The Author and Editor desire to express their grateful thanks to Fürst
Franz Auersperg, Sir Charles Dilke, Bart., Dr. Figdor, Mr. E. M.
Hodgkins, Lord Hothfield, Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, Lady Maria Ponsonby,
Mr. J. Ward Usher, Gräfin Emma Wilczck-Emo-Capodilista, and the
anonymous collector, who have so kindly placed their treasures at
their disposal, and permitted them to be illustrated in these pages.
_The copyright of all the illustrations in this volume is strictly
reserved by the author on behalf of the respective owners of the
miniatures._