A Table of Contents has been created for the HTML version. Archaic and variable spelling has been preserved. Minor punctuation errors have been corrected without notice.

On Page 5 the name "Ruth Hackney" is listed twice; this was not changed.

A few obvious typographical errors have been corrected and are listed below.

Page 3: "even by the absorbtion" changed to "even by the [absorption]".

Page 5: "in making decision" changed to "in making [decisions]".

Page 11: "Moidart, in Inverness-shire" changed to "[Mordart], in Inverness-shire".

Page 23: "who soons appears" changed to "who [soon] appears".

Page 35: "rythmical, rimeless, endless" changed to ["rhythmical], rimeless, endless".

Page 40: "Apples in the Summer-time" changed to "Apples in the [Summertime]".