Prefatory Note 



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THE substance of many of the chapters in this 

 little book first appeared as articles in the 

 Sunday edition of The World, New York; in 

 The Field, of London, and in The Youth's 

 Companion, of Boston ; and the author acknowl- 

 edges with cordial thanks the courtesy of the 

 publishers of these periodicals in permitting 

 him to revise and make renewed use of the 



material. 



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