Transcriber’s Note

Given the nature of the text, there were copious errors in the

typesetting. Errors deemed most likely to be the printer’s have been

corrected, and are noted here.

The references below are to the page and line in the original. Since the

original text was arranged in two columns, ‘L’ and ‘R’ denote the side

of the page.

1R.24 C.R. Leslie says[,]: Removed.

5L.29 against the Scotch[./,] and the chief Replaced.

character

6R.34 Lachesis [_Lak´.e.sis_][/.] and At´ropos. Replaced.

19L.8 he suffers himself to[ to] become enamored Removed.

19R.8 are the sick and mai[n/m]ed Replaced.

29R.17 the [“]foundling of the forest,” Added.

29R.20 F[l]orian is light-hearted and volatile Inserted.

31L.28 [_Fe.ā´.ra.brah_][./,] daughter of Laban Replaced.

36L.17 called King [“]King Charles’s jester” Added.

38L.16 Ellen Olney Kirk, _Sons and Daughters_ Replaced.

(1887[]/)]

38L.28 his pro[s]testations of love Removed.

42L.28 =Foundling= (_The_)[,] Harriet Raymond Added.

44L.37 and the two means 77=14.[)] Added.

45L.12 in the s[ei/ie]ge of Corinth Transposed.

57L.23 and [“]took the Lord’s body Added.

58R.29 [(]Dr. William Cullen Removed.

58R.34 astrolo[o]ger of Louis XI. Removed.

59L.27 When G[è/é]ronte hears this Replaced.

63R.27 “The Petrarch of Spain[”] Added.

75R.13 _Money_ (1840.[)]. Added.

76L.20 daughter of Gerald Fitzge[ar/ra]ld Transposed.

77L.5 Sganar[i/e]lle asks him if he would advise his Replaced.

marrying.

79R.6 B[ry/yr]on, _The Giaour_ (1813) Transposed.

79R.38 His seven daughters were turned into Transposed.

ha[cl/lc]yons

83R.13 a[u/n]d died from eating Inverted.

85R.12 grasping C[ro/or]ineus with all his might Transposed.

88R.18 “Spring,” “Summer,” “Autumn,” and [“]Winter” Added.

89R.44 broke to pieces “Mambrino’s he[ml/lm]et,” Transposed.

90R.10 He calls the bridegro[o]m “young Lovell.” Inserted.

92R.28 Sir W. [W.'] Scott Redundant.

97L.25 between the Bononcinists and Handelists[.] Restored.

98R.5 [“]Divina Natura agros dedit Added.

100L.5 “prince of Magog[”] Added.

100R.35 (g and w being convertibleletters,[)] Added.

102R.20 Miller of Gre[e]noble Removed.

105R.3 in those superstit[i]ous times Inserted.

113R.33 in such foolishness.[”] Added.

115R.2 of all the Portuguese statesm[a/e]n Replaced.

115R.11 (_Sir Lau[u/n]celot_) Inverted.

116L.2 stabbed the t[ry/yr]ant to the heart Transposed.

116L.27 a haunch of ven[si/is]on Transposed.

120L.31 the strongest man of arms.[”] Added.

120R.25 who tried to stop p[r]ilgrims Removed.

121R.20 as [“]Sir Francis Gripe.” Added.

123L.14 and it won’t do.[”] Added.

127L.7 laid siege to Châtea[nu/un]euf-de-Randan Transposed.

128R.39 Sigismunda bo[l]dly defended her choice Inserted.

129L.35 _Arab[ai/ia]n Nights_ Transposed.

134L.1 when you see Gwenhidwy driv[-/ing] her flock Completed.

ashore

135L.32 then s[ie/ei]zed the “Nibelung hoard,” Transposed.

137R.28 in the disguise of a physici[s/a]n Replaced.

138R.18 bringing about a reconci[a]lation Inserted.

139L.15 and Zaph[mi/im]ri was raised to the throne Transposed.

140L.4 Charles Martel (689-741)[,/.] Replaced.

