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Transcriber’s Notes

Missing and incorrect punctuation marks have been corrected without note.

Inconsistencies that did not affect understanding were left as per the original text.

Page 38: “call it _navity_” changed to “call it _naivety_”

Page 213: “aud flourishes in” changed to “and flourishes in”