ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thanks to Liz Bicknell for editorial advice; thanks to J. L. Bell for his invaluable historical advice; thanks to Laura Murphy and Erika Gasser for reading suggestions; thanks to Curt DiCamillo and Dianne Haley for information on specibc obscurities; for support, thanks to Vincent Standley, Tina Wu, Alison McGhee, Leda Schubert, the Cambridge Social Club, and the faculty and students of Vermont College; for a quiet place to retreat, thanks to my parents. Invaluable assistance in my research was rendered by the staff of the Boston Athenæum; thanks are due particularly to Lisa Starzyk, Mary Warnement, Riva Pollard, Sue Terry, Doug Caraganis, and of course Monica Higgins, who supplied the ham sandwiches and harpsichord.