PREFACE 



~^HESE "Memories" are arranged under the 

 -* subjects to which they refer, and only partially 

 in chronological order. A copious list of my memoirs 

 will be found in the Appendix with dates attached to 

 them. These show what inquiries were going on at 

 or about any specified year. The titles of books are 

 printed in heavy letters. They summarise, as a rule, 

 the best parts of the corresponding memoirs up to 

 the dates of their publication. Nevertheless, a con- 

 siderable quantity of matter remains in the memoirs 

 as yet unused in that way. 



It has been a difficulty throughout to determine 

 how much to insert and how much to omit. I have 

 done my best, but fear I have failed through over- 

 omission. 



The method of that most useful volume, the 

 Index and Epitome of the Dictionary of the National 

 Biography, has been adopted, of adding to each 

 name the dates of birth and death. They serve for 

 identification and for giving" a correct idea of the age 

 of each man as compared with those with whom he 

 was associated. The dates are mostly taken from 

 the Dictionary , so the reader will nearly always find 

 in that work a biography of the person in question. 



