FACSIMILE OF MARIE CORELLI'S MS. AS PREPARED FOR THE PRESS 217 MY FIRST-BORN 222 JEROME K. JEROME 223 'HE AND YOU HAD TO CARRY LISA WEBER ACROSS THE STAGE' 226 THAT BRILLIANT IDEA 227 I HATED THE DISMAL LITTLE 'SLAVEY' 230 THE STUDY 231 I AM REMEMBERING 234 MR. JEROME K. JEROME 237 THREE SOLDIERS AND A PIG 239 JOHN STRANGE WINTER 241 MR. ARTHUR STANNARD 243 'THE FIRM' CONSIDERING 246 HE SQUINTED! 247 MISS STANNARD 248 'THE TWINS'--BOOTLES AND BETTY 249 LONG-LEGGED SOLDIERS 251 CAVALRY LIFE 253 I TOOK UP THE 'SATURDAY REVIEW' 255 BRET HARTE 256 WE SETTLED TO OUR WORK 258 A CIRCULATION IT HAD NEVER KNOWN BEFORE 259 'CONSIDER THEM AT YOUR SERVICE' 261 I WAS INWARDLY RELIEVED 263 THE BOOK SOLD TREMENDOUSLY 265 A. T. QUILLER COUCH 268 'Q.' JUNIOR 269 'THE HAVEN,' FOWEY 273 MR. AND MRS. QUILLER COUCH 275 FOWEY GRAMMAR SCHOOL CREW AND MR. QUILLER COUCH 277 THE OLD STUDY 279 MR. AND MRS. QUILLER COUCH IN A CANADIAN CANOE 281 ROBERT BUCHANAN 285 MR. BUCHANAN'S HOUSE 287 THE STUDY 291 MR. ROBERT BUCHANAN AND HIS FAVOURITE DOG 295 ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON 299 MR. STEVENSON'S HOUSE IN SAMOA 301 MRS. R. L. STEVENSON 305 STEVENSON TELLING 'YARNS' 307