Ebook Editor’s Note
The book cover and spine above and the images which follow were not part of
the original Ormsby translation—they are taken from the 1880 edition of J. W.
Clark, illustrated by Gustave Doré. Clark in his edition states that, “The English
text of ‘Don Quixote’ adopted in this edition is that of Jarvis, with occasional
corrections from Motteaux.” See in the introduction below John Ormsby’s
critique of both the Jarvis and Motteaux translations. It has been elected in the
present Project Gutenberg edition to attach the famous engravings of Gustave
Doré to the Ormsby translation instead of the Jarvis/Motteaux. The detail of
many of the Doré engravings can be fully appreciated only by utilizing the “Full
Size” button to expand them to their original dimensions. Ormsby in his Preface
has criticized the fanciful nature of Doré’s illustrations; others feel