Transcriber's Note:
On the first page of advertisements, the "^o" represents a
superscripted "o". 16^o is for an abbreviation for sextodecimo,
which refers to the book size (6.75" x 4").
Throughout the document, the oe ligature was replaced with "oe".
Throughout the dialogues, there were words used to mimic accents of the
speakers. Those words were retained as-is.
Passages in italics were indicated by _underscores_.
Passages in bold were indicated by =equal signs=.
Small caps were replaced with ALL CAPS.
On the title page, a comma was placed after "A CONFLICT OF EVIDENCE".
On page 95, "but, as. well," was replaced with "but, as well,".
On page 122, the question mark after "It was
not difficult to discern that a human being had been
cremated" was replaced with a period.
On page 160, "moment" was replaced with "moments".
On page 177, "dimunitive" was replaced with "diminutive".
On page 178, "momnt" was replaced with "moment".
On page 187, "attacted" was replaced with "attracted".
On page 191, "in _Herald_ for D.M.," was replaced with "in the _Herald_
for D.M.,".
On page 226, a single quotation mark was added after "Why have you done
it?".
On page 230, "stiring" was replaced with "stirring".
On page 257, "Livingston" was replaced with "Livingstone".
On page 274, a single quotation mark was added before "Madame, your life
is in danger."
On page 319, a double quotation mark was deleted after "remaining of the
thirty.'".
On page 327, a double quotation mark was added after "I said
'suppose,'".
On page 329, a quotation mark was added after "will be more
appreciative".
On page 368, the double quotation mark after "yes," was replaced with a
single quotation mark.
On page 384, the double quotation mark after "this little
mystery." was replaced with a single quotation mark.
On page 386, the double quotation mark after "you took the stud
yourself." was replaced with a single quotation mark.