Excerpt from Trinummus: With Notes Critical and Exegetical The present edition of the Trinummus would not perhaps have appeared so soon but for the publication of Ritschl's new edition. It is true that, some three years ago, I had agreed to prepare for Messrs Deighton, Bell& Co. A complete edition of Plautus with English notes: but it was understood that so great a work as this naturally required much time and many preparations, though I might have previously collected much material bearing both upon the criticism and explanation of my author. I commenced with the Trinummus and indeed nearly finished a first sketch of the commentary, when I heard that Professor Ritschl was about to re-edit his Plautus. I now thought it advisable to wait until the appearance of his new edition, and after that timei again took up my work. Such as it is, and though I am well aware that it falls short of what it might be and ought to be, and what I myself should wish it to be, I now present it to my English friends. 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.