TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE

Breves and macrons are accurately represented (ă ĕ ā ē etc). Letter e with a dot above is represented by ė. Letters a and u with a diaeresis underneath are shown as a̤ and ṳ (using Unicode combining diacritical), and shown as ą and ų on handheld devices. ą and ų on handheld devices.

Obvious punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.

Except for those changes noted below, all misspelling in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.

[Pg 42.] '—un' replaced by 'un—'.
[Pg 53.] 'an add' replaced by 'and add'.
[Pg 55.] 'easier' is out of order, but has not been moved.
[Pg 71.] 'un ' replaced by 'un— '.
[Pg 88.] 'always, ' inserted before 'a̤l´wāysąl´wāys'.
[Pg 88.] 'length, ' inserted before 'leng´th'.
[Pg 88.] 'orphan, ' inserted before 'or´-phan'.
[Pg 88.] 'several, ' inserted before 'sev´ėr-al'.
[Pg 144.] 'brethren, ' inserted before 'breTH´-ren'.
[Pg 144.] 'cemetery, ' inserted before 'cem´-ē-ter-y'.
[Pg 144.] 'February, ' inserted before 'Feb´rṳ-a-ryFeb´rų-a-ry'.
[Pg 144.] 'history, ' inserted before 'his´-to-ry'.
[Pg 144.] 'pumpkin, ' inserted before 'pump´-kin'.
[Pg 150.] ' e' replaced by ' —e'.
[Pg 169.] 'suppliant' replaced by 'supplicant'.
[Pg 181.] 'carabine' replaced by 'carbine'.
[Pg 213.] 'innalienable' replaced by 'inalienable'.
[Pg 237.] 'Cincinatti' replaced by 'Cincinnati'.
[Pg 240.] 'Oklohama' replaced by 'Oklahoma'.
[Pg 241.] 'Pa.' replaced by 'See Pa.'.