PREFACE. 



XI 



\[(]h Life, Prettij Poll, The Grccnioood Tree, On the 

 Wings of the Wind, Casters and Chestcrs, and Fish as 

 Fathers, all of which originally appeared in the Cornhill. 

 ^lessrs. Chatto & Windus have been equally kind as 

 fegards the paper on An English Shire contributed to 

 |ihe Gentleman s. A Persistent Nationality made its first 

 )ow in the North American Revieiu, and has still to be 



Introduced to an English audience. 



G. A. 



Hind Head, Surrey, 

 Orf., 1SP2. 



