NOTE I desire to acknowledge the courtesy of the following authors and publishers for their permission to reprint the selections made from their copyrighted books: Harper & Brothers, for extracts from Sir Walter Scott's Journal. The Century Company, for extracts from Paul L. Ford's "Life of Franklin." Doubleday, Page & Company, for extracts from Francis Whiting Halsey's "Our Literary Deluge." Houghton, Mifflin & Company, for extracts from Addison P. Russell's "A Club of One." Charles Scribner's Sons, extracts from Robt. Grant's Book. Professor David Starr Jordan, for his courteous consent to use extracts from his book. George Barrie & Sons, for extracts from the works of Victor Hugo, translated by W. Walton. Hardy, Pratt & Company, for extracts from the works of Honoré de Balzac, translated by Katherine P. Wormley. C. J. |