“The beautiful swallows, be tender to them, for they symbol all that is best in nature and all that is best in our hearts.” Most of the papers in this volume are published for the first time. A few have appeared in _The Daily Express_, _The London Evening News_, _The Field_, _The Saturday Review_, _The Outlook_, _The English Review_, and _The Wide World Magazine_. I am indebted to the Editors of these publications for permission to reprint them; and I am personally grateful to Sir Theodore Cook, of _The Field_, and to Mr. Austin Harrison of _The English Review_ for their encouragement and kindness in criticising and printing my earliest essays.…
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