text: THE TWO SIDES OF THE SHIELD
  
  BY 
  
  CHARLOTTE M YONGE 
  
  PREFACE 
  
  It is sometimes treated as an impertinence to revive the personages of one story in another, even though it is after the example of Shakespeare, who revived Falstaff, after his death, at the behest of Queen Elizabeth.  This precedent is, however, a true impertinence in calling on the very great to justify the very small! 
  Yet many a letter in youthful handwriting has begged for further information on the fate of the beings that had become favourites of the school-room; and this has induced me to believe that the following out of my own notions as to the careers of former heroes and heroines might not be unwelcome; while I have tried to make the story stand independently for new readers, unacquainted with the tale in which Lady Merrifield and her brothers and sisters first appeared. 
  'Scenes and Characters' was, however, published so long ago, that the young readers of this generation certainly will only know it if it has had the good fortune to have been preserved by their mothers.  It was only my second book, and in looking back at it so as to preserve consistency, I have been astonished at its crudeness.
tokens: THE TWO SIDES OF THE SHIELD BY CHARLOTTE M YONGE PREFACE It is sometimes treated as an impertinence to revive the personages of one story in another , even though it is after the example of Shakespeare , who revived Falstaff , after his death , at the behest of Queen Elizabeth . This precedent is , however , a true impertinence in calling on the very great to justify the very small ! Yet many a letter in youthful handwriting has begged for further information on the fate of the beings that had become favourites of the school - room ; and this has induced me to believe that the following out of my own notions as to the careers of former heroes and heroines might not be unwelcome ; while I have tried to make the story stand independently for new readers , unacquainted with the tale in which Lady Merrifield and her brothers and sisters first appeared . ' Scenes and Characters ' was , however , published so long ago , that the young readers of this generation certainly will only know it if it has had the good fortune to have been preserved by their mothers . It was only my second book , and in looking back at it so as to preserve consistency , I have been astonished at its crudeness .
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