Transcriber's Notes

  1. Punctuation has been normalized to contemporary standards.
  2. The Table of Contents was added by the transcriber.
  3. All illustrations in the text bear the credit line:
    "By courtesy of Liebler & Co; from photographs by Byron."
  4. Typographical errors corrected in original:
    1. p. 139 "Fod" replaced with "God": "For God's sake let us bury it!"
    2. p. 146 "use" repaced with "us": "what is best for both of us."
    3. p. 377 "donwpour" replaced with "downpour": "downpour of rain"
    4. p. 409 "sittting-room" replaced with "sitting-room"