TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES
1. Quotes, parentheses and other punctuation are sometimes missing or missplaced in the original. These have been made consistent with modern convention.
2. Apostrophes, where missing in the original, have been added.
3. Footnotes have been numbered sequentially and moved to the end of the book.
4. Misspelled words have been corrected and such changes noted at the end of the book.