The Editor desires to acknowledge the great indebtedness he is under to the gentlemen who have so generously contributed the original biographies of the different poets; and he would take this opportunity of pointing out that they alone are responsible for the accuracy of the statements that appear in the memoirs. He would also heartily thank the following gentlemen for innumerable kindnesses and for assistance given during the progress of the work :-Alderman Woodhead, M.P., Dr. J. A. Erskine-Stuart, F.S.A., Mr. John Oddy, Mr. J. H. Knowles, Mr. John Firth, Mr. Frank Peel, Mr. Butler Wood, Mr. Chas. A. Federer, L.C.P., Mr. W. Venables Rhodes, and Mr. E. Mortimer.

In conclusion, the Editor would state that the Rev. Patrick Brontë, N.B who resided at Liversedge, and was vicar of Hartshead-cum-Clifton, was dealt with in his volume entitled "The Poets of Keighley, Bingley and District," published last year. He points this out, feeling sure that many of his readers would expect to find some account of the reverend gentleman in the forthcoming pages.

Las F. Forshaw

WINDER HOUSE, BRADFORD,

June 21st, 1892.

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