TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

  1. P. [55], changed “my parents when I was such a little child” to “my parents died when I was such a little child”.
  2. P. [83], changed “she had no jump of locality” to “she had no bump of locality”.
  3. Silently corrected obvious typographical errors and variations in spelling.
  4. Retained archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed.