This book is a preservation facsimile.
It is made in compliance with copyright law
and produced on acid-free archival
60# book weight paper
which meets the requirements of
ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (permanence of paper)
Preservation facsimile printing and binding
by
Acme Bookbinding
Charlestown, Massachusetts
2005
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE
All changes in the Errata, found at the end of the narrative and before the main Index, have been applied to the etext.
Other obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.
Several shilling and pence amounts in the form "13 s" or "13 s." or "13 s," have been changed to the form "13s." for consistency.
All instances of 'Lieut. Col.' have been replaced by 'Lieut.-Col.' for consistency.