various chapters have been read before and exhaustively discussed by the members, to whom are due the thanks of the compilers and likewise of all who may benefit by the varied contents of the work; nor must an expression of gratitude be omitted to the designers and makers of cars, English and foreign, who have so kindly furnished particulars, photographs and drawings.
As far as possible an endeavour has been made to avoid mentioning the names of particular constructors; where such mention was unavoidable, it should not be understood as suggesting that in the opinion of the writer the cars manufactured by them are necessarily the best; nor, on the other hand, must it be supposed that because various cars are not included, anything in the nature of adverse criticism is implied. The industry is being pursued with such great activity that to discuss every notable make and invention was impossible within the prescribed limits of the volume.
April 1902
