Transcriber’s Notes
Reading edition
Retained publication information from the printed edition: this eBook is public-domain in the country of publication.
Silently corrected a few palpable typos, leaving period spellings unchanged.
In the text versions only, text in italics is delimited by _underscores_.
Added subheadings in the text to match entries in the Table of Contents.
Added captions to illustrations based on the attributions in front matter.