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Transcriber's Notes
Variations in spelling, accents, punctuation and hyphenation are
as in the original, except in cases of obvious typographical error.
The use of upper or lower case at the beginning of abbreviated
proper names (e.g. a'Beckett and A'Beckett) is inconsistent. This
inconsistency has been retained.
Page 9 "whether they have borrowed from or author, I leave the reader
to determine." the or has been changed to our.
Italics are represnted thus _italic_ and bold thus =bold=.
End of Project Gutenberg's A Book of Burlesque, by Willam Davenport Adams