"It may fairly be said that no one now living could have expounded Hume with more sympathy or with equal perspicuity."—Athenæum.
"The story of Defoe's adventurous life may be followed with keen interest in Mr. Minto's attractive book."—Academy.
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES:
There are variant spellings of the following name:
Jeames Yellowplush
Mr. C. James Yellowplush
Spellings were left as in the original.
The following changes were made to the text:
page 5—Thackeray's version was 'Cabbages, bright green cabbages,'{added missing ending quotation mark} and we thought it very witty.
page 78—Then there are "Jeames on Time Bargings," "Jeames on the Gauge{original had Guage} Question," "Mr. Jeames again."
page 131—"I knew you would come back," she said; "and to-day, Harry{original has Henry}, in the anthem when they sang