GIANTS AND DWARFS BODL BY EDWARD J. WOOD, AUTHOR OF THE "CURIOSITIES OF CLOCKS AND WATCHES FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES," ETC. RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET. Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty. 1868. [The right of translation and reproduction is reserved.] 223. j. 33. PREFACE. THE Author gratefully acknowledges his indebtedness to his esteemed friend JOHN BULLOCK, Esq., of Sevenoaks, for the generous loan of his valuable collection of old and scarce handbills, advertisements, and engravings relating to giants and dwarfs, by the use of which materials the Author has added much to the interest and importance of this book. He also tenders his best thanks to Dr. ROBERT BIGSBY, the learned historian of Repton; to Dr. W. T. ILIFF, and to T. C. NOBLE, Esq., for many useful hints and notes upon the subject-matter of this work. The Author knows that some portions of this book display inconsequence and disconnection; but from the nature of the work, treating as it does of so many different persons, it could hardly be otherwise. His readers may occasionally have to complain of a profusion of detail, particularly where he has given copies of the handbills and advertisements of his pro |