Front matter
Reading edition
Transcriber's Note
Illustration captions in {brackets} have been added by the transcriber for reader convenience.
In general, geographical references, spelling, hyphenation, and capitalization have been retained as in the original publication.
Minor typographical errors—usually periods and commas—have been corrected without note.
Significant typographical errors have been corrected and are marked with dotted underlines. Place your mouse over the highlighted word and the original text will appear. A full list of these same corrections is also available in the Transcriber's Corrections section at the end of the book.