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Transcriber's Notes
Advertisements were collected at the end of the text.
The table of contents on the title page was adjusted in order to reflect
correctly the headings in this issue of THE LITTLE REVIEW.
The heading "Defense of the Grotesque" was added on page 53 for
consistency.
The original spelling was mostly preserved. A few obvious typographical
errors were silently corrected. All other changes are shown here
(before/after):
[p. 25]:
... O Ewigkeit, Leit ohne Leit, ...
... O Ewigkeit, Zeit ohne Zeit, ...
[p. 28]:
... To create such Ewigkeitsmenscher is the great goal of the new
life, the ...
... To create such Ewigkeitsmenschen is the great goal of the new
life, the ...
[p. 33]:
... in it,--this street-urchin has at last invaded the
quarterlies. We ...
... in it,--this street-urchin has at last invaded the
quarterlies. We have ...
[p. 42]:
... and painters turned their eyes toward Greece. "Dante was a
Catholic, ...
... and painters turned their eyes toward Greece." Dante was a
Catholic, ...