Transcriber’s Note

The following changes have been made to the text:

[page ix], page number “1” added
[page xiv], page number “290” changed to “291”
[page 31], “gulley” changed to “gully”
[page 96], “sepulchra” changed to “sepulchral”
[page 113], “complicate” changed to “complicated”
[page 151], “thoughful” changed to “thoughtful”
[page 216], “menta” changed to “mental”
[page 255], “thier” changed to “their”
[page 269], “in roduction” changed to “introduction”
[page 310], parenthesis added before “2nd”
[page 312], “developmen” changed to “development”, “gradua” changed to “[gradual]

Variations in hyphenation (e.g. “bootlace”, “boot-lace”; “doorpost”, “door-post”) have not been changed.