TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

1. Added Table of Contents.

2. Converted all asterisk (***) ellipses to modern (...) ellipses.

3. Silently corrected simple spelling, grammar, and typographical

errors.

4. Retained anachronistic and non-standard spellings as printed.

5. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_.

6. Enclosed bold font in =equals=.

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