Preface
the late Rev. S. J. Stone's hymns, Mrs. Boyd; the late Canon Thring's hymns, Mrs. Thring; 266, Mrs. Twells; 331, Rev. Canon Evans; hymns of the late Bishop Christopher Wordsworth, Rev. Christopher Wordsworth; 573, the Proprietors of Sacred Songs and Solos; 415, Mr. G. H. Fellowes Prynne; 430, Rev. J. A. Owen; 179, Mrs. Mason; 576, Rev. F. W. G. Whitfield; 517, Rev. R. R. Chope. Special thanks are due to the Rev. G. H. Palmer for permission to use his version of the Introits, and to Mr. E. W. Goldsmith for his revision of the Grails, &c.; and we are under a very great obligation to Mr. Robert Bridges, for permission to use no fewer than thirteen hymns from the Yattendon Hymnal.
We have spared no effort to discover the owners of all copyright hymns; but if through inadvertence any should have been overlooked, we desire to offer our apologies, and to promise that the omitted acknowledgement shall be inserted at the earliest opportunity.
We cannot exaggerate our indebtedness to Dr. Julian's Dictionary of Hymnology, a monumental work, without which we could not have reached the high standard of accuracy, as to both texts and authorship, which we set before us when entering upon our labours. We are also exceedingly grateful to Dr. Julian personally, and to the sub-editor of the Dictionary, the Rev. J. Mearns, for their most valuable assistance and information on many doubtful points.
Amidst a very large number of scholars, experts, and other friends who have materially lightened our labours, we must make special mention of the Very Rev. Dr. Furneaux, Dean of Winchester, and Mr. Arthur Reynolds, on whose taste and judgement we have often relied.
One member of the Committee, the late Rev. W. H. H. Jervois, was called to his rest shortly after the printing of the book was begun. We cannot therefore place his name among our own, but we dedicate to the memory of our friend the work in which he bore so large a share.
Ascension Day, 1906.
