WITH MANY THANKS Many people have given (0. ASSIST) _assistance ___ to me during the writing of this book, but it is to Mrs. Leigh Keith, senior editor of Ramsay and Browns that I am most deeply (1. DEBT) __________ for her loyalty and (2. DEVOTE) __________ during the four years the project lasted. She gave her time and advice (3. STINT) __________ in order for this work to be completed, giving both moral and (4. PRACTICE) __________ support for the lengthy research into social conditions the project (5. NECESSARY) __________. Her assurance and encouragement sustained me in my (6. BELIEVE) __________ that this was valuable work, and it was (7. DOUBT) __________ what enabled me to continue in the face of often discouraging circumstances. I must also thank my father, who has been a (8. WILL) __________ collaborator in all my efforts and who spent long hours in libraries and on trains to distant part of the country in search of material. I know that he will say that he enjoy it, but without his (9. FLAG) __________ enthusiasm, this book would never have been written. Finally, I would like to thank my friends and family, who have had to put up with what must have seemed to them an (10. EXCEPT) __________long drawn out piece of writing. Thank you, all of you, very much.