title: Errthe II - King Arthur: The Spelling May Be Different But The Pronunciation's The Same
author: Mr Peter Bottomley
description: Born at a very early age, grew up (a bit), left school, got married, got unmarried and here we are. Did some other stuff somewhere in the middle there ...
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  **E** **REWHON**
  
   **O** **R**
  
   **O** **VER THE** **R** **ANGE**
  
   **B** **Y** **S** **AMUEL** **B** **UTLER**
  
  PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
  
  The Author wishes it to be understood that Erewhon is pronounced as a word of
  three syllables, all short—thus, E-re-whon.
  
  PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION
  
  Having been enabled by the kindness of the public to get through an unusually
  large edition of ‘Erewhon’ in a very short time, I have taken the opportunity
  of a second edition to make some necessary corrections, and to add a few
  passages where it struck me that they would be appropriately introduced; the
  passages are few, and it is my fixed intention never to touch the work again.
  
  I may perhaps be allowed to say a word or two here in reference to ‘The Coming
  Race,’ to the success of which book ‘Erewhon’ has been very generally set down
  as due. This is a mistake, though a perfectly natural one. The fact is that
  ‘Erewhon’ was finished, with the exception of the last twen