This e-book is based on the text of the second London edition of
William Kenrick’s translation of Rousseau’s novel. The second London
edition was printed for R. Griffiths, T. Becket, and P.A. De Hondt in
1761. I accessed this version of the text via Gale Cengage’s
Eighteenth-Century Collections Online (ECCO) database. The document is
used with their permission.
When preparing this edition for e-publication, I retained original
spellings and only intervened in particular circumstances. These
include silently regularizing spellings that shifted over the course
of the text (i.e. D’Etange replaced D’ Etange and d’Etange; Valaisian
replaced Valaisan, Valiasan, entire replaced a combination of
entire and intire, phrenzy replaced a combination of phrensy, phrenzy,
and frenzy, farewell replaced a combination of farewel and farewell,
etc). In all instances, I used the spelling that was more frequently
featured in the text. I also silently corrected obvious printer's
errors, including misnumbered letters (i.e. two letters in a row
mislabeled as letter CVI).
In accordance with Project Gutenberg policy, eighteenth-century verb
conventions (exprest instead of expressed) and spelling (risque
instead of risk) have been retained.
In the original text, em dashes vary significantly in length as was
usual in eighteenth-century literature. This digital edition renders
all em dashes as follows: ----
In the original text, ellipses vary significantly in length as was
usual in eighteenth-century literature. This digital edition renders
all ellipses s follows: ...
Rousseau frequently includes Italian and Latin quotes as well as
occasional French turns of phrase. These are not translated in this
edition. Stewart and Vaché’s modern translation of Rousseau’s original
French text includes translations of most of these sources as well as
excellent scholarly notes. See _Julie, or the New Heloise_, trans.
Philip Stewart and Jean Vaché (University Press of New England, 1997).