AUTHOR'S NOTE 



SOME portions of this book have appeared in The 

 Fortnightly Review ^ Longman's Magazine ^ Cham- 

 bers's Journal^ The Saturday Review^ The Fields Country 

 Life^ The Sporting and Dramatic JVews, The Standard, 

 and 77ie Pall Mall Gazette. I am indebted to the 

 courtesy of the Editors of these publications for their 

 permission to republish here. 



