In the prosecution of his task, he has been greatly assisted and encouraged by the suggestions and counsel of various English clergymen and other gentlemen, to whom, as well as to his numerous correspondents, he desires thus generally to tender his sincere acknowledg ments. It will constitute one of the happiest memories of his life, that, during the labours which the pre paration of this volume involved, although a stranger in a strange land, unvarying courtesy and sympathy were extended to him by those with whom he was brought in contact, among all classes of society.