Transcriber’s Note: Image of the original Book Cover.
Transcriber’s Notes:
Missing and extra quote marks, along with minor punctuation irregularities, were silently corrected. However, punctuation has not been changed to comply with modern conventions.
A List of Illustrations was added and illustrations have been moved, when necessary, so that they are not in the middle of a paragraph.
The following changes were made to the text.
[Page 33]: Was “insignficant” in the original text (keep me informed of everything that occurs, no matter how insignificant or irrelevant it may seem to you to be.)
[Page 48]: Was “rococco” in the original text (where the mushroom growth of the new city sprang up in rows of rococo brick and stone houses)