WITH ILLUSTRATIONS By the Lady Marian Alford, Rear-Admiral Lord W. Compton, Venble. Lord A. Compton, R. Barnes, J. D. Cooper, and the Author By the Lady Marian Alford, Rear-Admiral Lord W. Compton, Venble. Lord A. Compton, R. Barnes, J. D. Cooper, and the Author London MACMILLAN AND COMPANY 1878 London MACMILLAN AND COMPANY 1878 [iv] [iv] [v] [v] [vi] [vi] [vii] [vii] To the Memory OF CHARLES DOUGLAS, MARQUIS OF NORTHAMPTON, THIS LITTLE BOOK, MAINLY DUE IN ITS PRESENT FORM TO HIS GENEROSITY AND COUNSEL, IS DEDICATED, IN ALL GRATEFUL AND TENDER RECOLLECTION BY THE AUTHOR. To the Memory OF CHARLES DOUGLAS, THIS LITTLE BOOK, MAINLY DUE IN ITS PRESENT FORM TO HIS GENEROSITY AND COUNSEL, IS DEDICATED, IN ALL GRATEFUL AND TENDER RECOLLECTION BY THE AUTHOR. [viii]