PREFACE 7 



earnestly hope that all who read this book may be so 

 fortunate as to find valuable pearls. 



I am pleased to thank the friends who have supplied 

 photographs, and am especially grateful to Messrs. 

 Combes & Van Roden, of Philadelphia, for the loan of 

 the original photographs of members of the English 

 nobility. 



HERBERT H. VERTREES. 



Pittsfield, Illinois, May 23, 1913. 



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