Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 December 2020
1 London: Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1895.
2 The Graphic, London, January 2 to May 15, 1886.
3 New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1886.
4 London: 1st ed.: Smith, Elder & Co., 2 vols., 1886; 2nd and 3rd (“new”) editions: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1 vol., 1887.
5 Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1927. Hardy's preface is quoted, pp. 4–5.
6 Op. cit., pp. 43, 44, 46.
7 For information about the Owen sisters and their long friendship with Hardy, see Rebekah Owen and Thomas Hardy, Colby College Monograph No. 8 (Waterville, Maine, 1939).
8 Holt issued The Mayor on May 22, 1886, in two forms: a cloth-bound volume which was No. 191 in his Leisure Hour Series, and a paper-backed book which was No. 68 in his Leisure Moment Series.
9 George Munro's No. 791 in the Seaside Library, 1886; Norman L. Munro's No. 570 in Munro's Library, 1886; J. W. Lovell's No. 749 in Lovell's Library, 1886; and M. J. Ivers & Co.'s issue in their “American Series,” 1886–90.