Excerpt from Switzerland The authors are indebted for most kind and valu able assistance to several eminent Swiss scholars. To Prof. Georg von vvyss and Prof. Meyer von Knonau special thanks are due, whilst Prof. Kesselring, Herr J. Heierli, and others, have shown much helpful in terest in the progress of the work. They) also owe many thanks to Dr. Imhoof, who has most kindly furnished them with casts from his famous collection of coins and to the eminent sculptors, Vela and Lanz, who have given permission to use photographs of their latest works for illustration purposes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.