PREFACE. 



The publication of this book renders neces- 

 sary a few words of explanation. It was orig- 

 inally printed for private circulatio7i among a 

 few dear friends — those who were not as well 

 as those who were of the coaching party — to 

 be treasured as a souvenir of happy days. The 

 house which has undertaken the responsibility of 

 giving it a wider circulation believed that its 

 publication might give pleastcre to some who 

 would not otherwise see it. It is not difficult 

 to persuade one that his work which has 77iet 

 with the approval of his immediate circle may 

 be worthy of a larger audience ; and the author 

 was the more easily induced to consent to its re- 

 print because^ the first edition being exhausted, 

 he was no lo7iger able to fill many requests for 

 copies. 



The original inte7it of the book must be the 

 excuse for the highly personal nature of the 



