CONTENTS

[Nansen]
[Mr. Hall Caine]
[Emperor William]
[Mr. Alfred Austin]
[Andrew Lang]
[Zola]
[Sir Henry Irving]
[Ian Maclaren]
[Rudyard Kipling]
[The De Reszkes]
[Henryk Sienkiewicz]
[General Weyler]

ILLUSTRATIONS

["COME RIGHT UP"]
["I BOARDED A PJINE RJAFT"]
["'MR. NANSEN?' SAID I"]
["DINED WITH THE CABINET"]
["'IS THIS GLOOMSTER ABBEY?' I ASKED"]
[HE APPEARED!]
[IN THE WORKSHOP]
[EXAMINING HIMSELF]
[THE IMPERIAL BAND]
["'WE ARE HAVING OUR PORTRAITS PAINTED'"]
["'A BEAUTIFUL WORKSHOP,' SAID I"]
[CONSULTING HIS CHINOMETER]
[TRADE-MARK. NONE GENUINE WITHOUT IT]
[IN THE MEREDITH SHOP]
[EDITING "HERRICK"]
[SEEKING ZOLA]
[CONSULTING "LA PATRIE"]
["'SAVE ME!' SHE CRIED"]
["I SAT QUIETLY IN THE BOX"]
["'SEND THE PROPERTY-MAN HERE!' HE CRIED"]
["'IT WAS ALL ARRANGED BEFOREHAND, MISS'"]
[DRESSED FOR THE PART]
[THE PURSUIT]
[AT HOME]
[INTERCEPTED THE STEAMER]
[ON THE LANYARD DECK]
["HE WAS ERECTING A GRAND-STAND"]
[IT WAS A SUPERB BUILDING]
[READY FOR THE STORM]
[MELBA, THE DAIRY-MAID]
[ASKED A POLICEMAN]
[THE AUTHOR IN HIS STUDY]
["ONE MUST BE INTRODUCED"]
["A RATHER STUNNING BANDERILLO OPENED THE DOOR"]
[IN HIDING]
["I AM TOO OLD A SPANIARD TO BE CAUGHT LIKE THAT"]

[PEEPS AT PEOPLE]

[NANSEN]