vi PREFACE. 



Finally, our share of the work has been small. 

 Assuming that Mr. Wilkins' stage name is Esau, and that 

 our stage name is Jacob, the words are for the most part the 

 words of Esau, and the writing is the writing of Jacob. We 

 feel that nothing further is wanting to the extreme lucidity 

 of this explanation. 



Our thanks are due to Mr. Sidney Starr, for his labour 

 in illustrating the present Autobiography. 



ARTHUR H. BYNG. 

 STEPHEN M. STEPHENS, 



