Transcriber’s Note:

Obvious typographical and printing errors have been corrected. Variations in hyphenation have been normalized; other spelling inconsistencies have been retained.

The publisher’s inconsistent application of small caps has been retained.

Pages 86 and 88 are blank pages in the original publication.

The cover image has been produced by the submitter for the e-reader editions of this e-text. It is released into the public domain.

Additional notes and details of the corrections can be found at the end of this e-text.