The _editio princeps_ of Aldus was superseded a century later by the edition of Morel,[38] which in its turn was followed a century still later by that of Olearius.[39] Nearly a century and a half later again the text of Olearius was superseded by that of Kayser (the first critical text), whose work in its last edition contains the latest critical apparatus.[40] All information with regard to the MSS. will be found in Kayser’s Latin Prefaces. We shall now attempt to give some idea of the general literature on the subject, so that the reader may be able to note some of the varying fortunes of the war of opinion in the bibliographical indications. And if the general reader should be impatient of the matter and eager to get to something of greater interest, he can easily omit its perusal; while if he be a lover of the mystic way, and does not take delight in wrangling controversy, he may at least sympathise with the writer, who has been compelled to look through the works of the last century and a good round dozen of those of the previous centuries, before he could venture on an opinion of his own with a clear conscience. Sectarian prejudice against Apollonius characterises nearly every opinion prior to the nineteenth century.[41] Of books distinctly dedicated to the subject the works of the Abbé Dupin[42] and of de Tillemont[43] are bitter attacks on the Philosopher of Tyana in defence of the monopoly of Christian miracles; while those of the Abbé Houtteville[44] and Lüderwald[45] are less violent, though on the same lines. A pseudonymous writer, however, of the eighteenth century strikes out a somewhat different line by classing together the miracles of the Jesuits and other Monastic Orders with those of Apollonius, and dubbing them all spurious, while maintaining the sole authenticity of those of Jesus.[46] Nevertheless, Bacon and Voltaire speak of Apollonius in the highest terms,[47] and even a century before the latter the English Deist, Charles Blount,[48] raised his voice against the universal obloquy poured upon the character of the Tyanean; his work, however, was speedily suppressed. In the midst of this war about miracles in the eighteenth century it is pleasant to remark the short treatise of Herzog, who endeavours to give a sketch of the philosophy and religious life of Apollonius,[49] but, alas! there were no followers of so liberal an example in this century of strife.