115

THE SMOKING-ROOM 116

THE LIBRARY 117

MISS BRADDON'S FAVOURITE MARE 119

THE ORANGERY 120

MISS BRADDON'S COTTAGE AT LYNDHURST 121

MISS BRADDON'S INKSTAND 122

AT TWENTY 124

F. W. ROBINSON 125

ELMORE HOUSE 126

AT THIRTY 127

MR. ROBINSON'S LIBRARY 128

THE GARDEN 129

THE DRAWING-ROOM 130

AT FORTY 131

MR. ROBINSON AT WORK 132

H. RIDER HAGGARD 134

THE FRONT GARDEN 135

MR. RIDER HAGGARD AND HIS DAUGHTERS 137

THE HALL 139

MR. RIDER HAGGARD'S STUDY 141

SOME CURIOS 143

A STUDY CORNER 145

MR. RIDER HAGGARD 147

THE FARM 149

WHERE I WROTE MY FIRST BOOK 151

R. M. BALLANTYNE 153

MR. BALLANTYNE'S HOUSE AT HARROW 155

TROPHIES FROM MR. BALLANTYNE'S TRAVELS 157

THE STUDY 159

MR. R. M. BALLANTYNE 161

LOOKING FOR TOOLE 164

I. ZANGWILL 165

I SAT DOWN AND WROTE SOMETHING