Some one has said that inasmuch as the Preface to a book is the last thing that is written, it ought to be the last that is read. I suppose that some readers prefer to omit the Preface until they have read the book, for many writers, Lord Lytton among the number, really destroy the illusion of a work of fiction by specifying the conditions under which it was written. A certain amount of faith in the reality of the things recorded is, to many minds, essential to true enjoyment of the story. However the case may be, I prefer that the reader of this volume should read these lines of mine before he proceeds farther. The author of this little book is both _blind_ and _deaf_! For many years he ha…
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