Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co.
Edinburgh and London

Transcriber’s Note

Variant spelling is preserved as printed.

Minor punctuation errors have been corrected.

Hyphenation and accent usage have been made consistent.

Illustrations have been moved where necessary so that they are not in the middle of a paragraph.

Omitted page numbers were either blank pages, half title pages or the original location of full page illustrations in the original book.