In writing this book I have, with permissions, made use of papers that I had the honour of contributing toT heT imes The Cornhill Magazine The Pall Mall Gazette The Monthly Review The Fishing Gazette The County Gentleman and The Evening Standard andS t. Jamess Gazette I trust, however, that the volume will not be regarded as being a compilation of writings already published. It is not so. The book is not produced merely because the papers had been written. The papers were written as a preliminary sketch of the book.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don"t occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books" Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally...