DEDICATED, 



BY KIND PERMISSION, 

 TO THE 



Right Honourable The EARL OF ROSEBERY, K.G., 



IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF 

 HIS WELL-KNOWN APPRECIATION 

 OF "THE druid's" WRITINGS, 

 IN CONNECTION WITH WHICH HE HAS LATELY 

 DESCRIBED HIMSELF AS 

 "ONE WHO FINDS CONSTANT REFRESHMENT 

 " FROM READING A FEW PAGES OF THIS 

 "HEALTHY AND VIVID AUTHOR, 

 " HALF SPORTSMAN AND HALF POET, 

 "WHO HAS PRODUCED 

 "A NUMBER OF VOLUMES, 

 '•WHICH IN THEIR WAY ARE MASTERPIECES, 

 "AND WILL NEVER BE SURPASSED." 



