Punctuation errors have been repaired.

Hyphenation and accent usage has been made consistent.

The following amendments have been made:

Page [26]—repeated 'and' deleted—... as he scanned him, face and figure, ...

Page [46]—Frederic amended to Frederick—... which was the great Emperor Frederick II.’s favourite ...

Page [293]—conversasation amended to conversation—... many of whom could hold sufficient conversation with Italians.