CHAPTER LAST.
STATEMENT OF THE PUBLISHER.
On the 18th of June, Mr. Wilkie Collins left a roll
of manuscript with us for publication, without title
or direction, since which time he has not been heard
from. In spite of the care of the proof-readers, and
valuable literary assistance, it is feared that the continuity
of the story has been destroyed by some accidental
misplacing of chapters during its progress.
How and what chapters are so misplaced, the publisher
leaves to an indulgent public to discover.
