In the new impression of this book the accentuation has been conformed
to the new (fourteenth) edition of the Academy's Dictionary, a small
number of misprints have been corrected, and a vocabulary has been
added.
As is stated in the above preface, a considerable part of the notes in
the first impression were intended as a partial substitute for a
vocabulary. Obviously, the insertion of the vocabulary made such notes
mainly superfluous; hence in the present edition such notes as seemed to
be mere duplication of the vocabulary are omitted. At the same time it
was inevitable that in the work of compiling the vocabulary some
additional occasions for making notes were found, and new light was
obtained on some places where notes already stood. The result is that
the notes in the present impression, though shorter than before, contain
(apart from vocabulary matter) more information, and it is hoped that
they will at least maintain the reputation which this edition of _Doña
Perfecta_ has gained.
Besides the references to the grammars of Ramsey and Knapp, references
to Coester's _Spanish Grammar_ (Boston, 1912) are now given.