TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES.
Reading edition
Sydney C. Grier was the pseudonym of Hilda Caroline Gregg.
This book is part of the author’s “Modern East” series. The full series, in order, being:
The Flag of the Adventurer Two Strong Men The Advanced-Guard His Excellency’s English Governess Peace With Honour The Warden of the Marches
Alterations to the text:
A few minor punctuation corrections—mostly involving the pairing of quotation marks.
Note: minor spelling and hyphenization inconsistencies have been left as is.
[Title Page]
Add brief note indicating this novel’s position in the series. See above.
[Footnotes]
Relabel footnote markers, collect footnotes at end of text, and add an entry to the TOC.
[Chapter III]
Change “mingled Turkish, Circassian, and Egyptain blood” to Egyptian.
[Chapter VII]
“they were conducted to a minature courtyard” to miniature.
[Chapter IX]
“Much suprised that the Pasha should pay” to surprised.
[Chapter XVI]
“he was at first ininclined to admire” to inclined.
[Chapter XVII]
“observation of Sir Dugald and Captain Rossitter” to Rossiter.
[Chapter XXII]
“while a brisk fusilade from the summit” to fusillade.
[Chapter XXVI]
“Um Yusuf shook her head but Cecil, knowing the...” add comma after head.
[Chapter XXVII]
“the ceremomy was to be performed by Dr Yehudi” to ceremony.
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