Transcriber's Notes:
Punctuation has been standardized. Minor spelling and typographic errors have been corrected silently, except as noted below. Hyphenated words have been retained as they appear in the original text.
Alternate spellings of "anyone" and "any one" have been left as is in the text.
Alternate spellings of "manœuver" and "maneuver" have been left as is in the text.