Excerpt from William Henry Widgery, Schoolmaster: A Descriptive and Critical Account of His Life, Work and Character Mr. H. B. Garrod, the Secretary of the Teachers' Guild. Mr. Henry Bradley's kindness in sending me a written expression of his opinion on Widgery's capacity as a philologist is acknowledged in the body of the work. Such a statement, under the circumstances, is as valuable as it is generous. To Mrs. Bryant I am indebted for most valuable advice that has modified in a material way the most delicate and difficult part of my task. Without the records and papers zealously collected and freely entrusted to me by Widgery's sister, Mrs. Tozer, and by Miss E. M. Childs the work would have been impossible. Indeed the help supplied by Mrs. Tozer, both in the way of collecting materials and carefully reading and criticising Parts I. And III., has been so great as to amount almost to collaboration and, if any credit should be attached to the work, a large portion of it must be allotted to her. An equal share belongs to my friend and colleague Mr. John Russell, who has given no less valuable and extensive help in this difficult task of criticism and revision. Lastly I have to acknowledge my indebtedness to Mr. Payne's translation of Compayre's History of Pedagogy, a most useful work, which has supplied me with a large fund of illustration and confirmation of the theories held by the subject of this monograph. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.