Transcriber's Notes
1. Punctuation has been normalized to contemporary standards.
2. List of books "By Mr. Parrish" moved to end of text.
3. Frontispiece illustration moved to after title page.
4. Typographic errors corrected from original:
p. 31 seen to see ("you can see")
p. 59 surpressed to suppressed ("suppressed excitement")
p. 202 addresed to addressed ("The man addressed as Colonel")
p. 367 SEACHING to SEARCHING ("SEARCHING FOR CLAIRE")