The position of the illustrations has been changed to better fit with
the context. The Frontispiece illustration noted in the "List of
Illustrations" is missing from the original book upon which this digital
version is based and therefore it is not reproduced herein.
Illustration captions in {brackets} have been added by the transcriber
for reader convenience.
In general, geographical references, spelling, hyphenation, and
capitalization have been retained as in the original publication. This
includes a few inconsistencies across the text. For example, the word
tomorrow is more or less equally written as both tomorrow and
to-morrow.
Minor typographical errors—usually periods and commas—have been
corrected without note.
Significant typographical errors have been corrected and are marked with
dotted underlines. Place your mouse over the highlighted word and the original text will
appear. A full list of these same corrections
is also available in the [Transcriber's Corrections] section at the end of
the book.