TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

  1. Illustrations listed as coloured in the list of Illustrations were scanned in color but were actually greyscale like the others.
  2. Changed “Then said then” to “Then said the” on p. [138].
  3. All book titles and colophons are rendered as printed.
  4. Silently corrected typographical errors.
  5. Retained anachronistic and non-standard spellings as printed.