THE DISENTANGLERS
by Andrew Lang


with illustrations by H. J. Ford

_Second Impression_

Longmans, Green, and Co.
39 Paternoster Row, London
New York and Bombay
1903

TO HERBERT HILLS, ESQ.
These Studies
OF LIFE AND CHARACTER
_ARE DEDICATED_




PREFACE


It has been suggested to the Author that the incident of the Berbalangs,
in The Adventure of the Fair American, is rather improbable. He can only
refer the sceptical to the perfectly genuine authorities cited in his
footnotes.