Transcriber NotesThis transcription follows the text of the second printing of the US edition published by Grosset & Dunlap in February, 1929. However, the following alterations have been made to correct what are believed to be unambiguous errors in the text:“Lawrence” has been corrected to “Laurence” (Chapter I);“propertly” has been corrected to “property” (Chapter I);an omitted em dash has been restored (Chapter V);“vis-a-vis” has been corrected to “vis-à-vis” (Chapter VIII);“mènage” has been corrected to “ménage” (Chapter XVI);two missing quotation marks have been restored (Chapters XIX & XX).
This transcription follows the text of the second printing of the US edition published by Grosset & Dunlap in February, 1929. However, the following alterations have been made to correct what are believed to be unambiguous errors in the text: