Transcriber's Note

Variant spellings in this ebook have been retained to match the original document.

The use of an ae-ligature in the name 'Hephæstus' has been regularized. The oe-ligature is represented by 'oe' in the text version of this ebook, and retains the oe-ligature in the HTML version. Ellipses have been regularized.

The original text contained duplicate headers for Acts; these duplications have been omitted in this ebook.

The following typographical corrections were made to this text:

[Page 16]:Added missing period (EROS.)
[Page 16]:Changed em-dash to long dash to match style of text
[Page 16]:Changed casket to caskets (all the empty caskets)
[Page 28]:Added missing comma (he answered, "Pray don't)
[Page 101]:Changed 'o' to 'of' (It is kind of)
[Page 132]:Added missing period (CHLORIS.)
[Page 140]:Changed 'o' to 'of' (degradation, instead of)