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.