Excerpt: THESE studies are collected from the monthly press. One appeared in the New Quarterly, one in MacMittaris, and the rest in the Cornbill Magazine. To the Cornbitt I owe a double debt of thanks; first, that I was received there in the very best society, and under the eye of the very best of editors; and second, that the proprietors have allowed me to republish so considerable an amount of copy. These nine worthies have been brought together from many different age...