TO

ELIZABETH MARY ODLING

IN MEMORY OF

MANY HAPPY DAYS SPENT WITH HER AND HER FATHER

THE LATE ALFRED SMEE, F.R.S.

THIS BOOK

Is dedicated by

HER AFFECTIONATE FRIEND

THE AUTHOR.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, LD.,

ST. JOHN’S HOUSE, CLERKENWELL, E.C.