PREFACE vii 



altogether they are, if not superior, at least not 

 inferior to this one — preferred simply because it is 

 the first of the series. 



In his works there is a good deal of delightful 

 autobiography. Starting as a child amidst the 

 direst poverty, he has become a highly accomplished 

 man, a great naturalist, a brilliant writer ; and he 

 he has done this with a complete contempt for 

 money, and a great indifference to the other rewards 

 that Society is ready to bestow for such work. 



D. SHARP. 



Cambridge, 20th August 1901. 



