NOTE 



IN my attempt to complete the work that my husband's 

 sudden sickness and death left undone on his desk, I have 

 drawn freely from all available sources: books old and new, 

 magazine articles, and the first-hand information, criticism 

 and advice of many generous and helpful friends. Indeed, so 

 many are they to whom I would here make grateful acknowl- 

 edgment of my indebtedness that, in the common phrase, 

 I don't know where to begin. But the phrase is wrong. 

 Beginning is easy; in the long and shining list I shouldn't 



know where to end. 



D. C. H. 



Gloucester, Massachusetts 



August, 1924 



