Transcriber's Note

Inconsistent hyphenation, punctuation and spelling in the original document have been preserved.
Periods have been added to dollar amounts.
Typographical errors corrected in the text:
Page 16 merchandize changed to merchandise
Page 26 Sythes changed to Scythes
Page 31 Ignots changed to ingots
Page 57 skilful changed to skillful
Page 60 CÖoperative changed to CoÖperative
Page 63 then changed to than
Page 151 Germains changed to Germain
Page 161 armfull changed to armful
Page 166 extraneous double quote removed
Page 181 warming changed to warning
Page 195 Belvidere changed to Belvedere
Page 207 Belvidere changed to Belvedere
Page 212 Reactionist changed to ReÄctionist
Page 213 Hew-Haven changed to New-Haven
Page 277 bofogged changed to befogged
Page 310 detrimen changed to detriment
Page 349 Believng changed to Believing