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PREFACE. 



previously been given in the same way) will be considered the most 

 practically serviceable part of the whole. 



It has been my rule, throughout the long study necessary to compile this 

 volume, not to describe any engraving without having seen it. Every 

 endeavour has been made to insure accuracy, yet it is scarcely to be expected 

 that, in detailing so large a number of works, errors of commission or of 

 omission should have been wholly avoided, and the reader's indulgence is 

 craved for any that may be detected. 



The authorities which have been specially consulted are : Bewick's 

 Memoir, 1862; Hugo's "Bewick Collector," and the Supplement to the 

 same ; G. C. Atkinson's Memoir of Bewick ; Chatto and Jackson's 

 " Treatise on Wood Engraving ; " Fox's " Synopsis of the Newcastle 

 Museum;" Bell's "Catalogue of Bewick's Works;" and F. G. Stephens's 

 " Notes on Bewick." 



I have to thank the following gentlemen for information supplied during 

 the preparation of this volume : — Dr. Joly, Dublin ; Mr. Crawford J. Pocock, 

 Brighton ; Mr. J. W. Ford, Enfield ; Mr. C. Welsh, London ; the Rev. Mr. 

 Wray, Ovingham ; Mr. R. S. Nisbet and Mr. E. T. Nisbet, Newcastle, with 

 other friends in Northumberland ; also Professor W. H. Corfield, London, 

 and Mr. Thomas Allan Croal, Edinburgh, for special information and assist- 

 ance. My thanks are also due to the Rev. Mr. Pearson, Messrs. Griffith and 

 Farran, Messrs. Chatto and Windus, the Rev. Mr. Buckley, Mr. C. Hopper, 

 Mr. Salkeld, and Mr. Mozley, for the loan of blocks ; and to Mr. W. Bowman 

 and Mr. H. Bowman for a perusal of, and permission to make extracts from, 

 Mr. J. E. Bowman's manuscript. I have also to thank the subscribers to 

 the volume who so quickly came forward in response to the circular issued 

 in November last, and to hope that the publication will meet with their 

 approval. 



D. C. THOMSON. 



London, June isf, 1S82, 



