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A Note from Dr. Alan Fallaize

As Arcadia knows, the late Professor Devindra Vale, at the end of her life, was at work on the final proofs of an annotated edition of SNOTTY SAVES THE DAY. This book, on the surface a mere fairy tale of the adventures of a very unappealing boy, was originally found, though missing key chapters, in the archives at Eisler Hall, as the ancient Legendus Snottianicus. Professor Vale, along with Professor Joyanna Bender Boyce-Flood and the students of Bel Regina College, spent years translating the text, only to find the book in its entirety, translated, in the papers of our late queen, Sophia the Wise.

At the time of her death two years ago, Professor Vale was giving the book a further, final study, adding her own scholarly footnotes. Though they are incomplete, we believe they are important enough to warrant inclusion. We have also included an early draft of a foreword that was found among her papers.

May this book move her—our—work forward. May it lead to more answers in this crucial line of inquiry.

I would like to thank Shiva and Walter Todhunter for their support and assistance in preparing this edition. Also thanks to Professors Joyanna Bender Boyce-Flood, Chloe Watson, and Malcolm Sivia for their invaluable comments on the presentation of the manuscript, as well as their aid in compiling a bibliography.

Most especially, my thanks go to the late Professor Devindra Vale, who taught me—at times, in spite of myself—to stay on the side of Truth.

May the side of Truth, always, win in the end.

Alan Fallaize

In the year of Sophia the Wise, 83 AE

St. Vitus’s College