145R.27 Belg[ui/iu]m and Switzerland Transposed.

148L.39 He falls in love with Lou[si/is]a Transposed.

151L.44 pressed by hunger[./,] Replaced.

151R.8 the souls[.] of the murdered people Removed.

153L.2 (time[,] Charles I.) Added.

156L.11 some virgin of spotless purity volunteer[e]d Inserted.

to die

157L.3 he is acquit[t]ed Inserted.

158R.4 yet with such exqu[i]site address Inserted.

158R.11 as “two cherries on one stalk.[”] Added.

159L.13 (4) for Sabians[,] Added.

164R.2 moved round the sun (1564-1642[)]. Added.

164R.4 was burnt alive for ma[i]ntaining Inserted.

164R.36 is to “show[”] as in a mirror Removed.

165L.27 in the tale.[)] Added.

165R.27 (_Hermês [“]thrice-greatest_”) Added.

167R.45 [“/‘]May you have but one president,’ Replaced.

171L.19 “Tough as Hickory[./,]” Replaced.

173L.21 The monk of Hildesh[ie/ei]m Transposed.

173R.38 betroths her to Thes[ue/ue]s Transposed.

182R.42 called “The Cape of Storms[”]. Added.

183L.2 was or[i]ginally called Inserted.

184L.31 which he prefer[e/r]ed to filial and brotherly Replaced.

affection

185L.12 the or[i]ginal of our _Childe Horne_ Inserted.

185R.20 [(]These are called “The Prince of Wales’s Added.

...”)

186L.19 the s[ei/ie]ge of Arrestan Transposed.

189L.40 Sir[.] W. Scott Removed.

191L.13 He was corruptly called “Jancus Lain.[”] Added.

202L.27 and we can wait.[”] Added.

205R.11 I am lying her[e] above thee Added.

206L.2 Iachimo accep[t]ed the wager Inserted.

206L.43 cla[i]ming the fulfilment of the compact Inserted.

207R.21 he affirmed to be by Sh[e]akespeare Removed.

207R.25 the poet-laur[e]ate Inserted.

212R.41 M. Drayton, _Polyolb[oi/io]n_ Transposed.

215R.24 —Spenser, _Faëry Queen_, v. [(]1596). Added.

216R.13 “Everard Olive of Tipperary Hall,[ “/” ] who Misplaced.

wrote

221L.21 I have lost thee, Isadore![”] Added.

222L.17 [(]See SKANDERBEG Added.

222R.14 “duke of Shoreditch[”] Added.

222R.49 but afterwards a re[gen/neg]ade to Islam Transposed.

223R.15 out of jealous[l]y Removed.

226R.32 ‘Let’s / [‘]—Heigho —Heigho ... go look at our Removed.

lions!’

227R.17 who promised to remedy all abuses (*-1450[)]. Inserted.

233R.35 an old woman at Middlemas vill[i]age Removed.

235L.18 a gigantic pra[c]tical joke Inserted.

236R.13 stand on the bare ground.[”] Added.

237L.36 “Good land! I know what girls are, I hope![”] Added.

239L.18 when her young master ass[s]ails her Removed.

240L.14 his name was comp[li/il]ed by Transposed.

245R.1 a fellow-bather from the s[e/u]rf Replaced.

251L.8 [“]Pour moi, je tiens Added.

255L.1 No place obtained.[”] Added.

256L.1 Ju[il/li]et Transposed.

261.L.35 daughter o[r/f] King Obĕron Replaced.

263L.30 Sir Galahad of chas[t]ity Inserted.

268L.20 Agesilaös of Sparta (B.C. 444, 398[ /-3]60). Restored.

268L.34 called “The Lion King of Assyria[”] Added.

269L.19 [(]surnamed _the Rash_) Added.

269L.38 Boniface I., pope (*, [4 8 /418-]422). Restored.

270L.31 (1194, 1215-1250[)]. Added.

270R.2 Louis VII., _le Jeune_, of France (1120, Replaced.

11[8/3]7-1180.

272R.7 from one of the declivi[i]ties Removed.

