So the old order changes--all, that is to say, but Uncle Jenico, who is engaged at this moment, very bent and white, in demonstrating to my little boy the method of his latest machine for solving the riddle of perpetual motion. THE END TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES. Minor spelling inconsistencies (_e.g._ drowzily/drowsily, schoolhouse/school-house, barn-door/barn door, etc.) have been preserved. Alterations to the text: Assorted punctuation corrections. [Part I/Chapter I] Change “mamma said we must _restrench_, and cried” to _retrench_. [Part II/Chapter VIII] “watch him fattening, and _enjy_ him in anticipation” to _enjoy_. [Part II/Chapter X] “He stood before me, _dropping_ wet, a most wretched” to _dripping_. [Part II/Chapter XV] “It was a brilliant _moonlight_ night” to _moonlit_. [End of Text]