Transcriber Notes:
Throughout the dialogues, there were words used to mimic accents of the speakers. Those words were retained as-is.
The illustrations have been moved so that they do not break up paragraphs and so that they are next to the text they illustrate. Thus the page number of the illustration might not match the page number in the List of Illustrations, and the order of illustrations may not be the same in the List of Illustrations and in the book.
Errors in punctuations and inconsistent hyphenation were not corrected unless otherwise noted.
On page 9, a period was added after "CHAPTER I".
On page 19, "ithers" was replaced with "others".
On page 40, a period was added after "Standard VII".
On page 54, a period was added after "are grisle".
On page 64, "sanwiches" was replaced with "sandwiches".
On page 64, "apetites" was replaced with "appetites".
On page 71, a single quotation mark after "Cast out a devil, sir!" was replaced with a double quotation mark.
On page 98, a period was added after "hot nor cold".
On page 107, a period was added after "B".
On page 119, a quotation mark was added before "is your favorite writer".
On page 120, a single quotation mark was added after "their lives".
On page 129, a single quotation mark after "sweet song" was replaced with a double quotation mark.
On page 132, a single quotation mark before "How many" was replaced with a double quotation mark.
On page 148, "an errand" was replaced with "on an errand".
On page 153, "November th 30" was replaced with "November 30th".
In the first advertisement, a period was added after "Field".