Transcriber's Notes:
Reading edition
The original edition contained several pages of advertising at the end; these have not been reproduced here.
Retained some inconsistent hyphenation (e.g. bedside vs. bed-side).
Retained some inconsistent accents (e.g. role vs. rôle).
Page 146, changed "intervenes" to "intervened."
Page 155, changed "unkept" to "unkempt."
Page 214, changed "srange" to "strange."
Page 217, changed "wildy" to "wildly."