The Editor and Compiler of this little volume desire to offer their sincere thanks to those Authors and Publishers, without whose kindness and co-operation the task of preparing a Reading Book of progressive literature would have been quite hopeless.
Thanks are especially due to Messrs Rivington, Longman, Murray, Strahan, Oliver & Boyd; and to Canon Ellison, Mr Hoyle, the Rev. Arthur Rigg, Mr Wm. Lawson, and Dr Edward Smith.