Sinopsis

PREFACE. It is only natural that an author should say a few words about a republication of this kind. The story in its separate form has the advantage of being illustrated by an eminent artist, whose special qualifications are widely known and acknowledged; and it seemed to all concerned best that it should be left entirely untouched. The first two paragraphs and the last short one are simply added: no other liberty has been taken with it. To avoid the trouble of those great plagues of literature, foot-notes, the author asks the reader to submit to a few very trifling explanations: