Transcriber's Notes:

Obvious punctuation errors repaired.

The remaining corrections made are indicated by dotted lines under the corrections. Scroll the mouse over the word and the original text will appear.

Table of Contents: Error in original lists 'Chapter XIII.' as starting on page 119; changed to 118 for actual starting page in book.

Page 7: word 'due' added to text (impossibility due to)

Page 120: word 'hat' changed to 'bat'