The Metamorphoses Ascribed to Lucius of Patrae: Its Content, Nature, and Authorship

Preface:

I wish here to acknowledge a debt of gratitude to Professor Frank Frost Abbott of Princeton University. It was through his stimulating instruction that I first became interested in the literary-historical problems of the ancient romance, and the preparation of the present study has been greatly facilitated by his kind assistance and criticism. My sincere thanks are due also to Professor A. C. Johnson of Princeton for reading my manuscript and for several valuable criticisms; and to Professor Campbell Bonner of the University of Michigan, not only for his kindness in verifying a number of references for me while I was in the Military Service, but particularly for the inspiration and profit I have derived from his instruction. —Ben Edwin Perry