Transcriber’s notes:

Several features of this book are unusual: it has two slightlydifferent lists of contents which do not correspond precisely withthe text, and there is a preface midway through the book; it hasconfusing page numbering (omitted from this transcription) whichrestarts in successive sections of the text using mixed arabic androman numerals; the text displays an unusual mixture of italics,small capitals, full capitals, and variable letter spacing (some ofwhich do not display correctly on handheld reading devices); muchof the spelling is archaic, and both spelling and punctuation areinconsistent. Some obvious typesetting errors have been corrected(see list) but the spelling andpunctuation otherwise remains true to the original text.

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A title has been added to the original blankcover.