F. W. GREY

WITH A FRONTISPIECE

LONDON

SMITH, ELDER & CO., 15 WATERLOO PLACE

1912

[All rights reserved]

Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co.

At the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh

PREFACE

In the early ’eighties lads who preferred exercise to examinations looked abroad for work, and parents who feared their failure in competitions agreed with them. Ditties like—