TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
Reading edition
Changed ‘town major’ to ‘town mayor’ on p. 1072.
Changed ‘staid’ to ‘stayed’ on p. 1140.
Changed ‘granted civil list person’ to ‘granted civil list pension’ on p. 1289.
Changed ‘Equator’ to ‘Ecuador’ on p. 1300.
Silently corrected typographical errors.
Retained anachronistic and non-standard spellings as printed.