Yet he seemed contented to preserve an entirely independent attitude, and to trust to the verdict of the future.

The smallest amount of activity would have kept him before the public; but his reserve would not permit this.

That reinstatement of his reputation cannot be doubted.
In the editing of this reissue of 'Melville's Works,' I have been much indebted to the scholarly aid of Dr.Titus Munson Coan, whose familiarity with the languages of the Pacific has enabled me to harmonise the spelling of foreign words in 'Typee' and 'Omoo,' though without changing the phonetic method of printing adopted by Mr.
Melville.

Dr.Coan has also been most helpful with suggestions in other directions.

Finally, the delicate fancy of La Fargehas supplemented the immortal pen-portrait of the Typee maiden with a speaking impersonation of her beauty.
New York, June, 1892.
TYPEE.