Transcriber’s Notes:
New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.
Punctuation has been made consistent.
Variations in spelling and hyphenation were retained as they appear in the original publication, except that obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
The following changes were made:
[p. 107]: as inserted (now as it was)
[p. 110]: partially obscured word mporal assumed to be temporal (in temporal ruin.)
[p. 299]: art changed to act (the act of)