PREFACE 



Messrs. Whitcombc and Tombs, will thus allow 

 me to speak of them, 'with beasts at Ephesus.' 



The photogravures and tone blocks have again 

 been beautifully done by Messrs. Hood and Co., 

 Middlesbrough, England. Some of the prints 

 necessary to illustrate the text gave but little 

 hope of good results. It is in dealing with these 

 technically defective prints that Messrs. Hood 

 and Co. have done particularly excellent work. 



