Transcriber’s note

New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.

Minor punctuation errors have been changed without notice. Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been standardized.

Other spelling has also been retained as originally published except for the changes below.

Page [31]: “which look unnecessarily”“which looked unnecessarily”
Page [37]: “The leaving movers”“The leading movers”
Page [61]: “but tactily—all power”“but tacitly—all power”
Page [94]: “instances been fraudently”“instances been fraudulently”

Footnote changes:

Footnote [82]: The lowercase “i” in “ibid” was capitalized.
Footnote [199]: The lowercase “i” in “ibid” was capitalized.
Footnote [259]: Missing footnote number was added.
Footnote [374]: “evolting” changed to “revolting.”