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PREFACE. ix
useful work on the dating of Christian Inscriptions and Dietrich's
fantastic paper on Aberkios reached me after my pages were sent to
press. On the latter, see p. 788.
After Part I left my hands, occurred the sad death of Prof. G.
Hirschfeld. Few could feel more regret than I did at his death ; for
I had always hoped he might learn that he had no ground for his
accusations of gross plagiarism, which prevented any direct com-
munication between us. I take no blame for having used Avithout
acknowledgement the work of any recent explorer : I have been
scrupulously careful in that respect, however careless I may have
been in some ways. I believe that the dread disease to which
Hirschfeld fell a victim caused some morbid misconceptions on his
part (a symptom of the disease); and, if I had properly realized that
probability, I might have been able to do more than I tried in the
way of removing them. Personal acquaintance would probably have
prevented the mutual misunderstanding, which will be to me a lasting
regret. Any traveller in Asia Minor is my valued friend, if he will
allow me to say so.
On the maps see preface to Part I. In the general maps, many
details are omitted, in order to bring others out more clearly. I hoped
at one time to give detailed maps for every district (similar to that
at p. 353); but the sum allotted for illustrations must be economized,
until the chapters on Phrygian Art are finished. At present I usually
follow Kiepert, sometimes unwillingly.
The list of inscriptions does not profess to be complete : it gives the
authorities for statements in the text. If Mr. Hogarth had not been
prevented (to my great regret) from executing his former design of
publishing all the inscriptions of the Asia Minor Exploration Fund,
I should have referred to his work for all epigraphic texts. The
classification is sometimes faulty, having been necessarily made before
the text was written.
It is intended to give full indices at the end of the completed work.
I am much indebted to the care of the Press reader.
W. M. RAMSAY.
useful work on the dating of Christian Inscriptions and Dietrich's
fantastic paper on Aberkios reached me after my pages were sent to
press. On the latter, see p. 788.
After Part I left my hands, occurred the sad death of Prof. G.
Hirschfeld. Few could feel more regret than I did at his death ; for
I had always hoped he might learn that he had no ground for his
accusations of gross plagiarism, which prevented any direct com-
munication between us. I take no blame for having used Avithout
acknowledgement the work of any recent explorer : I have been
scrupulously careful in that respect, however careless I may have
been in some ways. I believe that the dread disease to which
Hirschfeld fell a victim caused some morbid misconceptions on his
part (a symptom of the disease); and, if I had properly realized that
probability, I might have been able to do more than I tried in the
way of removing them. Personal acquaintance would probably have
prevented the mutual misunderstanding, which will be to me a lasting
regret. Any traveller in Asia Minor is my valued friend, if he will
allow me to say so.
On the maps see preface to Part I. In the general maps, many
details are omitted, in order to bring others out more clearly. I hoped
at one time to give detailed maps for every district (similar to that
at p. 353); but the sum allotted for illustrations must be economized,
until the chapters on Phrygian Art are finished. At present I usually
follow Kiepert, sometimes unwillingly.
The list of inscriptions does not profess to be complete : it gives the
authorities for statements in the text. If Mr. Hogarth had not been
prevented (to my great regret) from executing his former design of
publishing all the inscriptions of the Asia Minor Exploration Fund,
I should have referred to his work for all epigraphic texts. The
classification is sometimes faulty, having been necessarily made before
the text was written.
It is intended to give full indices at the end of the completed work.
I am much indebted to the care of the Press reader.
W. M. RAMSAY.