Transcriber’s Note: A few obvious printer’s mistakes have been corrected (inparticular in the Index, where entries often didn’t match the spelling givenin the main text, and have been changed to do so); any remaining errors arethe author’s own.

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THE PUPPET SHOW OF MEMORY

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COOMBE COTTAGE

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THE PUPPET SHOW
OF MEMORY

BY
MAURICE BARING

BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1922

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Printed in Great Britain

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NOTE

My thanks are due to Messrs. Methuen for allowingme to use in Chapters XVI.-XIX. some matterwhich has already appeared in A Year in Russiaand Russian Essays, two books published by them; toMr. Leo Maxse for allowing me to use an article onSarah Bernhardt which appeared in the National Review,and has been re-written for this book; to Father C. C.Martindale and Mr. Desmond MacCarthy for kindly correctingthe proofs.

M. B.

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