PREFACE
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among which I have included all those sonnets which do not form an integral part of some longer poem, or of some definite series of poems. The only omission I have made is that of the notes to The Heather on Fire, which consist entirely in extracts from books, magazines, and newspapers, in reference to the Highland clearances. These, I imagine, which are already ancient history, can no longer have any interest for the reader of poetry, to whom this volmiie is offered on its own merits.
London, November 4, 1899
