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Transcriber's Note

The author's surname is hyphenated throughout this book, although the Library of Congress lists his name without the hyphen.

The author varies slightly from _The Odyssey_ in places--for instance, the number of years Ulysses remains with Calypso. These variations are preserved as written.

There is no page number reference on the ill.u.s.tration facing page 83.

The author uses some variant spelling which is preserved as printed.

This includes Phoeacians, Vergil, Melesegenes, dogrells, both Graecian and Grecian, and both lotos and lotus. These latter two variations appear in different sections of the book, so may well be deliberate on the part of the author.

Minor punctuation errors have been repaired. The following amendments have also been made:

Page 10--discrimena amended to discrimina--Per varios casus per tot discrimina rerum ...

Page 32--smiled amended to smile--A cruel smile played on his face.

Page 74--ago years amended to years ago--It was nine years ago that the pale gaunt waif of the sea ...

Page 94--iufluence amended to influence--There was some strange influence in the air ...

The frontispiece ill.u.s.tration has been moved to follow the t.i.tle page.

Other ill.u.s.trations have been moved where necessary so that they are not in the middle of a paragraph.