ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
This translation of Faust is the last important work my
husband completed. It was ready for publication in
1914, but the war rendered the moment inopportune.
He would wish to acknowledge his obligations to his
friends, the late Professor Dowden (who considered this
the best translation made hitherto), for his interest and
encouragement, to the late T. W. Rolleston for some
valuable suggestions, and to Mr. J. Lœwe (formerly of
Woodstock Road, Bedford Park), to whose ever-ready
help and sympathy he was much indebted.
John Todhunter's aim was a translation preserving
the original metres, “without which,” Professor Dowden
writes, “the characteristic effects cannot be reproduced.”
And he adds, “It will be a real loss to English readers
if your version is not published.”
D. L. T.,
Orchardcroft, Bedford Park, W.
