_Published by Hodder & Stoughton, St. Paul's House, Warwick Square, London, B.C., and printed in Great Britain by Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ld., London and Aylesbury. Ten Colour Plates engraved and printed by Henry Stone & Son, Ld., Banbury and London, and four by the Bushey Colour Press._ * * * * * Transcriber's Notes: Obvious punctuation errors repaired. Page 56, "abear" changed to "bear" (I can't bear) Page 125, "their" changed to "there" (there is only our) Page 125, "Barbette" changed to "Babette" (Babette, the elderly) Page 138, "air" changed to "hair" (her front hair was) FOOTNOTES: FOOTNOTES: