So far as Pigeon books are concerned, the majority of existing works deal very largely with the technical and more advanced, and not enough with the elementary and practical side of Pigeon-keeping. It has been my desire in writing "Pigeons, and all about them," to make it easily understood, and to this end I have avoided, as much as possible, the idea that my readers have got beyond the elementary stage. I have also endeavoured to eschew the use of highly technical language, and to write in a plain, practical manner, so that the young fancier may readily understand my meaning, and the earnest seeker after Pigeon knowledge find that which he seeketh.
Another strong reason why I have undertaken the compilation of "Pigeons, and all about them," is because many of my friends, who for the past twenty-five years have followed my writings in "The Fanciers' Gazette," "Pigeons and Poultry," and "Pigeons," have expressed a desire to possess the same in a complete and more permanent form.
A third reason, and by no means the least, is that my old friend and colleague, Mr. J. E. Watmough, the Editor of "Pigeons," whom I have known for a big slice of my life, and with whom, for over thirty years, I have worked in closest friendship and most hearty accord, asked me to undertake this work.
So much as to the reason why "Pigeons, and all about them," has been prepared.
