PREFACE 



he wrote and drew as well as he did a 

 great variety of things, and gladly 

 accepted the paper, which appeared as 

 the first article in the second number. I 

 told him I should always be delighted to 

 receive anything he cared to send, and 

 from time to time other contributions 

 followed. Then came a pause, while 

 this most wonderful of all-round men 

 was occupied with sterner work. This 

 is not the place to dilate upon the feverish 

 earnestness and anxiety with which for 

 many months the eyes of the civilised 

 world were turned to Mafeking, nor 

 upon the almost delirious joy with which 

 news of the relief was at last welcomed. 

 The Commander of the little town has 

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