Minor punctuation errors have been changed without notice. Hyphenation
was standardized.
Spelling was retained as in the original except for the following
change:
Page 9: “oeen a lucky gesture” “been a lucky gesture”
Page 27: “sapphire, jacinth, dyamont” “sapphire, jacinth, diamond”
Page 72: “son to Duse or Cleopatra” “son to Dusé or Cleopatra”
Page 87: “inlaid wtih heraldic” “inlaid with heraldic”
Page 156: “pointed stalagmities toward” “pointed stalagmites toward”
Page 172: “for fifty dolars which” “for fifty dollars which”
Page 269: “this Rennaisance tomb” “this Renaissance tomb”
Page 276: “Cosmos Club, she had” “Cosmo Club, she had”
Page 298: “ising and stamping the” “rising and stamping the”
Page 319: “and her tawdry smartiness” “and her tawdry smartness”