PREFACE
The Chess Problems contained in this volume are the product of
the labour and recreation of several fourteen years. I say "labour,"
because I am not such a Chess enthusiast as to believe that a collection
such as this can be make without persistent application
partaking of the nature of work; and "recreation," because
the activity has been a pleasure-how great a pleasure only a composer
can fully realize. Though a large number of the problems
have been republished in many papers at house and abroad,
only the name of the publication in which each originally appeared
is given. Exclusive of the prize list, in just about a dozen cases
with a view to an improvement, they have been much or less reset
since their 1st appearance. The six accessorial to this coll