Some of the stories in this volume have already appeared in print. "The
Red-haired Girl" in _The Windsor Magazine_; "Colonel Halifax's Ghost
Story" in _The Illustrated English Magazine_; "Glámr" I told in my
_Iceland: Its Scenes and Sagas_, published in 1863, and long ago out of
print. "The Bold Venture" appeared in _The Graphic_; "The 9.30 Up-train"
as long ago as 1853 in _Once a Week_.