Archaic spelling is preserved as printed.
The following typographic errors have been repaired:
Page 9--beside amended to besides--"They could do many wonderful
things besides that we cannot do."
Page 42--has amended to had--"... he returned with a story of an
Owl which had driven away his game."
The frontispiece illustration has been moved to follow the title page.
Other illustrations have been moved where necessary so that they are
not in the middle of a paragraph.
The list of other books by the author has been moved to follow the
title page.
Repeated half-titles have been deleted.