PREFACE

I HAVE written the following pages partly as an occupation for myself, partly for the interest they may possess for my children and those of my contemporaries who still remain. My recollections do not profess to be accurate chronologically or historically, and my stories are only old friends that I would not willingly see die. Mr. Knowles, the Editor of the Nineteenth Century, has kindly allowed me to reproduce some parts of articles that have already appeared in his Review.