Preface to the New and Cheaper Edition

I have had numerous requests from my brother Clergy and others to make these readings from S. Mark’s Gospel more accessible to the general public; and the Publishers have kindly consented to reprint them in a less expensive form.

It has been found necessary, from the exigency of the circumstances, to omit all the side-notes 1; this is a matter for regret, as they contained many valuable references to authorities, especially in the Talmud and Mishnah, where additional information on the subjects treated of may be found; there was however no alternative, if the size of the book was to be reduced without actually curtailing the portions themselves.

It is a cause for no little thankfulness on my part that a plan which I was encouraged to carry out under the guidance and auspices of the late Bishop of Ely, has been so favourably received; and I look forward to being able at no distant time to continue it by the issue of a course upon similar lines on the Acts of the Holy Apostles.

H. M. L.

St. Luke’s Day, 1889.