VI PREFACE. 



than any other class of reader, although at 

 the same time it is to be hoped that the 

 general reader will find something in it to 

 interest him. In conclusion, the Author can 

 only express his sincere hope that the work 

 in its present form will be as kindly and 

 favourably received as the notes from which 

 it is compiled were, when they first appeared 

 in the columns of the " Field." 



