The Iceland year-book - 01.01.1926, Qupperneq 6

officials. To all those who have so kindly given their
valuable assistance. I wish to express my sincere thanks.
My helpers are too many to be enumerated here, but 1 may
be allowed specially to mention Mr. Howard Little, cor-
respondent in Iceland for THE TIMES, whose suggestions
throughout have been exceptionally valuable, particularly
as regards the inclusion and exclusion of matter in hand.
This book, it need hardly be said, does not aim at filling
the place of a commercial directory, and those who re-
quire such a publication must therefore be referred to Mr.
Vilhjdlmur Finsen’s ,,Directory of Iceland“ which is
published annually and may be had from any Icelandic
bookseller.
The first issue of THE ICELAND YEAR-BOOK is unpre-
tentious and elementary, but it is hoped gradually to ex-
tend and improve future editions. A grant towards the
cost of publication has been made by the Ministry of
Industries and Commerce, for which the Publisher wishes
me to record his thanks.
In justice to the printers concerned it should be stated
that many of the blocks supplied for illustration were al-
ready badly worn — a fact not discovered until it was to late
to set the matter right in this edition. For that reason the
results are, naturally, far from satisfactory.
S. J.
7b Holtsgata,
Reykjavik.
May 20, 1026.