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Hope Leslie, volume 2 (of 2

Volume 2 — TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES.

Reading edition

The George Routledge & Co. edition (London, 1850) was consulted for most of the changes listed below.

Archaic/obsolete spellings (alchymy, bucaniers, chints, suiter, etc.) have been preserved.

Page numbers are given in {curly brackets}.

The notes pertaining to the first volume have been moved there. The note numbering is otherwise unchanged, hence this volume’s notes start at 7.

Alterations to the text:

Add ToC.

Convert footnote to endnote.

Punctuation: fix some quotation mark pairings/nestings.

[Title Page]

Add author’s name and move epigraph to a following page.

[Chapter I]

Change “parting on that horrid rock, he first heard you was living!” to were.

[Chapter II]

“Ah. Wilton, you would not ask why if you could see my” change the period to a comma.

[Chapter V]

“and my ave-maries, but I get no heart’s ease” to marias.

[Chapter X]

“we may trust your wildwood bird; her flights are somewhat” to wild wood-bird.

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