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, and for the tireless pains she has taken in assisting me with the preparation and correction of the manuscript and proofs.

I also wish to place on record my appreciation of what I owe to the inspiration and example of the _Alpine Journal_ and of Mr. Geoffrey Winthrop Young, and to the inspiring influence of Miss P. Broome.

10 GAINSBOROUGH MANSIONS, LONDON, W.14, _April, 1924_.

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