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PREFACE 



he wrote and drew as well as he did a 



great variety of things^ and gladly 



accepted the papery 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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