Front matter
Reading edition
E-text prepared by Andrew Turek and revised by Joseph E. Loewenstein, M.D., and Delpine Lettau HTML version prepared by Joseph E. Loewenstein, M.D., and Delphine Lettau
Transcriber's note:
This novel was first published in serial form in 1868-1869, followed by a two-volume book version in 1869. Both were illustrated by Marcus Stone, and those illustrations are used in this HTML version of this e-text.