Preface 



The reason for this edition is shown in the pages that follow, 

 and the success of the work and the memorial tablet to Frank 

 Forester is due to so many that personal mention would be 

 impossible; but, with the exception of that grand body of gentle- 

 men, whom I have termed The Sportsmen of America, their 

 names appear among those who took part in the Pageant or in the 

 making it possible. 



I must express personal gratitude to the Honorable Henry 

 Cabot Lodge, who received proof of the new edition of The 

 Warwick Woodlands only a few days before the momentous 

 election of November, 1920, and was generous and courteous 

 enough to mail me his corrections only two days before the 

 election; to Fred E. Pond ("Will Wildwood") for his ever ready 

 assistance; to the Sportsman-author, Frank Gray Griswold, 

 whose advice has been invaluable; to George H.Sargent, of the 

 Boston Transcript, whose aid has been unlimited; to Eben 

 Francis Thompson, President of the Omar Khayyam Club, for 

 his friendly co-operation; and to Miss Florence L. Ketchum, of 

 the Warwick Valley Dispatch Press, and R. M. Spencer, of The 

 Davis Press, Worcester, whose everlasting patience and intelli- 

 gent interest has been inspiring. 



This edition was printed in October but has been held up so 

 that there could be added illustrations of the tablet, the pageant, 

 Forester Square with the boulder and pageant group on Forester 

 Day, the Wawayanda House and other pictures and matter 

 which show the deep interest of the lovers of Henry William 

 Herbert and the wonderful Forester Day in Warwick. 



