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Itisobviousthatthepresentbookowesmuchtotheresearchofother
linguists,chieflyauthorsofthemostimportanthandbooksofthehistoryof
Englishandhistoricalgrammars.Theoriginalversionofthebookhasbeen
usedbythestudentsintheirclassesoftheHistoryofEnglishandtheircri-
ticalremarksweretakenintoconsiderationinpreparingthepresenttext-
book.Foritsshortcomings,theresponsibilityissolelymine.
Warszawa,October1992
J.W.
Prefacetothesecondedition
Thepresentsecondeditionofthe'Outline'incorporatesalterationsto
correctfactualinaccuraciesoftheoriginaltext.ChapterThreealsocontains
anewbriefparagraphdiscussingthelinguisticliteratureonthehistoryof
English.Thebibliographyhasbeenconsiderablyexpandedandbrought
up-to-date.
Warszawa,November1995
J.W.