Bowring (who has placed at my disposal a number of letters from
Borrow to his grandfather), Mr R. W. Brant, Mr Ernest H. Caddie, Mr
William Canton, Mr S. D. Charles, an ardent Borrovian from whom I
have received much kindness and many valuable suggestions, Mr A. I.
Dasent, the editors of The Athenaeum and The Bookman, Mr Thomas Hake,
Mr D. B. Hill of Mattishall, Norfolk, Mr James Hooper, Mr W. F. T.
Jarrold (for permission to reproduce the hitherto unpublished
portrait of Borrow painted by his brother), Dr F. G. Kenyon, C.B., Mr
F. A. Mumby, Mr George Porter of Denbigh (for interesting particulars
about Borrow's first visit to Wales), Mr Theodore Rossi, Mr Theodore
Watts-Dunton, Mr Thomas Vade-Walpole, who have all responded to my
appeal for help with great willingness.

To one friend, who elects to be nameless, I am deeply grateful for
many valuable suggestions and much help; but above all for the keen
interest he has taken in a work which he first encouraged me to
write. To her who gave so plentifully of her leisure in transcribing
documents at the Record Office and in research work at the British
Museum and elsewhere, I am indebted beyond all possibility of
acknowledgment. To no one more than to Mr John Murray are my
acknowledgments due for his unfailing kindness, patience and
assistance. It is no exaggeration to state that but for his aid and
encouragement this book could not have been written.

HERBERT JENKINS.
January, 1912.



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