"The Background" originally appeared in the LEINSTERS' MAGAZINE; "The
Stampeding of Lady Bastable" in the DAILY MAIL; "Mrs. Packletide's
Tiger," "The Chaplet," "The Peace Offering," "Filboid Studge" and
"Ministers of Grace" (in an abbreviated form) in the BYSTANDER; and the
remainder of the stories (with the exception of "The Music on the
Hill," "The Story of St. Vespaluus," "The Secret Sin of Septimus
Brope," "The Remoulding of Groby Lington," and "The Way to the Dairy,"
which have never previously been published) in the WESTMINSTER GAZETTE.
To the Editors of these papers I am indebted for courteous permission
to reprint them.