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Excerpt from The Wood Family of Burslem: A Brief Biography of Those of Its Members Who Were Sculptors, Modellers and Potters That the native genius and artistic faculties of those men whose work is referred to in this book should receive a due meed of praise has been the chief object of my efiorts. In the course of this work which has pleasantly occupied my leisure hours during many years, I have been indebted to the following friends for valuable help and encouragement - Sir Arthur Church, kc. V.o.; Mr. William Burton, m.a.; Dr. Sidebotham of Bowdon; the late Mr. John Baddeley Wood of Henley Hall, Ludlow; Mr. Arthur H. E. Wood of Browhead, Windermere; Captain R. B. Wood; Mr. J. M. Wood; Mr. Josiah Wedgwood, mr; Mr. George Hammersley; Mr. Percy W'. L. Adams; Mr. George Stoner; Mr. P. Entwistle; Mr. Edward Sheldon; Mr. Ben H. Mullen, ma; Mr. Charles Falkner; Mr. George F. Falkner; and to the authorities of the British and the Victoria and Albert Museums. For this assistance so willingly rendered I desire to accord my grateful thanks. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.