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Transcriber's Note:
Obvious punctuation errors repaired.
Advertising page, "Navel" changed to "Naval" (The Naval Cadet)
Advertising page, "facination" changed to "fascination" (his usual
fascination)
Advertising page, "irresistable" changed to "irresistible" (that is
irresistible)
Advertising page, under The Golden Galleon, "Rainy" changed to "Rainey"
(by William Rainey, R. I.)
Page 18, "n" changed to "in" (in comparison with all)
Page 47, "Keat's" changed to "Keats's" (or "Keats's Poems")
Page 54, twice, "De" changed to "de" (gather from Mr. de) (Mr. de
Morgan's process)
Page 70, "Tiddlewink" changed to "Tiddledywink" (Sequel to Tiddledywink
Tales)
Varied hyphenation was retained: woodcuts, wood-cuts and today, to-day
and folklore, folk-lore.