viii Authors Preface. 



columns of BeWs Life in London^ now amalgam- 

 ated with the Sporting Life, to the courtesy of 

 whose proprietor I am indebted for permission to 

 republish them, and to whom I now beg to ex- 

 press my thanks. 



Since then they have been to a great extent re- 

 written, and many new " Flowers " added to the 

 bouquet. The author ventures to think that, like 

 the Etonian's hat, they have lost nothing by being 

 ^' done up." If the public will only endorse that 

 opinion, he will be well satisfied. 



