Transcriber's note:
Minor typographical and punctuation errors have been corrected without note. Irregularities and inconsistencies in the text have been retained as printed.
Mismatched quotes are not fixed if it's not sufficiently clear where the missing quote should be placed.
Page 408: There is a missing numeral in the following. "awards at Rochester in 187_, and a third on the W. C." An underscore was added by the transcriber.
Page 470: "or" changed to "of"--"I am still out of health"
The cover for the eBook version of this book was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.