To a general expression of thanks he wishes to add his special acknowledgments to the present Earl Nelson, through whose aid he has obtained information of interest which otherwise probably would have escaped him; and to Lords Radstock and De Saumarez, both of whom have been good enough to place in his hands letters contemporary with Nelson, and touching incidentally matters that throw light on his career.

Material of the same kind has also been furnished him by Professor John Knox Laughton, whose knowledge of Nelson and of the Navy of that period is second to none; it is not the least of the writer's advantages that he has had before him, to check possible errors in either fact or conclusions, the admirable, though brief, Life of Nelson published by Mr.Laughton two years since.
Illustrative anecdotes have also been supplied by Admiral Sir William R.Mends, G.C.B., who has shown his continued interest in the work by the trouble he has taken for it; by Mr.Stuart J.Reid, of Blackwell Cliff, East Grinstead; and by Mr.Edgar Goble, of Fareham, Hants.

Mr.
B.F.Stevens, of 4 Trafalgar Square, has also kindly exerted himself on several occasions to obtain needed information.

To Mrs.F.H.B.
Eccles, of Sherwell House, Plymouth, granddaughter of Josiah Nisbet, Nelson's stepson, the author is indebted for reminiscences of Lady Nelson, and for her portrait here published; and his thanks are also due to Lieutenant-Colonel W.Clement D.Esdaile, of Burley Manor, Ringwood, Hants, through whom he was brought into communication with Mrs.Eccles, and who has in other ways helped him.
Throughout the writing of the book constant assistance has been received from Mr.Robert B.Marston, to whom cordial acknowledgment is made for the untiring pains taken in prosecuting necessary inquiries, which could not have been done without great delay by one not living in England.

Suggestions valuable to the completeness of the work have been given also by Mr.Marston.
For the portrait of Mrs.Philip Ward, the "Horatia" whom Nelson called generally his adopted daughter, but at times spoke of as his daughter simply, and whom, on the last morning of his life, he commended to the care of his Country, the author has to thank Mr.and Mrs.Nelson Ward, of 15 Lancaster Road, Belsize Park, London.