New York
The Century Co.
1899
Copyright, 1899, by
The Century Co.
The De Vinne Press.
TO MY BROTHER
HARVEY WORTHINGTON LOOMIS
I DEDICATE THIS COLLECTION
OF SKETCHES
C. B. L.
Preface
To send a book into the world without a preface is like thrusting a bashful man into a room full of company without introducing him; and there could be only one thing worse than that,—to a bashful man,—and that would be to introduce him.