AUTHOR’S NOTE

The germ of this book may be found in three essays under the

same title published in “Harper’s Magazine” in 1903 and 1904,

which had the inestimable advantage of being illustrated by the

late Louis Loeb, “the joyous comrade” to whose dear memory this

imperfect half of what was planned as a joint labour of love

must now be dedicated.

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