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iv the co-operation of nearly all the converts themselves, who hastened to beg the addition of their names to the muster-roll.

While the Roman Clergy have materially assisted us in the compilation of the List of Recruits, it is worth noting that we have had no help from the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, nor from Monsignor Capel. On the other hand, we have received English additions to the List from all parts of the Continent, and even from the United States.

The List does not, of course, in any way represent the actual numbers of those who have gone over from the Anglican to the Roman Communion. But then it was no part of our scheme to show how many have left us; all we have essayed was the publication of the names of the élite; and in this it is almost impossible to say to what extent we have been successful.

THE EDITOR OF "THE WHITEHALL REVIEW."

November 8th, 1878.