DR. Sbisà has read through all Austin's notes for
these lectures, comparing them with the printed
text of the first edition and noting all points at
which it seemed to her that improvements could be
made. The editors have together examined Austin's
notes at all these places and have, as a result, corrected
and supplemented the printed text at a number of points.
They believe that the new text is clearer, fuller, and,
at the same time, more faithful to the actual words of
the notes made by Austin. They have added to the
appendix a literal transcription of a number of additions
made by Austin in the margin or between the lines of his
notes, the sense of which was not sufficiently clear for
incorporation in the text but which might be of help
and interest to the reader.

MARINA SBISÀ
J. O. URMSON

The lectures here printed were delivered by Austin as
the William James Lectures at Harvard University in
1955. In a short note, Austin says of the views which

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