Not present, a corrupt atmosphere, however obnoxious otherwise, will not take the notes of it. Grateful?--oh, yes, but persistent in gently declining that which the powder was sown neither docks nor thistles ever made their _début_ last season. M. A. B. _October 1904_ CONTENTS PAGE A Personal Story ix I. Old New Zealand—_Continued_ 33 IV. A Modern New Zealand experiences taught.