again, quite sedulously, this or that live writer—sometimes, it must be admitted, in the hope of learning rather what to avoid. I acquired, too, the habit of publishing these patient little efforts. Some of them appeared in "The Saturday Review" many years ago; others appeared there more recently. I have selected, by kind permission of the Editor, one from the earlier lot, and seven from the later. The other nine in this book are printed for the first time. The book itself may be taken as a sign that I think my own style is, at length, more or less formed.

   M.B.

    Rapallo

   , 1912.

    THE MOTE IN THE MIDDLE DISTANCE, H*NRY J*M*S

    P.C., X, 36, R*D**RD K*PL*NG

    OUT OF HARM'S WAY, A.C. B*NS*N

    PERKINS AND MANKIND, H.G. W*LLS

    SOME DAMNABLE ERRORS ABOUT CHRISTMAS, G.K. CH*ST*RT*N

    A SEQUELULA TO "THE DYNASTS", TH*M*S H*RDY

    SHAKESPEARE AND CHRISTMAS, FR*NK H*RR*S

    SCRUTS, ARN*LD B*NN*TT

    ENDEAVOUR, J*HN G*LSW*RTHY

    CHRISTMAS, G.S. STR**T

    THE FEAST, J*S*PH C*NR*D

    A RECOLLECTION, EDM*ND G*SSE

    OF CHRISTMAS, H*L**RE B*LL*C

    A STRAIGHT TALK, G**RG* B*RN*RD SH*W

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