PREFACE 



Some people complain that science is dry. That is, of 



course, a matter of taste. For my own part, I like 



my science and my champagne as dry as I can get 



them. But the i^ublic thinks otherwise. So I have 



ventured to sweeten accompanying samples as far as 



possible to suit the demand, and trust they will meet 



with the approbation of consumers. 



Of the specimens here selected for exhibition, my 



title piece originally appeared in the Fortnightly 



Revieiv : * Honey Dew ' and * The First Potter ' were 



contributions to Longman's Magazine : and all tbe 



rest found friendly shelter between the familiar yellow 



covers of the good old Cornhill. My thanks are due 



to the proprietors and editors of those various 



periodicals for kind permission to reproduce them 



here^ 



G. A. 



