The author's best thanks are due to the Editor
of _The Schoolmistress_ for permission to include
many verses which have appeared in that journal;
also to the Editor and Proprietors of _Punch_ for
courteously allowing the inclusion of "Hyde Park";
and to the Editor of the _Daily News_ for permission
to reprint "Christmas Eve."
[Illustration: HE WALKS ACROSS TRAFALGAR SQUARE,
BECAUSE HE KNOWS THE PIGEONS THERE]