THE BOOK OF THE LANDED ESTATE CONTAINING DIRECTIONS FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE RESOURCES OF LANDED PROPERTY BY ROBERT E. BROWN FACTOR AND ESTATE AGENT, WASS, YORKSHIRE WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS EDINBURGH AND LONDON MDCCCLXIX SIR, ΤΟ MAJOR STAPYLTON, OF MYTON HALL AND WASS, YORKSHIRE: IT IS WITH SINCERE GRATIFICATION THAT I AVAIL MYSELF OF YOUR KIND PERMISSION TO DEDICATE THIS WORK TO YOU. IT HAS BEEN WRITTEN WITH THE VIEW OF PROMOTING A BETTER SYSTEM IN THE MANAGEMENT OF LANDED PROPERTY THAN THAT WHICH PREVAILS IN MANY PARTS OF THE COUNTRY; AND I FEEL THAT IT COULD NOT BE MORE SUITABLY INSCRIBED THAN TO ONE WHO HAS EXEMPLIFIED ON HIS OWN ESTATES THOSE PRINCIPLES OF EQUITABLE DEALING AND PRACTICAL IMPROVEMENT WHICH I HAVE ENDEAVOURED TO INCULCATE. |