TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE

This book was published in two volumes, of which this is the first. The Index, which covers both volumes, is at the end of the second volume. The second volume was released as Project Gutenberg ebook #46530, available at http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46530 .

Obvious typographical and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.

Except for those changes noted below, inconsistent or archaic spelling of a word or word-pair within the text has been retained. For example: birth-place birthplace; farm-house farmhouse; permitt; ruines.

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p 110. 'their lies' changed to 'there lies'.
p 171. 'St. Columb-Major' changed to 'St. Columb Major'.
p 204. 'Lord-Warden' changed to 'Lord Warden'.
p 305. 'fulness' changed to 'fullness'.