[Transcriber’s Note]
The cover image was created by the transcriber, and is placed in the public domain. The design for the book cover mentioned in the [Preface] was not available to the transcriber.
Illustrations have been moved to be near the text they illustrate.
Variant spelling is retained.
A very few changes have been made to punctuation for consistency.
On [page 210] “C’état” has been changed to “C’était” in “C’était magnifique, magnifique! Ils sont les héros”.