TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

  1. Added [CONTENTS].
  2. There was no CHAPTER numbered IV in the book. Renumbered remaining chapters accordingly.
  3. Changed ‘of recent’ to ‘of a recent’ on p. [187].
  4. French paragraph beginning at the bottom of p. [256] was sans accents.
  5. Changed ‘throughly dried’ to ‘thoroughly dried’ on p. [273].
  6. Changed ‘you was’ to ‘you were’ on p. [298].
  7. Silently corrected typographical errors.
  8. Retained anachronistic and non-standard spellings as printed.