Transcriber’s Notes:
The author of this book is listed in other sources as James W. Donovan using the pseudonym Hildreth.
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. [54]: that removed (and trials come)
p. [65]: it added (for it a)