TO 

 HIS SERENE HIGHNESS 



FRANCIS PAUL CHARLES LOUIS ALEXANDER, 

 DUKE OF TECK, 



THIS BOOK 



IS BY PERMISSION DEDICATED, 

 IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT 



OF MANY KINDNESSES 



SHOWN TO HIS SERENE HIGHNESS's 



MOST OBEDIENT SERVANT, 



THE AUTHOR. 





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