Abstract

The launch of this important book appropriately takes place near Collingwood's childhood home in the Lake District-- a book decorated by illustrations from the work of his own father who taught him so much. It is a pleasure that his daughter Teresa is here, whose own memoir 'Early Influ-ences' helped in our thinking about her father. I join the edi-tors whose skill deserves the highest praise, in expressing gratitude both for Teresa's encouragement throughout the preparation of this book and for her permission to publish her father's previously unpublished papers