Transcriber's Note
Page 14: 'busses' corrected to 'buses', though 'busses' may have been in use in 1898, or may have been confused with fishing boats (herring busses).
"... he even saw cabs and buses with different eyes."
Page 40: 'our's' corrected to 'ours' (though 'our's' may have been in use in 1898, or maybe the 'demon' apostrophe may not be so modern!).
" From the American aspect, ours is dull,..."
Page 56: 'Meterological' corrected to 'Meteorological'
"the Meteorological Office, a Government department...."
Page 78: 'ofence' corrected to 'offence'.
"... to have sufficiently purged himself of his offence?"