ILLUSTRATED BY TRISTRAM ELLIS

SECOND EDITION


First Published . . . September 1895 Second Edition . . . February 1913


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PREFACE

AS the scope of the first series of these Tales seems to have been somewhat overlooked, a few words of introduction may not be out of place before this second volume.