X Author^s Note 



additions, are contained in this volume. Certain 

 of my friends expressed a desire that these mem- 

 ory fihns be gathered in book form; that is the 

 chief reason why this addition is made to the 

 world's mountain of books, which mountain, it 

 may be observed, is already vastly bigger than the 

 Great Pyramid or **the stack behind the barn." 

 Whether or no it meets the fate of the nine hun- 

 dred and ninety-nine in every thousand and is 

 ploughed under in the first edition, is of small 

 importance. The pleasure afforded me in recall- 

 ing the happy days of childhood and the romance- 

 hued years of youth, was, in itself, a rich reward. 



