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'"I 'HE Study of Heraldry and Genealogy is beset
with difficulties sufficiently great to deter all but
the most enthusiastic, from the pursuit of an employment
to all appearances so dry and unprofitable.
Nevertheless, the number of students in this useful
department of history is undoubtedly on the increase;
hundreds of persons derive pleasure from this mode of
passing their leisure hours.
The materials existing for the successful prosecution
of such pursuits are numerous and scattered; some
jealously guarded and rendered nearly unapproachable
by the heavy fees demanded for their production, whilst
others, and—we rejoice to say—by far the greater portion, are readily accessible to every inquirer, who knows
where and how to seek for them.
The references to Manuscripts, scattered throughout
the volume, have been carefully selected from the pub
340 publisher's preface.
lished and unpublished Catalogues of the libraries to
which they refer.
No notice has been taken of Collections in the
possession of private persons, chiefly from the absence
of suitable catalogues of their contents, although their
transitory nature, and the great difficulty of public access thereto, in most cases, tended greatly to a decision
against their introduction.
Since the first appearance of this ...
A manual for the genealogist, topographer, antiquary, and legal professor, consising of descriptions of public records; parochial & other registers; wills; county and family histories; heraldic collections in public libraries, etc., etc.
