AUGUSTINE BIRRELL
Reading edition
HONORARY FELLOW OF TRINITY HALL, CAMBRIDGE
'Peace be with the soul of that charitable and courteous author who for the common benefit of his fellow-authors introduced the ingenious way of miscellaneous writing.'—LORD SHAFTESBURY.
LONDON
1906
AUTHOR'S NOTE
The first paper appeared in the Outlook, New York, the one on Mr. Bradlaugh in the Nineteenth Century, and some of the others at different times in the Speaker. 3, NEW SQUARE, LINCOLN'S INN.