THE AUTHORS 



DESIRE, WITH THE MOST SINCERE RESPECT, 



TO DEDICATE THIS WORK 



TO THE 



BEY. CANON A. M. NORMAN, M.A., 



D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., ETC., 

 IN GRATITUDE FOR HIS UNFAILING 



KINDNESS AND ASSISTANCE 

 EXTENDED TO THEM FOR MANY TEARS. 



