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vi PREFACE.
The second part of this work is, I hope and believe, better than
the first: it treats of more important subjects, e.g. Apameia and
the Christian Antiquities, and it was written and printed in more
favourable circumstances. Part I was set up from the MS. in pages,
and hence improvement of the text was not possible except in a
very limited degree: of Part II I had proofs in slips, so that
additions and explanations could be incorporated. Part I was
nearly completed before Oct. 1893, a whole year was spent in im-
proving the ponderous MS., and the pages were corrected Dec. 1894
to Febr. 1895, when I had lost command of the subject during
the long interval since writing, and was immersed in college duties.
Every sentence of Part II has been written (or rewritten) since
May 1, 1896; and the correction of the early chapters was contem-
poraneous with the composition of later chapters, so that the whole
subject was fresh and complete before me. I have also had most
valuable help from Mr. J. G. C. Anderson, Wilson Fellow, Aberdeen,
and Craven Fellow, Oxford; and Mr. A. Souter, Caius College, Cam-
bridge, has again aided me with many useful suggestions, and compiled
the index.
The two parts do not cover nearly half the territory of Phrygia,
but they form probably the larger half of the book. Few cities remain
which will furnish much material for discussion (unless excavations
are made before the book is concluded); and only one large subject
awaits treatment, viz. the art and monuments of the old Phrygian
kingdom. In Northern Phrygia I expect material aid from Dr. Korte
and Dr. Preger, and in Western Phrygia from Dr. Buresch \ if (as
I hope) their explorations are published soon.
I take this opportunity of confessing a fault. In 1883 the plan of
operations which had been agreed upon between M. Foucart, Director
of the Ecole Francaise dAthenes, and myself, at his suggestion, was
disturbed by the sudden illness of one of the two travellers sent out
by M. Foucart; and the other followed the line which had been
marked out for me. This was, as I am sure, done through pure
inadvertence by the less experienced of the two French scholars. The
result was that through considerable part of our first journey (begin-
ning in May) we heard in many villages that a French traveller had
come there a week or two before us ; but I refused to believe that he.
His premature death is a great sorrow and loss.
The second part of this work is, I hope and believe, better than
the first: it treats of more important subjects, e.g. Apameia and
the Christian Antiquities, and it was written and printed in more
favourable circumstances. Part I was set up from the MS. in pages,
and hence improvement of the text was not possible except in a
very limited degree: of Part II I had proofs in slips, so that
additions and explanations could be incorporated. Part I was
nearly completed before Oct. 1893, a whole year was spent in im-
proving the ponderous MS., and the pages were corrected Dec. 1894
to Febr. 1895, when I had lost command of the subject during
the long interval since writing, and was immersed in college duties.
Every sentence of Part II has been written (or rewritten) since
May 1, 1896; and the correction of the early chapters was contem-
poraneous with the composition of later chapters, so that the whole
subject was fresh and complete before me. I have also had most
valuable help from Mr. J. G. C. Anderson, Wilson Fellow, Aberdeen,
and Craven Fellow, Oxford; and Mr. A. Souter, Caius College, Cam-
bridge, has again aided me with many useful suggestions, and compiled
the index.
The two parts do not cover nearly half the territory of Phrygia,
but they form probably the larger half of the book. Few cities remain
which will furnish much material for discussion (unless excavations
are made before the book is concluded); and only one large subject
awaits treatment, viz. the art and monuments of the old Phrygian
kingdom. In Northern Phrygia I expect material aid from Dr. Korte
and Dr. Preger, and in Western Phrygia from Dr. Buresch \ if (as
I hope) their explorations are published soon.
I take this opportunity of confessing a fault. In 1883 the plan of
operations which had been agreed upon between M. Foucart, Director
of the Ecole Francaise dAthenes, and myself, at his suggestion, was
disturbed by the sudden illness of one of the two travellers sent out
by M. Foucart; and the other followed the line which had been
marked out for me. This was, as I am sure, done through pure
inadvertence by the less experienced of the two French scholars. The
result was that through considerable part of our first journey (begin-
ning in May) we heard in many villages that a French traveller had
come there a week or two before us ; but I refused to believe that he.
His premature death is a great sorrow and loss.