Dixon, R: History of the Church of England, Vol. 5

Excerpt from History of the Church of England, Vol. 5: From the Abolition of the Roman Jurisdiction; Elizabeth A. D. 1558 1563

His literary work had absorbed Canon Dixon's interest during the last months of his life, and great was his joy as he saw it daily nearing completion. Arrangements had been concluded with the Clarendon Press for its issue, and all the details of printing it were settled when the author died. One of Mrs. Dixon's first cares was to see to the publication of the nearly completed work. All that was needed was the service of some friend to put the manuscript in order, and to supervise its passage through the press. Accordingly the written sheets and notes were gathered together and placed in my hands in February, 1900. I took the manuscript as it was, and altered nothing in the text save a few obvious slips. The papers were in fairly continuous order, and beyond the trouble 0 reading, arranging, and paging them, my labour at this stage was not very heavy. The real toil came with the appearance of the proofs, when it was necessary to seek out and verify every single quotation from printed book and manuscript. I have taken nothing on trust. All the works and documents cited have been sought out at the British Museum, the Public Record Office, the library at Lambeth Palace, and at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. It is needless to say that this close investigation occupied much time and involved many journeys. I was able to do myself nearly all that was necessary, and only in a few cases delegated the task of verification to the competent care 0 Miss Ethel Stokes. I have to thank her not only for the trouble taken in this connexion, but also for the index, which is due to her practised hand. It has been modelled on the indexes in previous volumes for.

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