X PREFACE. 



who allowed the use of some photographs taken by 

 himself, has placed me under great obligation, and I am 

 also indebted to the painstaking care of my artists, 

 Mr. P. J. Smit and Mr. W. Purkiss. Last, but not 

 least, my thanks are due to my publisher for having 

 afforded me every facility to produce this small book in 

 a worthy guise and manner. 



Purley, Surrey. 



February, 1892. 



