PREFACE.

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The time of this story is a year and a term later than that of “The Gold Bat.” The history of Wrykyn in between these two books is dealt with in a number of short stories, some of them brainy in the extreme, which have appeared in various magazines. I wanted Messrs Black to publish these, but they were light on their feet and kept away—a painful exhibition of the White Feather.

P. G. WODEHOUSE.