[from Brown's Popular Guide, c.1887]

PREFACE.

THE plan adopted in the preparation of this GUIDE has not been to entrust it all to one person, who, resident in one place, would most likely be comparatively ignorant of other parts of the Island; but gentlemen resident in various districts, and thoroughly acquainted with those districts, have been specially engaged to write the Guide to those portions of the Island in which they reside. By this means a degree of accuracy in detail, and a fulness and completeness of information, have been secured, which mav be regarded as quite unattainable by any other means.

The whole has been produced under the editorship of a person long resident in and thoroughly acquainted with the Island ; and no expense has been spared to make the work as complete and reliable as possible.

The Publishers acknowledge, with thanks, the assistance rendered by literary and other friends in the compilation of the work; and they likewise thank Messrs Wane, Lewis, Bruton, Keig, and Dean, photographers, of Douglas, and Mr Paterson, of Ramsey, for the willingness with which they supplied the photographs from which the various illustrations have been taken.

With respect to the ecclesiastical and civil history of the Island, the thanks of the Publishers are especially due to the Editor of the Dublin Review, in which there appeared some time ago a valuable historical articie in reference to this Island, the use of which article was very kindly granted for this publication.

The Isle of Man Times Office, Douglas,

Note - At this period the Isle of Man Times did not have the means to print photographs and thus relied on small line illustrations derived from these photographs - these illustions were used in all editions of the guide until those of the late 1890s when the company had the means to print lithographic copies of the photographs.