vi Preface 



Some who idly turn these pages may think 

 that, if I have erred, it is in conciseness of state- 

 ment; but people of inquiring minds who refer 

 to the book for information, having faith that 

 fiction has been subordinated to fact, will thank 

 me for an error of this kind. 



HAMILTON BUSBEY. 



New York, 

 June, 1904. 



