AUTHOR'S NOTE
Of the contents of this book, Snatty and Five-Four-Eight appeared in Blackwood's, and were both written before the war broke out—a fact which I mention with the selfish object of excusing myself for various technical errors therein: Henry appeared in The New Statesman. My thanks are due to the editors of both these journals for kindly allowing me to republish the stories. The remainder have all appeared in The Cornhill Magazine, to the editor of which I am deeply indebted for his unfailing courtesy and assistance.
Flanders,
November, 1916.
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