1906




AL

SINJORO FELIX MOSCHELES,
PREZIDANTO
DE NIA SOCIETO

LA AŬTOROJ DEDIĈAS TIUN ĈI
MODESTAN LIBRETON KIEL ESPRIMETON
DE DANKEGECO.




PREFACE.


In response to numerous requests from almost every country in which
English is spoken, we have much pleasure in presenting to the public
this the first English-Esperanto Dictionary. The demands for such a
work became so pressing that it was absolutely necessary to issue it
as quickly as possible. Were it not for this urgency we would have
waited until the larger Dictionary was ready, but the knowledge that the
progress of Esperanto would be materially checked or retarded decided
us to issue this smaller one. The compiling of a Dictionary is always a