BY
OUIDA
AUTHOR OF ‘UNDER TWO FLAGS,’ ‘SANTA BARBARA,’ ETC.
METHUEN & CO.
36 ESSEX STREET, W.C.
LONDON
1895
TO
W. H. MALLOCK
AS A SLIGHT TOKEN OF PERSONAL REGARD
AND INTELLECTUAL ADMIRATION
Except two, all these Essays have previously appeared in the
_Fortnightly Review_ and the _North American Review_.