G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS New York London TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES: On page 22, silk-milk has been changed to silk-mill. On page 104, spinister has been changed to spinster. On page 122, tesselated has been changed to tessellated. On page 138, where-ever has been changed to wherever. On pages 164 and 166, Tarsus has been changed to Tarsis. On page 209, silk makers has been changed to silk-makers. On page 249, eying has been changed to eyeing. On page 256, Uhlich has been changed to Ulrich. On page 294, Bardiondi has been changed to Barbiondi. All other spelling and hyphenation has been retained as typeset.