NOTE 



About half or a little more than half the matter con- 

 tained in this volume has appeared in various periodicah, 

 and I am obliged to the Editors and Proprietors of 

 the folloTving publications for permission to use this 

 material : — Longman's MagazinCj Idler, Badminton 

 Magazine, Pall Mall Gazette, Saturday Review, 

 Humane Review, and Contemporary Review. Some 

 of the chapters in the book have been based on short 

 articles, and the introductory chapter is entirely new. 



