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PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION

Doreen stands for all good women, whether down in the smothering alleys or up in the frozen heights. And so, having introduced the little woman (they all seem "little" women), I "dips me lid"—and stand aside.

Sydney, 1st September, 1915.