Footnotes, endnotes or online notes?

[Thomas Thorne]

I prefer end notes with the modern practice of citing the precise page of the book you are reading.

Still in the hands of a great writer like Winston Churchill, there is a feeling of awe reading a great story free of any scholarly humility, uncertainty and debate that you find in extended footnotes.

The best critique of footnotes came from the actor John Barrymore who likened footnotes to "rushing down the stairs every time the doorbell rings while making love."
Tom