Transcriber's NotesPunctuation has been normalized to contemporary standards.The Table of Contents was added by the transcriber.All illustrations in the text bear the credit line:"By courtesy of Liebler & Co; from photographs by Byron."Typographical errors corrected in original:p. 139 "Fod" replaced with "God": "For God's sake let us bury it!"p. 146 "use" repaced with "us": "what is best for both of us."p. 377 "donwpour" replaced with "downpour": "downpour of rain"p. 409 "sittting-room" replaced with "sitting-room"