Superscripted characters are preceded by a caret character (^{te}) and
subscripted characters are preceded by an underscore (H_{2}O).
Note: The transcriber has corrected what were deemed to be obvious
printer’s errors and normalized hyphenation where a predominant variant
could be found. Archaic spellings have been retained. Changes to the
text are listed below:
Pg. iii: Added missing comma: ‘Writer and Speaker Fearless Publicist’
to ‘Writer and Speaker, Fearless Publicist’
Pg. 12: Missing close-quote inserted: ‘for bread at the store.’ to ‘for
bread at the store.”’
Pg. 12: Missing close-quote inserted: ‘“Hi! said Reddy’ to ‘“Hi!” said
Reddy’
Pg. 14: Corrected typo: ‘loaves of bred’ to ‘loaves of bread’
Pg. 16: Corrected typo: ‘crows feet’ to ‘crow’s feet’
Pg. 17: Missing open-quote inserted: ‘z-z-z.”’ to ‘“z-z-z.”’
Pg. 23: Corrected typo: ‘there came a knockiing’ to ‘there came a
knocking’
Pg. 24: Missing open-quote inserted: ‘said the archer, that must’ to
‘said the archer, “that must’
Pg. 25: Missing open-quote inserted: ‘she replied, and you will’ to
‘she replied, “and you will’
Pg. 29: Missing open-quote inserted: ‘ said I, but trample’ to ‘ said
I, “but trample’
Pg. 32: Corrected capitalization: ‘ishmaelite’ to ‘Ishmaelite’
Pg. 39: Normalized hyphenation. Predominantly spaced: ‘with some-one
else’ to ‘with some one else’
Pg. 41: Added missing period to contraction: ‘Castel de St Angelo’ to
‘Castel de St. Angelo’
Pg. 42: Normalized hyphenation. Hyphenated elsewhere: ‘first hand
information’ to ‘first-hand information’
Pg. 46: Fixed word mix-up: ‘pointing to the guide’ to ‘pointing to the
policeman’
Pg. 49: Corrected typo: ‘Baptisery’ to ‘Baptistery’
Pg. 61: Corrected typo: ‘the assembled anaeobists’ to ‘the assembled
anaerobists’
Pg. 65: Missing word added: ‘a blank stare a’ to ‘a blank stare and a’
Pg. 76: Added missing punctuation: ‘part of the way the rest’ to ‘part
of the way; the rest’
Pg. 84: Corrected typo: ‘should weight at least’ to ‘should weigh at
least’
Pg. 94: Moved wrongly placed quote marks: ‘“It is too bad said her
mother,”’ to ‘“It is too bad,” said her mother,’
Pg. 97: Added hyphen for consistency. Hyphenated elsewhere: ‘nice
looking’ to ‘nice-looking’
Pg. 97: Removed two extra periods: ‘with photo., Box. 28’ to ‘with
photo, Box 28’
Pg. 103: Added missing comma at quote close: ‘ you know” said Sam’ to ‘
you know,” said Sam’
Pg. 107: Missing close-quote inserted at para end: ‘how to control it.’
to ‘how to control it.”’
Pg. 110: Corrected typo: ‘a dark stirway’ to ‘a dark stairway’
Pg. 118: Corrected typo: ‘millenium’ to ‘millennium’
Pg. 123: Changed upper case to lower after comma: ‘Very well, You are’
to ‘Very well, you are’
Pg. 138: Corrected spacing for consistency. Spaced out elsewhere: ‘Body
o’me!’ to ‘Body o’ me!’