The papers upon which this volume is founded--published here by the courtesy of The Century Company--appeared originally in the columns of St. Nicholas. They have been reconstructed and rearranged, and not a little new matter has been added. The portraits are all from life. That of The Boy's Scottish grandfather, facing page 20, is from a photograph by Sir David Brewster, taken in St. Andrews in 1846 or 1847. The subject sat in his own garden, blinking at the sun for many minutes, in front of the camera, when tradition says that his patience became exhausted and the artist permitted him to move. The Boy distinctly.
