Transcribed from the 1890 Longmans, Green, and Co. edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org [Picture: The Baron at St. Andrews. From an old painting] OLD FRIENDS _ESSAYS IN EPISTOLARY PARODY_ * * * * * BY ANDREW LANG * * * * * LONDON LONGMAN’S, GREEN, AND CO. AND NEW YORK: 15 EAST 16th STREET 1890 _All rights reserved_ * * * * * PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE LONDON * * * * * _TO_ _MISS RHODA BROUGHTON_ PREFACE THE studies in this volume originally appeared in the “St. James’s Gazette.” Two, from a friendly hand, have been omitted here by the author of the rest, as _non sua poma_. One was by Mr. RICHARD SWIVELLER to a boon companion and brother in the lyric Apollo; the other, though purporting to have been addressed by Messrs. DOMBEY & SON to Mr. TOOTS, is believed, on internal evidence, to have been composed by the patron of the CHICKEN himself. A few prefatory notes, an introductory essay, and two letters have been added. The portrait in the frontispiece, copied by Mr. T. Hodge from an old painting in the Club at St. Andrews, is believed to represent the Baron Bradwardine addressing himself to his ball. A. L. CONTENTS