ILLUSTRATIONS

Writing. Hoppé		[Frontispiece]
		TO FACE PAGE
Original Letter from Bismarck		[16]
Hans Breitmann’s Ballad		[31]
Author’s Hand		[33]
Grapes growing on a London Balcony		[42]
Borkum of Spy fame. (Sketch by Author)		[47]
When first a Widow		[65]
Mrs. Alec Tweedie’s Writing-table		[94]
The Writer in Divided Riding-skirt in Southern Mexico		[123]
The Author, by Herbert Schmalz		[145]
Half-hour Sketch of Author, by John Lavery		[156]
Water-colour Sketch, by Percy Anderson		[161]
Walter Crane’s most famous Book-plate		[175]
Characteristic Postcard, by Bernard Shaw		Page	[262]
Christmas Card, by Harry Furniss		„	[303]
Christmas Card, designed by John Hassall		„	[316]
Buried in Parcels, by Harry Furniss	(TO FACE)	„	[320]
Sketch by “Spy”	„	„	[356]

THIRTEEN YEARS
OF A BUSY WOMAN’S LIFE