BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE 



* We live in deeds, not years ; in thoughts, not breaths j 

 In feelings, not in figures on a dial. 

 We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives 

 Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best.' 



PHILIP J. BAILEY. 



IT has been suggested that a few details of the 

 author's life might fittingly preface this fourth 

 edition, which he was not fated to see through the 

 press. 



Robert Heath Lock was the third son of the Rev. 

 John Bascombe Lock and Emily, daughter of Edwin 

 Baily of Cirencester. He was born on January 19, 

 1879, at Eton, where his father was at that time a 

 master. * R. H.,' as he was known to many of his 

 friends, was educated at Mr. Stone's school at Broad- 

 stairs, and at Charterhouse. He was a quiet, sensitive 

 child and boy, finding from an early age great pleasure 

 in books. Still, he was not too much of a bookworm to 

 revel in the world of sport and games. All his life he 

 enjoyed outdoor pastimes with the keenness and zest 

 that he threw into everything he did. At Charter- 

 house he was head monitor of Hodgsonites and got his 

 second eleven colours for football. But it was as a 



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