Transcriber’s Notes
Punctuation, hyphenation, and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in the original book; otherwise they were not changed.
Simple typographical errors were corrected; unbalanced quotation marks were remedied when the change was obvious, and otherwise left unbalanced.
Illustrations in this eBook have been positioned between paragraphs and outside quotations. In versions of this eBook that support hyperlinks, the page references in the List of Illustrations lead to the corresponding illustrations.
Two illustrations contain multiple photographs. The captions for them are grouped vertically: left, right, center.
Page numbering in the original book jumps from 10 to 21.
The List of Illustrations omits the sketches on pages 77 and 177, and the decorative drop cap on page 212. The illustration listed as being on page 223 actually is on page 222.
Page 63: “adjoin” should be “adjourn”.
Page 208: “$1000” probably should be “$10.00”.