Transcriber's Note:

The footnote has been moved to the end of the book.
[Pg ix] Replaced "4" with "v" located in "PREFACE, 4".
[Pg 28] Added period after "Sam" located in "It was Sam".
[Pg 28] Added period after "top" located in "his new hum top".
[Pg 29] Added period after "29" located in "—P. 29".
Otherwise, archaic and inconsistent spelling and hyphenation retained.