intrigues and betrayals, their immense problems, their pano-
ply, their variegated personalities; yet these well-documented
public years secrete what the earlier private years reveal, and
only some dear intimate of the Oratory, such as Ambrose
St. John--who, as Newman at one time hoped, might have
written his Memoir--could have entered into his heart dur-
ing that second life of broken peace and humble happiness,
of trial, failure and triumph. None can hope to now.

I am indebted and grateful to several people. Like almost
everybody who has written about Newman, I am indebted
most of all to the kindness of the Fathers of the Birmingham
Oratory for permission to make free use of their archives, and
especially to Father Henry Tristram, probably the greatest
living authority on Newman. Mr. John Mozley, of Hasle-
mere, made my task easier by generously lending me his col-
lection of letters. The Bodleian Library allowed me to work
there on the James Mozley Collection. Those parcels from
the London Library, which allow us to do so much of our
work in the comfort of our own studies, were not so much
a luxury as an indispensable facility. The preliminary re-
search-work would have taken me far longer without the help
of Miss Yseulte Parnell, and there must be many things I
could never have found out without her experienced skill as
a genealogist. Major Gerald Fox, of Tenby, searched the
archives and memories of Tenby in the most thorough fash-
ion for information about the last years of Charles Newman.
I am very grateful to him. The Bank of England has kindly
allowed me to quote from their records of Charles Newman's
career as a bank-clerk. Mr. W. Hugh Curtis, of the Museum
in Alton, helped me to trace the family's fortunes there, and
the Secretary of Messrs. Courage & Co., Ltd., was also help-
ful. I am likewise obliged to Mr. Edward Cordrey of Oxford
for help in identifying the Newman homes around Oxford.
I am grateful to Professor Daniel Birchy for the stimulus of
many interesting discussions and for kindly reading the

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