I reprint in this volume, for what they may be worth, a dozen minor novels that have been published in the periodical press at various dates in the past, in order to render them accessible to readers who desire to have them in the complete series issued by my publishers.  For aid in reclaiming some of the narratives I express my thanks to the proprietors and editors of the newspapers and magazines in whose pages they first appeared.

T. H.
August 1913. +siNyjgku/OG4sCqafpCMX8IC5ubtDkfkQu5wQaVLxqH0bIj6lY5A48I4V7qtt9l