274R.36 the mona[r]chy ended. Inserted.

275R.19 —Monstrelet, _Chroniques_, v. 190 [(]1512). Added.

279R.25 Sir W. Scott, _Castle Dangerous[.]_ Added.

282R.34 =Knig[n/h]ts of the Ermine= Replaced.

287R.5 a play of Shake[s]peare’s Inserted.

287R.9 C. Dickens, _Nicholas Nick[el/le]by_ Transposed.

288R.36 T. B. Aldrich, _The Lady of Cast[le/le]nore_ Transposed.

292R.40 Bryon, _Don Juan_, iii. 26, etc. (1820)[,/.] Replaced.

294L.13 George Eliot, _Silas [W/M]arner_. Replaced.

294L.41 when well powdered.[”] Added.

298R.39 Uthal was slain in single c[a/o]mbat Replaced.

300L.29 Augustin[,] of Hippo Removed.

305R.4 =Laurringtons= [(](_The_) Rememoved.

311L.29 a covet[u]ous lawyer Removed.

315R.6 by the hands of the executioner.[)] Added.

316R.23 vindicated Mariana of the sligh[t]est Inserted.

indiscretion

317L.36 [(]See ISABELLE.) Added.

318R.22 Fer[di]nando, not knowing that she was the Removed.

king’s mistress

322R.15 “goddess of Liberty.[”] Added.

323R.28 The other two were Parthen´ope and Added.

Leucothëa[.]

324L.31 A[u]gustus Cæsar the sea-calf Inserted.

325L.24 The voyage to L[u/i]lliput Replaced.

330L.1 the _fidus Achatês_ of Robin Hood[.] Added.

336R.6 the intrenched spirit in twain[.] Added.

339R.19 to invade En[g]land Inserted.

344L.17 for a somewhat sim[i]liar coincidence Removed.

345L.25 For less my worth, you must allow, than Added.

heaven.[”]

351R.36 “Voyage to Lilliput,[”] Added.

355R.33 on one occas[s]ion Removed.

360L.31 Camoens, _The Lu[c/s]iad_, in ten books Replaced.

360R.11 This Lu[c/s]us colonized the country Replaced.

363L.22 When Demetrius awoke he [become] more _sic_:

reasonable became? had

become?

370R.38 n[ei/ie]ce of Mr. Jonathan Oldbuck Transposed.

376R.26 Melchior means “king of light[”]; Added.

378R.22 Al Borak (“the light[n]ing”) Inserted.

378R.32 ([8/7]) Rehana, a Jewish captive. Replaced.

380R.31 to [to ] and condemned death Removed.

383L.41 conspiring against the king of Portugal Replaced.

(1689-1761)[,/.]

383R.19 Exclusive of his natural ba[r]barity Inserted.

391R.12 that the barg[a]in shall stand good Inserted.

394L.10 _The Plain Dealer[’]_ Removed.

395R.2 but not being an o[r]thodox Moslem Inserted.

396L.32 (mother of the vainglorious Duarte[)], Added.

398L.31 that of Mar[arg/gar]et Transposed.

399R.15 and she arr[r]ives at Port Jackson Removed.

400L.16 was s[ie/ei]zed Transposed.

400L.19 Ma[r]garet replied Inserted.

The following words had inconsistent hyphenation. Words which are

hyphenated on a line break retained the hyphen (or not) depending on

other instances.

lawsuit/law-suit

schoolmaster/school-master

sweetheart/sweet-heart

overbearing/over-bearing

grandchild/grand-child

housekeeper/house-keeper

bookworm/book-worm

Deerslayer/Deer-slayer

Greatheart/Great-heart

innkeeper/inn-keeper

undersea/under-sea

turnpike/turn-pike

sunbeam/sun-beam

reappeared/re-appeared

Parthlud/Parth-lud

lighthouse/light-house

Heughfoot/Heugh-foot

heartache/heart-ache

harelip/hare-lip

Glamorgan/Gla-morgan

chambermaid/chamber-maid

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