xli PREFACE 



ing to say exactly where the quotations may be 

 found. 



I would seem ungrateful did I not here ac- 

 knowledge the valuable assistance that I have 

 received in the way of revision from my friend, 

 the Rev. William Forbes Cooley, of Chatham, 

 N.J., who has rendered me most efficient ser- 

 vice, and from my tireless secretary. Miss J. E. 

 Lockwood, who has read and worked over these 

 chapters until she must almost know them by 

 heart. 



AMORY H. BRADFORD. 



First Congregational Church, 



MONTCLAIR, New Jersey, 



June 29, 1895. 



