_My dear Lounsbury,--In reading over the proof-sheets
of these pages, I have happened on your name more often
than I thought I had written it, and yet not so often by
once as I wish to write it. So I set it here, in the forefront
of this little book, to bear witness that much of what
may be good in these essaylets of mine is due to help given
by you, either directly by word of mouth or indirectly by
the printed page. And that is why I take pleasure now
in subscribing myself as_
_Yours gratefully_,