The author wishes to convey her esteem for the indomitable Miss Julia Churchill of A. M. Heath, as well as those keen-eyed and quick-witted ladies at Macmillan Publishers, Miss Lucy Pearse and Miss Rachel Kellehar. Good books, like households, require both ornamentation and orderliness; the former was provided by Miss Sarah Gibb, the latter by Mr Nick de Somogyi and Miss Veronica Lyons.
Especial gratitude is due to Ali Korotana Esquire, of Camberwell. It is to him that this book is most affectionately dedicated.