Front matter

THE ROOF GARDEN AND POMPEIAN FOUNTAIN AT 32 ADDISON MANSIONS. (From the Painting by Yoshio Markino.)

TWENTY YEARS

OF MY LIFE

BY

DOUGLAS SLADEN

AUTHOR OF “WHO’S WHO”

WITH FOUR COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS AND TWELVE PORTRAITS

BY

YOSHIO MARKINO

NEW YORK

E·P·DUTTON & COMPANY

PUBLISHERS

Printed in Great Britain by

Richard Clay & Sons, Limited,

BRUNSWICK ST., STAMFORD ST., S.E.,

AND BUNGAY SUFFOLK.

AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED

TO

JEROME K. JEROME

ONE OF THE EARLIEST AND DEAREST OF MY

LITERARY FRIENDS

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