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FOR kindly permitting me the use of certain copyright pieces I wish to thank Mrs. Allingham, Miss L. Alma-Tadema, Mr. Arlo Bates, Mr. Hilaire Belloc, Lord Basil Blackwood, "Lewis Carroll," Mr. A. T. Quiller Couch, Mrs. Eden, Dr. Furnivall, Mr. Norman Gale, Mr. C. L. Graves, Mr. Anstey Guthrie, Mr. H. Neville Maugham, "E. Nesbit," Mr. A. S. Scott-Gatty, "Gabriel Setoun," Mr. F. E. Weatherley, and the executors of the late R. L. Stevenson; also the editor of the Boy's Own Paper, the editor of St. Nicholas, the editor of The Spectator, and Messrs. A. and C. Black, Messrs. Bradbury, Agnew, and Co., Mr. John Lane, Messrs. Longmans and Co., Messrs. Macmillan and Co., Messrs. Nister and Co., Messrs. Harper and Brothers, and Messrs. Warne and Co. Certain collections I have found very useful, notably Chappell's Music of the Olden Time, Mr. Ditchfield's Old English Customs, Hullah's Song Book, and Mr. Baring-Gould's Songs of the West. I am also grateful to many friends for advice, and assistance in copying. E. V. L.

September 1897.

PUBLISHER'S ANNOUNCEMENT:

"The Flamp," "The Ameliorator," and "The Schoolboy's Apprentice," three Stories for Children by Mr. E. V. Lucas, the Editor of this volume, have just been issued in a small book under the title of "The Flamp."