IF the length of a preface should bear an inverse ratio to the time taken in the compilation of the book, a brief foreword would suffice here, for The Church Bells of Essex has been so long upon the stocks that the present Editors are now far removed from those who began collecting the materials. We will conclude that our readers prefer to know something about the genesis of the work, and will briefly touch on the chief points.

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