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Transcriber's Note:
Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note.
Inconsistent hyphenation has been standardised. [***] has been used
to represent an inverted asterism.
Based on the text in the Preface and the concluding lines of the
last chapter, the date in the sentence:
"If we fail to act before the 31st December, in the year 2000,
he will proceed." (p. 151)
has been amended to the year 1900, bearing in mind the story takes
place towards the end of the 19th century.