I HAD the privilege of knowing Royall Tyler in the course of
his varied career and to admire his universal personality. In the
last years before his death he spoke to me, with the clearness
and intensity which were his, of this book, which he considered
his life's work. With firsthand knowledge of Europe, her spirit
and history, and at the same time representing the best
American tradition, his was the right perspective which
enabled him to be free from prejudice.

I am most grateful to William Royall Tyler, his distinguished
son, that he has entrusted me with the care of this extraordinary
work of his late father; it was a profound satisfaction to me to
be able to contact the Head of the renowned house of Allen &
Unwin and to see this important book published.

In seeing this manuscript through the press, my friend Dr.
Breycha-Vauthier, Chief Librarian of the Palais des Nations in
Geneva, is rendering this last service as a welcome souvenir of
the happy times spent in assisting Royall Tyler, his colleague in
the international civil service, in his work.

Carl J. Burckhardt

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