Transcribers' Notes:

Punctuation and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in this book; otherwise they were not changed.

Simple typographical errors were corrected; occasional unbalanced quotation marks retained.

Ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines were retained.

Page 17: "some dim germs" was printed that way.

Page 44: "came ruining down" was printed that way.

Advertisement on last page: "oppropriate" was spelled that way.