Transcriber’s Notes

Apparent typographical errors have been changed.

Inconsistent word hyphenation and spelling have been regularized.

[Page 21:] “moral home iufluences” was changed to [“moral home influences”.]

[Page 75:] “and he joked the old” was changed to [“and he joked with the old”].

[Page 84:] “ethereal colums” was changed to [“ethereal columns”].

[Page 178:] “ent home until after the murder” was changed to [“sent home until after the murder”].

[Page 221:] “the room were the dead one lay” was changed to [“the room where the dead one lay”].