J. COMYNS CARR
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J. COMYNS CARR
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J. COMYNS CARR
Stray Memories
BY
HIS WIFE
MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED
ST. MARTIN’S STREET, LONDON
1920
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BY ROBERT MACLEHOSE AND CO. LTD.
TO
OUR GRANDSONS
RICHARD AND JOHN COMYNS CARR
FOREWORD
My husband wrotehis own Reminiscences in his two books—Some EminentVictorians and Coasting Bohemia, and it mightjustly be brought up against me that I could have nothing to add towhat he has said himself.
But a critic remarked at the time that there were few“Reminiscences” in which the pronoun “I”occurred so seldom; and it is upon this ground that I venture to takemy stand.
His friends meant so much to him that his talkis all of them. But they also loved him, and thefew who are left among those of whom he wrote,as well as the many more of the younger generationwho testify to-day to the exhilaration of his presenceand the tonic of his humour may, I hope, find inmy effort something which may recall to them hisurbane and inspiring personality.