Front matter
Reading edition
Transcriber's Note:
Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation in the original document have been preserved.
Ditto marks have been replaced with the text which they represent.
On page 51, the phrase starting "the over-night" may be missing words.
On page 214, the phrase "half a cup of water" may be missing words.
Index spellings were made consistent with the text.

