Transcriber’s Notes
Reading edition
Inconsistent spelling, hyphenation, etc. have been retained. Accents missing from French words have not been added. Page 100, As these pages are being printed ...: the boulder was, indeed, swept away by a landslide in 1883.
Changes made to the text: Obvious minor typographical and punctuation errors have been corrected silently. Illustrations have been moved outside text paragraphs. p. 115: “sandy beeches” has been changed to “sandy beaches”