Transcriber Notes

This transcription follows the text of the second printing of the US edition published by Grosset & Dunlap in February, 1929. However, the following alterations have been made to correct what are believed to be unambiguous errors in the text:

“Lawrence” has been corrected to “Laurence” (Chapter I);

“propertly” has been corrected to “property” (Chapter I);

an omitted em dash has been restored (Chapter V);

“vis-a-vis” has been corrected to “vis-à-vis” (Chapter VIII);

“mènage” has been corrected to “ménage” (Chapter XVI);

two missing quotation marks have been restored (Chapters XIX & XX).