Appendix: Transcription notes:
This etext was transcribed from a volume of the 14th printing.
The following modifications were applied while transcribing the printed book to etext:
Chapter 1
Page 30, para 1, add missing close-quotes
Chapter 2
Page 39, para 1, add missing close-quotes
Page 48, para 4, change “its” to “it's”
Chapter 3
Page 72, para 1, add missing close-quotes
Chapter 8
Page 174, para 2, add a badly-needed comma
Page 182, para 3, change “replied Pennington” to “replied Warner”
Page 185, para 5, add missing close-quotes
Chapter 10
Page 216, para 2, move a badly-misplaced comma
Page 217, para 5, add a badly-needed comma
Chapter 12
Page 258, para 2, add missing open-quotes
Chapter 14
Page 297, para 1, fixed typo “Mississipians”
Chapter 15
Page 320, para 2, remove an extra comma
Limitations imposed by converting to plain ASCII:
- The word “cooperated” in chapter 8 was presented in the printed
book with an accented “o”
- In chapter 11, “Caesar” was presented with the “ae” ligature
- In chapter 11, the ship's name “Union” was presented in italics
- In chapter 14, “Thermopylae” was presented with the “ae” ligature