OBRARY 



UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 

 SANTA UARHAKA 



A CONSIDERABLE portion of the matter contained 

 herein has appeared in the English Review, 

 Cornhill Magazine, Saturday Review, Nation, 

 and a part of one chapter in the Morning Post. 

 These articles have been altered and extended, 

 and I am obliged to the Editors and Publishers 

 for permission to use them in this book. 



