necessary. To quote from a letter from the executors: “We think we should do our utmost to carry out Edith’s wishes, but they should be the _real_ wishes. Her _real_ wish was that the message contained in her book should reach as many as possible. To publish it in its present form, though it would comply with the _letter_ of her request, would be to defeat its object.... The guiding principle should be to publish it in such a form as would be most likely to realise her wish of giving the message to the largest number possible.” Under these conditions the publishers carefully and sympathetically prepared _The Fulfilment_ for press, and it is now published with some of the emendations originally suggested. Only such pages or passages as the publishers considered Miss Allonby herself would, at a more normal time, have deleted have been taken out. The book has not been subjected to any revision, except of the most obviously necessary kind—literals, etc. There are no alterations. All the Editor has done has been to carefully eliminate those passages most likely to give pain and offence both to the relatives and the religious public. Wherever an omission occurs it is indicated by a hiatus, and also a statement to that effect. All those who knew, loved and respected Miss Edith Allonby will understand the publishers’ attitude regarding the emendations. They have been firm in not yielding to the morbid wish of numerous correspondents who have pleaded for the book being issued as the author left it. They have preferred to respect the feelings of the living and honour the memory of the dead. It will be of interest to quote a few extracts from Miss Allonby’s correspondence relating to _The Fulfilment_, as showing her own attitude towards her work. She first approached her publishers respecting _The Fulfilment_ on June 17th 1905, when in the course of a long letter she said:— “_June 17th._