ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The author wishes herein to acknowledge his indebtedness:—
(1) To the published works of local historians, and to the publications of local learned societies, into all of which he has delved, and from many of which he has ‘lifted’ such local records as it served his purpose to use.
(2) ToMr. John Bickersteth, of the East Riding County Council, for valuable help in the chapter onHow the East Riding Governs Itself, and in the general planning of the book; toMr. John Suddaby, for much information that is embodied in Chapters XXIV.-XXVII.; to theWardens of the Hull Trinity House, andMr. E. J. Heseltinefor extracts from the records of the Trinity House; toMr. J. H. Hirst, Hull City Architect, for the draft of the illustration on p. 167; and toMr. W. G. B. Page, for revising the proofs ofThe East Riding Roll of Honour.
(3) ToCol. Mark Sykes, M.P.,Canon Grimstonof Stillingfleet,Alderman John Brown,Dr. J. Wright Mason,Mrs. Watson, of Hedon,Mr. W. Morfittof Atwick, theCuratorof the Hull Museums, and others, for permission to take photographs of objects in their possession.
(4) To theEditorof the Transactions of the East Riding Antiquarian Society, the Hull Scientific Club, and the Hull Museum Publications, for the loan of several blocks; toProfessor Collingwoodand theEditorof the ‘Yorkshire Archæological Journal’ for the loan of blocks for the illustrations on pp. 55, 63, 64; toMr. T. A. J. Waddingtonof York, and theEditorof the ‘Port of Hull Annual’ for that of the blocks used on pp. 236 and 248; and to theHead-MastersandHead Mistressesof the East Riding Schools for that of the blocks used in Chapter XXX.
(5) To his friend,Mr. E. Haworth Earle, and to his colleagues,Mr. C. BazellandMr. J. V. Pugh, for reading the proofs of the entire book and correcting many errors that would otherwise have escaped detection.
(6) To his friend and old pupil,Mr. C. W. Mason, for the great amount of time and care which he has bestowed upon the taking of special photographs.
(7) To thePublishersof the book, who have placed in his hands every possible facility for enriching its pages with whatever illustrations they thought would prove of interest, and who have thereby produced a book which it is hoped will reach the high-water mark of excellence in artistic production.
Hymers College, Hull,
1912.