I DEDICATE THIS VOLUME
TO MY DEAR CHUM AND SON
CRICHTON
A few of the following pages have appeared in “The London Times,” “The Pall Mall Gazette,” “The Daily Chronicle,” “The Pall Mall Budget,” “The Queen,” “The St. James’ Budget,” “St. Paul’s,” “Black and White,” and “The Lady.” The Editors of these papers kindly allow me to include those pages in this volume.
L.J.M.
London, 1895.