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Excerpt from History of Federal Government in Greece and Italy
Federalism which have appeared in Italy, comprising the Leagues of early Italian history, and the Lombard Confederation of a later age. This discovery has enabled us to adopt the more com prehensive title, A History of Federal Government in Greece and Italy. A fragment on the German Confederacy (which was to have been the beginning of Chapter XI) has been added.
The present work, then, is merely a reprint of the older volume, with the addition of a new chapter on Italy, and a new fragment on Germany. The original text has not been altered, except in a few cases where positive mistakes - afterwards recognized as such by the author - had crept in. The references to authorities have been revised. No additions have been made to the footnotes by the editor, except such as were indicated by Mr. Freeman himself in an interleaved copy of his work. The editor has reserved for an Appendix all observations and corrections which seemed required to bring the history of Greek Federalism up to date. Inscriptions have been published since the appearance of Mr. Freeman's work, which throw considerable light on some points in the Achaian and zetolian Constitutions. A work of much value, though hardly marked by the lucidity of exposition which we are accustomed to expect in French writers, has been devoted to these Leagues by M. Marcel Dubois, and has been found very useful. It may be observed that M. Dubois, while his views differ in many respects from those of Mr. Freeman, fully recognizes his �rudition irr�prochable.
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