viii Preface 



those who will cry out, " So much the worse 

 for you." 



Pages, here and there, of this volume have 

 seen the light of day before in periodicals, 

 and are here reproduced by permission. I 

 trust the reader will not be moved to say of 

 such, "And once was quite sufficient," or 

 feel it his duty to find serious fault with that 

 which confronts him for the first time. 



C. C. A. 



THREE BEECHES, 

 May 15, 1897. 



