These sketches, with a single exception, appeared originally, under the covering title “Historical Vignettes,” in Truth, to whose Editor the author’s thanks, for most kind permission to reprint, are given.
The fancy entitled “Fouquier-Tinville” was first published in the English Review, and is here included with due acknowledgments to the Editor.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
The author produced two books titled Historical Vignettes: one in 1910 (T. Fisher Unwin, London), and the other in 1912 (Sidgwick & Jackson, London). Being the former, “1st Series” has been appended to the title to distinguish it from the later (i.e. “2nd Series”).
Minor spelling inconsistencies (e.g. bascinet/basinet, mountain-crag/mountain crag, etc.) have been preserved.
Alterations to the text:
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Add “1st Series” to the book title. (See above).
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