Front matter
Reading edition
Transcriber’s Notes
This is Volume I of II of this work, containing (after the front matter) pages 11-768, chapters I-LXXV, and illustration numbers 1-211; Volume II contains (after the front matter) page numbers 769-1481, chapters LXXVI-CLXX, and illustration numbers 212-443. For ease of reference, the Table of Contents, List of Illustrations and Index have been included in both volumes. Hyperlinks have only been provided for links internal to this volume.
More information on the transcription and the changes made may be found in the Transcriber’s Notes at the end of this text.
The cover image and music transcriptions have been created for this e-text and are in the public domain.


(See page ii.)