Dedicated
TO
SIR EDWARD SULLIVAN, Bart.,
IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF
THE MANY VALUABLE HINTS THE AUTHOR HAS DERIVED
FROM HIS
“BUBBLES.”
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
The following squib was written in 1883, with the intention of drawing attention to the serious danger into which we are rapidly drifting, through the suicidal policy of our rulers.