Transcriber’s Notes

Obvious errors in punctuation have been fixed.

In the [table of contents], “The Landsdowne Letter” changed to “The Lansdowne Letter”

[Page 49]: “which his precedessor” changed to “which his predecessor”

[Page 54]: “seeking a black animal” changed to “seeing a black animal”

[Page 136]: “New York Herold” changed to “New York Herald”