PREFACE XV 



Speaker" " The Academy," " The Daily 

 Chronicle" " TJie Morning Post," and 

 " The Pall Mall Gazette." It is possible 

 that there may be an echo, or what 

 appears to be one; but that will be merely 

 incidental. This luriting as a whole is 

 new. The closing chapter appeared in the 

 " Cornhill Magazine" and part of " Tlie 

 Wind " in '' I'he Daily Mail " ; but these 

 were ivritten as integral portions of tJie 

 booh, which, whatever its defects, is the 

 result of an orderly plan. 



