Acknowledgement

by H.H. Munro (SAKI)

　　"The Background " originally appeared in the LEINSTERS' MAGAZINE;"The Stampeding of Lady Bastable " in the DAILY MAIL; "Mrs.Packletide's Tiger," "The Chaplet," "The Peace Offering," "Filboid Studge " and "Ministers of Grace " (in an abbreviatedform) in the BYSTANDER; and the remainder of the stories (with theexception of "The Music on the Hill," "The Story of St.Vespaluus," "The Secret Sin of Septimus Brope," "The Remoulding ofGroby Lington," and "The Way to the Dairy," which have neverpreviously been published) in the WESTMINSTER GAZETTE. To theEditors of these papers I am indebted for courteous permission toreprint them.