Purpose of Plates. 1 7 



There is no instruction pretended to be con- 

 veyed by these plates, as there is in the similarly 

 obtained illustrations of Anderson's excellent 

 " Modern Horsemanship." Their purpose is less 

 to point a moral than to adorn a tale. But an 

 apology to all is perhaps due for the very chatty 

 manner in which the author has taken his friend, 

 the reader, into his confidence, and to experi- 

 enced horsemen for the very elementary hints 

 sometimes given. The pages devoted to Penel- 

 ope are meant for young riders who, like Master 

 Tom, really want to learn. 



THEODORE AYRAULT DODGE. 



Brookline, Mass., April, 1885. 



