AUTHOR OF 'TALES OF MEAN STREETS'
THIRD EDITION
METHUEN & CO.
36 ESSEX STREET, W.C.
LONDON
1897
TO
ARTHUR OSBORNE JAY
VICAR OF HOLY TRINITY, SHOREDITCH
... Woe unto the foolish prophets, that
follow their own spirit, and have seen
nothing!...
Because, even because they have seduced
my people, saying, Peace; and there
was no peace; and one built up a
wall, and lo, others daubed it with
untempered mortar:
Say unto them which daub it with untempered
mortar, that it shall fall:
there shall be an overflowing shower;
and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall;
and a stormy wind shall rend it.
Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not
be said unto you, Where is the daubing
wherewith ye have daubed it?—
Ezekiel xiii. 3 ... 10 12.