ROBERT W. CHAMBERS

AUTHOR OF "THE MAIDS OF PARADISE" "THE MAID-AT-ARMS"
"CARDIGAN" "THE CONSPIRATORS" ETC.




NEW YORK AND LONDON
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
1904




Copyright, 1904, by ROBERT W. CHAMBERS.

_All rights reserved._
Published June, 1904.




TO
MY FRIEND
E. LE GRAND BEERS

MY DEAR LE GRAND,--You and I were early drawn together by a
common love of nature. Your researches into the natural
history of the tree-toad, your observations upon the