ILLUSTRATED BY L. LESLIE BROOKE
LONDON: MACMILLAN AND CO., LTD
NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1897
To the dear memory of
MY BROTHER-IN-LAW
Sir CRAVEN CHARLES GORING, Bart.
WHOSE UNFAILING INTEREST IN MY WORK
HAS BEEN AN ENCOURAGEMENT THROUGH MANY YEARS
19 Sumner Place, S.W.,
May 1897.