“ Our noble game can hardly be otherwise than beneficial, for it is a purely logical exercise, and as a test of strength unequalled in all branches of human knowledge, for it is the only accomplishment in which two contending intellects can be placed on an equal footing independent of taste and fashion. ”

“ The great kindness shown to us in the promotion of our enterprise unanimously by the whole chess press of this country and Canada, as well as by high-class publications, such as Harper's Weekly and the New York Tribune, and also by private American amateurs severely handicaps our efforts of returning thanks. ”

“ We shall confine ourselves as much as possible to bare facts which are perfectly well-known or can easily be proved, and we shall exclude almost invariably all personal evidence of our own, or if such evidence be absolutely required for our demonstration we shall make it quite distinct from our editorial remarks. ”

“ Before concluding our introduction we wish to record our fullest appreciation and warmest reciprocation of the fraternal feeling exhibited toward our advent by the Brooklyn Chess Chronicle, a well conducted periodical which since its first appearance has been the only one in America devoted exclusively to our game. There is plenty of room for both of us, and a healthy competition and friendly rivalry for the public benefit will benefit all. We also wish to express our special and most cordial thanks to the editors of the Times Democrat, of New Orleans, and of the Globe, St. ”

“ It is, however, now becoming generally recognized as a healthy training, which if properly applied exercises the same sort of developing and preserving influence on the mental faculties which gymnastics produce on the bodily powers. ”