Codes used—A, B, C, 4th and 5th Editions and Lieber’s.
ESTABLISHED 1880.
Transcriber’s Note
The [corrigenda] were originally inserted before the Foreword; they have been implemented, and moved to the end of the text for reference.
The advertisements were originally printed on either side of the title page; they have been moved to the end of the text.
[The following sentence], which seems to be missing one or more words, has been retained as printed:
Yet synchronous with this the man of ideas and ideals that he kept to himself however; that he divulged to no one.
Both “half way” and “half-way” are used.
The following typographical errors and inconsistencies have been corrected: