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VII. stanzas ix.--liii. pp. 304-320, and
Canto VIII. stanzas vi.--cxxvii. pp. 331-368], which were first included
in the notes to the fifteenth and sixteenth volumes of the edition of
1833, and have been reprinted in subsequent issues of Lord Byron's
_Poetical Works_.
A note (pp. 495-497) illustrative of the famous description of Newstead
Abbey (Canto XIII. stanzas lv.-lxxii.) contains particulars not hitherto
published. My thanks and acknowledgments are due to Lady
Chermside and Miss Ethel Webb, for the opportunity afforded me of
visiting Newstead Abbey, and for invaluable assistance in the
preparation of this and other notes.
The proof-sheets of this volume have been read by Mr. Frank E. Taylor.
I am indebted to his care and knowledge for many important
corrections and emendations.
I must once more record my gratitude to Dr. Garnett, C.B., for the
generous manner in which he has devoted time and attention to the

solution of difficulties submitted to his consideration.
I am also indebted, for valuable information, to the Earl of Rosebery,
K.G.; to Mr. J. Willis Clark, Registrar of the University of Cambridge;
to Mr. W.P. Courtney; to my friend Mr. Thomas Hutchinson; to Miss
Emily Jackson, of Hucknall Torkard; and to Mr. T.E. Page, of the
Charterhouse.
On behalf of the publisher, I beg to acknowledge the kindness of the
Lady Frances Trevanion, Sir J.G. Tollemache Sinclair, Bart., and Baron
Dimsdale, in permitting the originals of portraits and drawings in their
possession to be reproduced in this volume.
NOTE.
It was intended that the whole of Lord Byron's Poetical Works should
be included in six volumes, corresponding to the six volumes of the
Letters, and announcements to this effect have been made; but this has
been found to be impracticable. The great mass of new material
incorporated in the Introductions, notes, and variants, has already
expanded several of the published volumes to a disproportionate size,
and _Don Juan_ itself occupies 612 pages.
Volume Seven, which will complete the work, will contain Occasional
Poems, Epigrams, etc., a Bibliography more complete than has ever
hitherto been published, and an exhaustive Index.
CONTENTS OF VOL. VI.
Dedication v
Preface to Vol. VI. of the Poems vii
Introduction to DON JUAN xv
Dedication to Robert Southey, Esq. 3
DON JUAN--
Canto I 11
Canto II 81
Canto III 143
Canto IV 183
Canto V 218

Preface to Cantos VI., VII., and VIII 264
Canto VI 268
Canto VII 302
Canto VIII