TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES
Reading edition
Pages iv, 270, and 272 are blank in the original.
Variations in spelling have been left as in the original. Examples include the following:
council Councils Councillor Councillors
counsel counsels counselled counsellor counsellors
ascendant ascendency
burdens burthens
Luxembourg Luxemburg
recognised recognized
Variations in hyphenation have been left as in the original. Examples include the following:
arm-chair armchair
re-organization reorganization
The following corrections have been made to the text:
Page 35: success or defeat must be{original has by} equally fatal
Page 155: or dependents{original has dependants} wringing bread