The tenth edition and 1898 according to COPAC. Crown 8vo.ix 372pps four pages of reviews precede the half title "The Lamia of the story is as fair and deadly a creature as ever lured a man to destruction" A unique family presentation copy inscribed on the free endpaper. To Sydney & Jeannie Grinsen with all kind thoughts from Margaret J. Farjeon. May 28th 1906. A nice clean copy. Farjeon went to Australia to prospect for gold and later New Zealand, where he became joint editor of the 'Otago Daily Times' the first newspaper to be produced their.He returned to London in 1868, after an appreciative letter from Dickens and wrote several novels, mostly crime and mystery.His daughter Eleanor was a popular writer of childrens books.