Minor spelling inconsistencies (_e.g._ caldron/cauldron,
counterbuff/counter-buff, gravel-pit/gravel pit, etc.) have been
preserved.
Text version only: “#” is used to indicate bolded text.
Alterations to the text:
Convert footnotes to endnotes.
Silently correct a few punctuation errors (quotation mark pairings,
missing periods, etc.)
[Introductory]
Change “so often mentioned in the text, from the _slavic_” to
_Slavic_.
[Chapter VIII]
(“She is _grern_ ... She is become, it _appe-ars_,) to _grown_
and _appears_, respectively.
[Chapter IX]
(“Why, you old _de-ar_?” said he.) to _dear_.
[Chapter XVII]
“then, suddenly _panicstruck_, groped for the table” to
_panic-struck_.
[Chapter XXIV]
“and, _unfortuntely_, the disease was in the head” to _unfortunately_.
“At _anyrate_ she, in company with Mademoiselle” to _any rate_.
[End of text]