FOOTNOTES:
[1] The "Nation" newspaper, a short time after its establishment, was styled by that first of critics and most literal of translators—John Gibson Lockhart—"a startling phenomenon"!
[2] Complete sets of the "Nation" sell to this day for no less a sum than $30, or £6 sterling.
Transcriber notes:
Music. First line, flat in bass moved to correct position.
Line 6, fixed flat position (no changed determined).
P. [8.] 'fill' changed to 'will'.
P. [10.] 'market' changed to 'marked'.
P. [28.] 'May be,' on another copy.
P. [34.] 'surburban' changed to 'suburban'.
P. [39.] Bottom of page 39. 'Next draw'.
P. [40.] text is 'ones all round'.
P. [44.] 'smtiten' changed to 'smitten'.
P. [48.] 'the had' changed to 'she had'.
P. [48.] 'determin d' changed to 'determined'.
P. [53.] 'Khorsabad' changed to 'Khorsobad'.
P. [69.] Illustration 'Fig.' is Fig. 1.', changed.
P. [87.] 'oxgyen' changed to 'oxygen'.
Fixed various punctuation.