[8]. Alas, to be eclipsed again!
[9]. This anecdote arrested attention when it was first published, and I received more than one note explaining to me that it could not be true.
All the same it is true. And I took care to verify the dates of the several steps of the story.
[10]. Copyright, 1890, by Robert Bonner’s Sons.
Transcriber’s Note
Minor errors in punctuation and formatting have been silently corrected.
Minor inconsistencies and errors which are obviously due to the printer have been corrected, as noted in the table below.
Several page references in the Index were missing, and have been added. The reference to Lady Lyttelton appeared on p. 259. Likewise, the reference to ‘A Virtuoso’s Collection’ appeared on p. 84.