PREFATORY NOTE 



I WISH to express my sincere thanks to the 

 Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Kilcoursie, the 

 Bishop of Bristol, Sir Walter Phillimore, Sir 

 John Fowler, Mr. Arthur Fowler, Mr. Henry 

 Graham, Mr. A. M. Naylor, Mr. Craven, Mr. 

 Henry Ffennell, and others, for information 

 kindly supplied, and for permission to make 

 use of their communications. 



ALFRED E. GATHORNE-HARDY 



