Punctuation, hyphenation, and spelling were made consistent when a
predominant preference was found in this book; otherwise they were not
changed.
Simple typographical errors were corrected; occasional unbalanced
quotation marks retained.
Ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines were retained.
Pages xiv and 54 (originally 56): The illustration’s caption, “AN
ASIATIC (? SAYANSK) WAPITI.” was printed with the question mark.