My first and best thanks are due to the editors of the _Pall Mall Gazette_ and of the _Pall Mall Budget_. Their kindness has enabled me to reprint here several articles that have previously appeared in one or both of their papers. And to the generosity of the editor of the _Pall Mall Budget_ I owe five of the illustrations appearing here. “Oriental Nuptials” have appeared in _The Lady_, the editor of which paper kindly allows me to here use them.…
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