PREFATORY NOTE

THE Editors desire to express their thanks to the artists whose work is represented for the valuable assistance they have rendered in the preparation of this volume. They also wish to acknowledge the courtesy of the following publishers who have kindly given permission for illustrations from their books to appear: Messrs. B. T. Batsford; Messrs. George Bell and Sons; Messrs. A. and C. Black; Messrs. Blackie and Son; Messrs. Chatto and Windus; Messrs. Constable and Co.; Messrs. J. M. Dent and Sons; Mr. T. N. Foulis; Messrs. George G. Harrap and Co.; Mr. William Heinemann; Messrs. Hodder and Stoughton; Mr. John Lane; Messrs. Sampson Low, Marston, and Co.; Messrs. Macmillan and Co.; Messrs. Maunsel and Co.; Mr. David Nutt; Messrs. Alston Rivers; Messrs. Otto Schulze and Co.; and Mr. Philip Lee Warner. The title of the book and the name of the publisher are given under each of these illustrations.

BY EDMUND J. SULLIVAN. FROM “SARTOR RESARTUS” (G. BELL & SONS)

BY R. ANNING BELL. FROM “POEMS BY JOHN KEATS” (GEORGE BELL & SONS)