A Preface before an Introduction seems sufficiently impudent.It is like popping our face in at the door for a short reconnoitre, before we introduce ourselves. Be it so!The Chronicler of the “Legends of Lancashire” has no apology to offer, except to his palsied hands, for taking up the pen. He is not a Paul Pry, appearing before the public, with his perpetual non-intrusion plea. He imagines that his motives for writing the Legends are distinctly enough stated in the following Prospectus.