The appearance of this volume in the Modern Library "Giant" series emphasizes the service that the Modern Library is rendering to the growing American audience
that wants the very best in literature at the very lowest possible price.  The Modern Library has prospered in the past ten years. Its publishers are grateful for the public support that has enabled them to add more and more important titles to its list.

[The contributor notes that same text—even down to the "past ten years" wording—appears in both the 1936 and 1969 printings! -- Ed.]