AUTHOR'S NOTE 



SOME portions of this book have appeared in The 

 Fortnightly Review, Longman's Magazine, Cham- 

 bers's Journal, The Saturday Review, The Field, Country 

 Life, The Sporting and Dramatic News, The Standard, 

 and The Pall Mall Gazette. I am indebted to the 

 courtesy of the Editors of these publications for their 

 permission to republish here. 



