In publishing a popular edition of my work, Captain James Cook, R.N., F.R.S., it has, of course, been necessary to condense it, but care has been taken to omit nothing of importance, and at the same time a few slight errors have been corrected, and some new information has been added, chiefly relating to the disposition of documents.
I must not omit this opportunity of thanking the Reviewers for the extremely kind manner in which they all received the original work - a manner, indeed, which far exceeded my highest hopes.
ARTHUR KITSON.
LONDON, 1912.
JAMES COOK, R.N., F.R.S.