LACY COLLISON-MORLEY
FORMERLY SCHOLAR OF ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD
AUTHOR OF "GIUSEPPE BARETTI AND HIS FRIENDS," "MODERN ITALIAN LITERATURE"
OXFORD
B.H. BLACKWELL, BROAD STREET
LONDON
SIMPKIN, MARSHALL & CO., LIMITED
MCMXII
This collection was originally begun at the suggestion of Mr. Marion Crawford, whose wide and continual reading of the classics supplied more than one of the stories. They were put together during a number of years of casual browsing among the classics, and will perhaps interest others who indulge in similar amusements.