The Riddle Of The Sands - Childers Robert Erskine ... - Cove Systems

meet me with his charts and maps and do the
same; and that the whole story should be
written, as from the mouth of the former, with
its humours and errors, its light and its dark
side, just as it happened; with the following
few limitations. The year it belongs to is
disguised; the names of persons are
throughout fictitious; and, at my instance,
certain slight liberties have been taken to
conceal the identity of the English characters.
Remember, also that these persons are living
now in the midst of us, and if you find one topic
touched on with a light and hesitating pen, do
not blame the Editor, who, whether they are
known or not, would rather say too little than
say a word that might savour of impertinence.
E. C.
March 1903
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