N this volume, the reader has presented before him one half of Mr. Watson's "Halifax," (that is the Biographical Portion), a book that is seldom found in the market, and fetches over four guineas when one is offered for sale. More than a hundred years have passed since the book was printed, and, as might be expected, many of the pedigrees require amplifying and correcting, and a large number of others, representing the leading families of the parish to-day,-the yeomanry of the past six centuries, demand admittance. Even some of Mr. Watson's "Worthies" require re-writing, as, for example, the Memoir of General Guest; and equally worthy "Worthies" have honoured the parish since his days, not to mention such as Capt. Hodgson, Bishop Horsfall, and others, that escaped the notice of our indefatigable historian. It was

deemed just to leave Mr. Watson's collection as far as possible as he printed it, and thus build on his foundation. The Editor has promises of new pedigrees, revised ones, and original biographical sketches for the next volume, and respectfully solicits further assistance.

IDEL, BRADFORD,

DEC. 2ND, 1882.

J. H. T.