Front matter
Reading edition
Transcriber's Note
The position of the illustrations has been changed to better fit with the context. The Frontispiece illustration noted in the "List of Illustrations" is missing from the original book upon which this digital version is based and therefore it is not reproduced herein.
Illustration captions in {brackets} have been added by the transcriber for reader convenience.
In general, geographical references, spelling, hyphenation, and capitalization have been retained as in the original publication. This includes a few inconsistencies across the text. For example, the word tomorrow is more or less equally written as both tomorrow and to-morrow.
Minor typographical errors—usually periods and commas—have been corrected without note.
Significant typographical errors have been corrected and are marked with dotted underlines. Place your mouse over the highlighted word and the original text will appear. A full list of these same corrections is also available in the Transcriber's Corrections section at the end of the book.
