It is with pleasure we acknowledge our obligations to the following authorities:

Percy Macquoid: "The Age of Walnut."

(The standard work on the furniture of this period.)

J. H. Pollen: "Ancient and Modern Furniture and Woodwork."

An admirable little handbook and guide to the furniture and woodwork collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington.

F. J. Britten: "Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers."

(Exhaustive in its treatment, and fully illustrated. The standard book. A new edition has recently been published.)

John Stalker: "Japanning and Varnishing."

(The earliest English book on this subject. Published in 1688 during the craze for japanned furniture.)

Law: "History of Hampton Court," vol. iii.

Ashton: "Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne."

Evelyn: "Diary."

Macaulay: "History of England."