Transcriber's Note
Reading edition
Footnotes have been moved to the end of the book. Illustrations have been moved near the relevant section of the text.
Inconsistencies have been retained in spelling, hyphenation, punctuation, and grammar, except where indicated in the list below:
Page number added to Table of Contents on Page v
Dash added after "Mud-Wagon." on Page vi
Dash added after "Railroad." on Page vii
Period moved from before to after bracket on Page 96
"timber" changed to "Timber" on Page 96
"spot" changed to "sport" on Page 121
"offer" changed to "offers" on Page 168
Quotation mark added before "The" on Page 222
Quotation mark added before "Compare" on Page 223
"agricul tural" changed to "agricultural" on Page 237
Single quote added after "Carleton" on Page 242