Appendix:  Transcription notes: 

This etext was transcribed from a volume of the 14th printing.

The following modifications were applied while transcribing the printed book to etext: 

 Chapter 1
   Page 30, para 1, add missing close-quotes

 Chapter 2
   Page 39, para 1, add missing close-quotes
   Page 48, para 4, change “its” to “it’s”

 Chapter 3
   Page 72, para 1, add missing close-quotes

 Chapter 8
   Page 174, para 2, add a badly-needed comma
   Page 182, para 3, change “replied Pennington” to “replied Warner”
   Page 185, para 5, add missing close-quotes

 Chapter 10
   Page 216, para 2, move a badly-misplaced comma
   Page 217, para 5, add a badly-needed comma

 Chapter 12
   Page 258, para 2, add missing open-quotes

 Chapter 14
   Page 297, para 1, fixed typo “Mississipians”

Chapter 15 Page 320, para 2, remove an extra comma

Chapter 15 Page 320, para 2, remove an extra comma

 Limitations imposed by converting to plain ASCII: 

  — The word “cooperated” in chapter 8 was presented in the printed
    book with an accented “o”
  — In chapter 11, “Caesar” was presented with the “ae” ligature
  — In chapter 11, the ship’s name “Union” was presented in italics
  — In chapter 14, “Thermopylae” was presented with the “ae” ligature