Little by little the book has grown until it has come 

 perilously near the condition in which it might be 

 thought to have Pretensions. It has none ! It is 

 what it was : a simple record, compiled for the interest 

 and satisfaction of some Little People, and a small 

 tribute of remembrance and affection offered at the 

 shrine of the old life and those who made it tendered 

 in the hope that some one better equipped with 

 opportunities and leisure may be inspired to do justice 

 to it and to them for the sake of our native land. 



XI 



