This file uses _underscores_ to indicate italic text.
In cases where it is not clear whether a stanza break occurred across a
page break, this edition follows the stanza breaks in the first edition
of 1817. Obvious typographical errors such as missing or mismatched
quotation marks were fixed on pages 77, 134, 183, 186, 342, 364, and
371, and the use of small caps in apostrophized words has been silently
standardized. Other inconsistencies in spelling, hyphenation, etc. have
not been corrected except as noted below.
The formatting of the endnotes in the printed edition varies. In this
edition missing punctuation has been supplied and centered text has been
left justified, but paragraph breaks have not been standardized. The
page numbers given are those in the printed edition.
Images have been moved to natural breaks in the printed text; however,
the printed page numbers in the Table of Illustrations have not been
changed.
The illustrated title-page for the fourth section contains the drawn
text “The Light of the Harem;” however, in the Table of Contents and in
the story itself, the word is spelled “Haram.”
Itemized changes from the original text:
• p. xvi: Changed “aquaintance” to “acquaintance” in “a hasty renewal
of my acquaintance with it.”
• p. xvii n. iii: Changed “Jansenistes” to “jansénistes” in French
quotation.
• p. xxiii: Changed “Peri” to “Péri” in French quotation.
• p. 9: Added missing endnote reference 25 to poem title.
• p. 91: Changed “half way” to “half-way” in “souls but half-way
curst”.
• p. 212: Changed “e’er” to “ere” in “ere a drop of this night’s gore”.
• p. 218: Removed comma after “keen” from “With that keen second-scent
of death”.
• p. 230 and note 255: Changed “dark-sea robber’s way” to “dark
sea-robber’s way.”
• p. 251: Supplied missing indentation to match other public domain
editions.
• p. 334 n. 15: Changed “Hindostan” to “Hindoostan” in citation.
• p. 355: Corrected endnote number from 131 to 181.
• p. 366 n. 266: Changed “Bidmusk” to “Bid-musk” in head quote to match
main text; left as “Bidmusk” in quotation from cited text.
• p. 368 n. 279: Changed “lightning gem” to “lightning-gem” to match
main text.
• p. 371 n. 310: Changed “durée” to “duré” and “apperçût” to “apperçut”
in French quotation.
• p. 375: Corrected endnote number from 44 to 344.
• p. 379 n. 371: Changed “Symez” to “Symes”.
• p. 381 n. 386: Corrected nested quotation marks in endnote 386.