[Transcriber’s Note: Text marked #like this# was printed in blackletter (“Gothic”) type. Nested _lines_ represent emphatic Roman text within Italic body text. The notation [-->] represents a pointing finger. The editor’s Introduction says: No attempt has been made to correct any oddities of spelling that are not clearly mere misprints. The same principle was used in the e-text. Unless otherwise noted, spelling, punctuation and capitalization are as in the original. Typographical errors are listed at the end of the text. Footnotes are numbered by Book, and are shown at the end of each chapter. All footnotes to the word “volume” have the same text. Except for footnotes and similar obvious additions, all brackets are in the original.] Everyman’s Library Edited By Ernest Rhys FICTION TRISTRAM SHANDY With An Introduction By GEORGE SAINTSBURY This is No. 617 of _EVERYMAN’S LIBRARY_. The Publishers will be pleased to send freely to all applicants a list of the published and projected volumes, arranged under the following sections: Travel * Science * Fiction Theology & Philosophy History * Classical For Young People Essays * Oratory Poetry & Drama Biography Reference Romance [Decoration] In four styles of binding: Cloth, Flat Back, Coloured Top; Leather, Round Corners, Gilt Top; Library Binding in Cloth, & Quarter Pigskin London: J. M. DENT & SONS, Ltd. New York: E. P. DUTTON & CO. [Decorative Text: A TALE WHICH HOLDETH CHILDREN FROM PLAY & OLD MEN FROM THE CHIMNEY CORNER Sir Philip Sidney] [Decorative Text: THE LIFE & OPINIONS of TRISTRAM SHANDY * GENTLEMAN By LAURENCE * STERNE London & Toronto J·M·Dent & Sons Ltd. * New York E·P·Dutton & Co] First Issue of this Edition 1912 Reprinted 1915, 1917 INTRODUCTION