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regularity f That was necessary in order 

 that the papers should be as real and fresh 

 as one could make them. Soon I found 

 that the subject-matter was more than 

 sufficient for the articles I had been asked 

 to write. Therefore I wrote others, which 

 the Editors of " The Nineteenth Century" 

 " The Scotsman," and " The Daily Mail " 

 were good enough to publish. The fact is, 

 I had thought oj gathering materials out 

 of which eventually to conjure a mirage of 

 a season. This volume is the outcome of the 

 experiment. I have carefully revised the 

 papers, discarding a good many passages, 

 re-writing many others, and in many places 

 adding matter wholly new. In particular, 

 it may be mentioned that the closing 

 chapter, narrating what may perhaps be 

 considered an extraordinary adventure, 

 and the story, in the July chapter, of how 

 Haxton came to Atholl, are now published 

 for thejirst time. 



