Transcriber’s Note:

Page 189, “they’ve chistled past my nose” changed to read “they’ve whistled past my nose”.

Page 248, image in center of page, “IN UNFADING MEMORY” following 8 lines illegible.

Page 363, 4504: “Crouch” changed to read “Couch.”

Page 363, “Corsica, 395” changed to read “Corsica, 95”.

Obvious printer errors corrected silently.

Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation are as in the original.