Obsolete, archaic and unusual spellings have been maintained as in the
original book. Obvious typos have been fixed silently.
In the story of John Dory, the phrase “in revenge of the great ravine
and cruelty” appears. The word “rapine” comes from French, and a
popular form of this word in old French was “ravine”. Consequently I
believe that a rendering of this phrase in modern English would be “in
revenge of the great rapine and cruelty.”
The cover page was produced at Distributed Proofreaders from material
found in this book. The cover is hereby placed in the public domain.
The author, “Lyonesse” is a pen-name for George Basil Barham.