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Hung Lou Meng

Book 2 — END OF BOOK II.

H. Bencraft Joly translation

[transcriber's note: The second volume of this translation ends thus, and no more of it was ever published.]

ERRATA

On several occasions the book uses nested double quotes. One person, speaking, quotes another person, speaking. "This example," the proofreader said, "is of when my friend told me, "Don't take any wooden nickels." So I have always been careful." When these were found, the inner quotes were changed to single quotes for increased clarity. Such changes are not noted in the errata. A few other corrections to punctuation are noted below, but most are not.

The following are not misspellings: "dumfoundered" "parricide" "nobble" "finicking". "shewing" was very moldy at the time this was written but still not deceased. The Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, was used as the authority for spellings. I don't know about "per mensem" Chapter XXXVI page 180, line 18. I don't know about "titify" Chapter XL page 258, line 21. ]

Chap. XXV Page 8 Line 29: doesn't not does'nt XXVII " 37 " 10: peccadilloes not peccadiloes XXVIII " 64 " 6: on not ou XXVIII " 67 " 19: enumeration not enuneration XXX " 95 " 29: them," not them." XXX " 100 " 24: mustn't not musn't XXXI " 109 " 32: needn't not need'nt XXXII " 119 " 40: eh!" not eh! XXXII " 120 " 30: "Who not Who XXXII " 128 " 13: stitch not stich XXXIII " 137 " 2: fidgetted not figetted XXXIV " 147 " 28: promptly not promply XXXIV " 155 " 32: questions?" not questions? XXXIV " 157 " 7: contrariwise not contrarivise XXXV " 163 " 4: eat," not eat" XXXV " 163 " 13: successive not succcessive XXXV " 163 " 35: forty not fourty XXXV " 171 " 12: birthday not brithday XXXVI " 180 " 2: tael. not tael." XXXVI " 190 " 20: birthday not brithday XXXVII " 194 " 18: comes not come's XXXVII " 198 " 10: To-morrow not To-morow XXXVII " 199 " 32: "Well," not "Well", XXXVII " 199 " 33: done." not done? XXXVII " 199 " 40: fairest not fairiest XXXVII " 206 " 13: mustn't not musn't XXXVII " 207 " 36: get not ged XXXVII " 211 " 16: do?" not do? XXXVIII " 219 " 6: stomachaches." not stomachaches. XXXVIII " 228 " 13: while not whily XXXIX " 232 " 5: with?" not with?,' XXXIX " 237 " 9: conscious not concious XXXIX " 242 " 1: temple." not temple. XL " 245 " 38: little not litte XL " 248 " 11: silk." not silk?" XL " 254 " 12: They're not The're XL " 255 " 8: autograph not authograph XL " 257 " 16: mustn't not musn't XL " 258 " 13: fogies not foggies XL " 258 " 20: predilection not predeliction XL " 258 " 35: curtains." not curtains. XL " 258 " 39: enough." not enough. XL " 263 " 8: peony not peone XLI " 278 " 11: haven't not have'nt XLII " 282 " 4: haven't not have'nt XLII " 282 " 19: haven't not have'nt XLII " 283 " 14: ensconce not ensconse XLII " 284 " 26: medicine not medecine XLII " 284 " 39: medicines not medecines XLII " 285 " 27: medicines not medecines XLII " 288 " 5: aren't not are'nt XLII " 290 " 27: locust not lucust XLII " 290 " 27: feed.'" not feed.' XLIII " 309 " 31: grandiloquent not grandeloquent XLIV " 314 " 12: shouldn't not should'nt XLIV " 316 " 4: mustn't not must'nt XLIV " 317 " 6: employed the not employed on the XLIV " 322 " 3: differed not differred XLIV " 322 " 31: swelled not swole XLIV " 323 " 15: unhappiness not uuhappiness XLV " 337 " 30: ginseng not ginsing XLV " 338 " 22: medicines not medecines XLV " 343 " 30: uselessly not uselesly XLVI " 352 " 26: mightn't not mighn't XLVII " 372 " 32: friendship not frienship XLVII " 378 " 3: proffered not proferred XLVIII " 380 " 21: worldly not wordly XLVIII " 386 " 4: antithetical not antetithical XLVIII " 386 " 23: Ling not Ling, XLVIII " 386 " 23: smile not smiled XLVIII " 386 " 35: stanzas not stanaas XLVIII " 389 " 24: cockatoo not cuckatoo XLVIII " 391 " 27: 'Tis not T'is XLVIII " 391 " 31: 'Tis not T'is XLIX " 393 " 34: would'st not woulds't XLIX " 393 " 37: 'tis not t'is XLIX " 401 " 1: simultaneously not simultaneouly L " 411 " 25: 'tis not t'is L " 413 " 17: 'tis not t'is L " 415 " 35: But by and bye not But and bye L " 417 " 17: 'tis not t'is L " 417 " 17: 'tis not 't'is [yes twice in the same line] L " 417 " 25: 'tis not t'is L " 418 " 10: haven't not have'nt L " 423 " 38: blossom not blosson LI " 437 " 37: matter.'" not matter." LII " 446 " 21: medicine not medecine LII " 446 " 27: medicines not medecines LII " 449 " 5: medicines not medecines LII " 460 " 3: anniversary not anniversay LIII " 462 " 13: perspiring not prespiring LIII " 464 " 7: peonies not peones LIII " 468 " 23: haven't not have'nt LIII " 471 " 39: Apparent not Apparrent LIII " 476 " 9: homage not hommage LIII " 476 " 14: consonant not consonnant LIV " 487 " 5: trod not trode LIV " 487 " 12: "This not This LIV " 488 " 36: Isn't not Is'nt LIV " 490 " 15: me?" not me? LIV " 490 " 19: say, not say," LIV " 491 " 23: comfortable not confortable LIV " 495 " 12: exhilarated not exhilerated LIV " 495 " 19: smilingly not similingly LV " 503 " 10: and not aud LV " 507 " 32: Mrs. not "Mrs. LV " 507 " 33: making not make LVI " 525 " 27: Aren't not Are'nt LVI " 529 " 18: mustn't not musn't LVI " 535 " 20: notwithstanding not nothwithstanding LVI " 536 " 36: aren't not are'nt

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