its final stage, and it is hoped at an early date to begin the printing. 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