One of the pleasantest features in connection with the making of this book has been the kind and ready help which I have received from all sides. Here and there throughout the text the names of friends and correspondents who have given their assistance have been mentioned. To these I offer my hearty thanks, as well as to the following, who with suggestions, information, or with material for illustrations, have contributed in no small way to the interest of the book: Messrs. Fownes Brothers & Company, Mr. Allan A. Hooke, Mr. W. S. Ward, Mr. Karl, of Messrs. Nathan & Company, Messrs. Tress & Company, Messrs. Lincoln & Bennett, Mr. M. D. Hill, the Rev. A. W. Upcott, Head Master of Christ’s Hospital, Miss Clark, Miss Hodgson, the Rev. R. Ashington Bullen, Mr. Henry Miller, of the Church Association, Mr. Ravenscroft, of Messrs. Ede Sons & Ravenscroft, Mr. Paley Baildon, Mr. George Hertslet, of the Lord Chamberlain’s Office, Messrs. Wilkinson & Company, Mr. C. M. Mühlberg, Mr. W. S. Parker, of Messrs. Debenhams, Ltd., Capt. H. Trench, Major J. W. Mallet, of the Army and Navy Gazette, Mr. Basil White, of Messrs. Hawkes & Company, Mr. W. H. Jesson, Messrs. Souter & Company, Mr. William Lawrence, Mr. Heather Bigg, Dr. J. Cantlie, and the Rt. Hon. Viscountess Harberton.
A glance at the bibliography, which is given on pages [363]-[7], will show the principal books and papers to which reference has been made.
In connection with the illustrations, special thanks must be given to Monsieur Maurice Sand, the Editor of the Review of the University of Brussels, for his kind permission to reproduce a number of the figures used to illustrate a translation of Sir George Darwin’s article. These are Figures [14], [17], [18], [19], [21], [22], [23], [26], [27], [30], [31], [33], [46], [48], [62], [63], and [82]. Acknowledgments are due to Mr. St. John Hope for Figures [86]-[8], to Messrs. A. & C. Black for Figures [123] and [124] and [132] and [133], and to Messrs. Prewett & Co. for Figures [111] and [112].
For the original of Plate [II], I am indebted to the kindness of Captain R. Ford, of Plate [III] to Mr. Henry Stevens; Plate [IV] has been taken from a brass rubbing in Rugby School Museum, through the kind offices of Mr. J. M. Hardwich. I have to thank Mr. R. Bamber for the original of Plate [VIII], which was obtained through his instrumentality. Figure [B] of Plate [IX] was kindly contributed by the Rev. A. W. Upcott, Head Master of Christ’s Hospital, and Figures [B] and [C] on Plate [X] were copied from Moseley’s “Voyage of the ‘Challenger,’” by the kind permission of Mr. John Murray, while Figure [D] is due to the courtesy of General Robley. Plate [XI] is reprinted from The Reliquary, by the kind permission of Messrs. Bemrose and Sons, and the source of other illustrations is acknowledged beneath them, while the classic collection of pictures which were brought together by the late Mr. F. W. Fairholt to illustrate his “Costume in England” has proved, as will be seen, of the utmost service.
In conclusion, I have much pleasure in calling attention to the time and care which Mr. W. J. Webb has expended upon the figures, which are a feature of the book; and I must mention the willing help which I have been afforded in a number of details by Miss Amy Astbury and Mr. Bernard Weaver.
WILFRED MARK WEBB.
Odstock, Hanwell,
November, 1907.