Transcribed from the 1911 Duckworth and Co. edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org The Grey Brethren And Other Fragments in Prose and Verse By By Michael Fairless Author of ‘The Roadmender’ Author of ‘The Roadmender’ London Duckworth and Co. 3 Henrietta Street, W.C. 1911 London Third Impression Third Impression All rights reserved All rights reserved p. vPrefatory Note p. v There is need to ask indulgence for this little book, because at first sight it seems to possess no other unity than that of type and cover. The root of its unity lies deeper, deeper even than any of subject or of method; it lies in the personal gift, the communication of heart to heart, which is the secret of charm in all the author’s work. For this reason its publication is justified.