Dear Readers,—If I have succeeded in amusing or interesting you, I shall feel myself more than repaid for my trouble. If I have bored or disappointed you, I beg to offer my apologies; for it was not my intention to do so.
Your grateful and obedient Servant,
GEORGE GROSSMITH.
28 Dorset Square,
July, 1888.
FINIS.
[Transcriber's note: In Chapter VI, the reference to the first production of The Sorcerer "in 1887" appears to be a misprint.]
[Transcriber's note: The missing first word of the quotation at the beginning of Chapter VII appears to be a misprint.]