Dedication: To my dear Parents and Sister who accompany me to Aunts, Uncles, and Cousins, who have contributed so much to our enjoyment while here, I affectionately dedicate these 'scraps from my Journal' as a memento of our visit to England, on the eve of our return to South Australia. -- Emma Styles, London, January 6th 1876.
[The dating of the poems in the collection indicates that she was actually in England later in 1876 and in January 1877.]
