Excerpt from The Circus: And Other Essays

Most of these essays appeared first in the New York Times Magazine, and to the owner and the editor of that publication I am grateful for permission to reprint. Others are reprinted by the courtesy - which is thankfully acknowledged - of Harper's Weekly, and the John J. Mitchell Company. I am deeply indebted to Alden March, Esq., Editor of the New York Times Magazine, for advice and encouragement, and to J. Arthur Murphy, Esq., of Mahwah, New Jersey, for valuable assistance in preparing the manuscript for the press.

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