PEE FACE 



SOME people complain that science is dry. That is, of 

 course, a matter of taste. For my own part, I like 

 my science and my champagne as dry as I can get 

 them. But the public thinks otherwise. So I have 

 ventured to sweeten accompanying samples as far as 

 possible to suit the demand, and trust they will meet 

 with the approbation of consumers. 



Of the specimens here selected for exhibition, my 

 title piece originally appeared in the Fortnightly 

 Review : ' Honey Dew ' and ' The First Potter ' were 

 contributions to Longman's Magazine : and all the 

 rest found friendly shelter between the familiar yellow 

 covers of the good old Cornhill. My thanks are due 

 to the proprietors and editors of those various 

 periodicals for kind permission to reproduce them 



here. 



G. A. 



THE NOOK, DOKKING : 



September, 1889. 



