Transcriber’s Notes
Reading edition
This transcription follows the text of the edition published by Grosset & Dunlap in August, 1926 (by arrangement with E. P. Dutton & Company). However, the following alterations have been made to correct what are believed to be unambiguous errors in the text:
Five misplaced quotation marks have been corrected.
The name “Simmonds” has been corrected to “Simmons” (Chapter I).
The word “alseep” has been corrected to “asleep” (Chapter XVI).