Transcriber's Note:
Reading edition
The footnote has been moved to the end of the book.
Pg ix Replaced "4" with "v" located in "PREFACE, 4".
Pg 28 Added period after "Sam" located in "It was Sam".
Pg 28 Added period after "top" located in "his new hum top".
Pg 29 Added period after "29" located in "—P. 29".
Otherwise, archaic and inconsistent spelling and hyphenation retained.