Minor punctuation errors have been changed without notice. Hyphenation
and italicization were standardized.
Spelling was retained as in the original except for the following
change:
Page 3: “smear acros his” “smear across his”
Page 4: “Rabelias, like Scarron” “Rabelais, like Scarron”
Page 4: “bagnois on occasion” “baignoires on occasion”
Page 5: “He was irresistible” “He was as irresistible”
Page 7: “under Secretary of State” “Under Secretary of State”
Page 7: “collector of Elizivirs and” “collector of Elzevirs and”
Page 14: “Hilare Belloc, H. M.” “Hilaire Belloc, H. M.”
Page 22: “sawyers dstroying saw” “sawyers destroying saw”
Page 24: “at Brook’s gambling” “at Brooks’ gambling”
Page 27: “atention to the narratives” “attention to the narratives”
Page 27: “a letter writer by” “a letter written by”
Page 31: “Thomas Incl of London” “Thomas Inkle of London”
Page 35: “formation af a company” “formation of a company”
Page 37: “would quickly lesson” “would quickly lessen”
Page 40: “tried to get beneath” “tries to get beneath”
Page 42: “Hockley-inthe-Hole; where” “Hockley-in-the-Hole; where”
Page 64: “figures in St. Dustan’s” “figures in St. Dunstan’s”
Page 66: “pleasuse had been” “pleasure had been”
Page 76: “Acordingly they got” “Accordingly they got”
Page 76: “himself than a Sarcacen” “himself than a Saracen”
Page 77: “so the Mohawks made” “so the Mohocks made”
Page 78: “only to repair thmselves” “only to repair themselves”
Page 81: “applauding Pyrrhu Sir” “applauding Pyrrhus Sir”
Page 81: “gives of Pyrrhu’s death” “gives of Pyrrhus’s death”
Page 86: “work that any” “work than any”