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SOME of the following essays, which were originally published in newspapers or magazines, being now reprinted for the first time, I desire to state that this has been done with the permission of the editors of the journals concerned, and I have also to acknowledge the courtesy of the communications I have received on the subject. I refer here particularly to the letters to The Times, forming Chaps. IV., V., VI., and VII. of this volume, and the contributions to the Nineteenth Century, forming Chaps. III. and VIII. The dates of original publication, in each case, are stated at the beginning of the chapter.

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