Transcriber’s Notes

Except as mentioned below, this text follows the original book in spelling and hyphenation, including inconsistencies. In some places the quote marks do not match; this has not been corrected.

Changes made to the text:

Some missing or erroneous punctuation has been corrected silently
pageivmanagemant changed to management
page8frustrum changed to frustum
page13flater changed to flatter
page20plat changed to plot
page23matts changed to mats
page25grêênth changed to green
page38cocus changed to coccus
page91he sifted changed to be sifted
page94unstruct changed to unstruck
page104quote mark added after insipid
page112quote marks added before and after he says
page117lengh changed to length
page124excitment changed to excitement; of of the wood-work changed to of the wood-work
page145alchohol changed to alcohol
page149Avo-ado-pear changed to Avocado-pear
page159intoit changed to into it
page163curviliar changed to curvilinear
page182about to feet changed to about two feet.