The stories in this volume made their first appearance in England as follows: "The Roll-Call of the Reef" in _The Idler_; "The Looe Die-hards" in _The Illustrated London News_, where it was entitled "The Power o' Music"; "Jetsom" and "The Bishop of Eucalyptus" in _The Pall Mall Magazine_; "Visitors at the Gunnel Rock" in _The Strand Magazine_; "Flowing Source" in _The Woman at Home_; and the rest, with one exception, in the friendly pages of _The Speaker_. "What is the use of it?" the Poet demanded peevishly--it was New Year's Day in the morning. "People don't read my poetry when I have gone to the trouble of writing it!"…
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