LAWN TENNIS FOR LADIES
BY
MRS. LAMBERT CHAMBERS
WITH TWENTY-THREE ILLUSTRATIONS
TO
MY FATHER
WHOSE KEENNESS AND ENCOURAGEMENT
HAVE ALWAYS BEEN
SUCH A GREAT HELP TO ME
DURING MY LAWN TENNIS CAREER
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PREFACE
As a rule
an author writes a preface to explain or to apologize
for a book. I shall do neither: I have tried to explain
my meaning simply and clearly in the book itself, and I
am optimistic enough to think that my favourite game is
too popular to require an apology for increasing its
literature, however unpretentious the attempt may be.
Moreover, I am still too much affected by the "brilliant
and feverish glow" of enthusiasm to dream of offering
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