Transcriber's Notes
Clara Bell translation · Edition 2
Spelling and hyphenation have been retained as in the original publication, except as follows:
Obvious punctuation errors and typos repaired:
Page 1, "a sleepy world died gently away" replaced by "a sleepy world died gently away."
Page 4, "What am I to do? out there" replaced by "What am I to do? Out there"
Page 5, "What have we here?...." replaced by "What have we here? ..."
Page 6, "wait a minute!...." replaced by "wait a minute! ..."
Page 7, "Choto, Choto!...." replaced by "Choto, Choto!..."
Page 16, "the infinite sepulchre of the ocean" replaced by "the infinite sepulchre of the ocean."
Page 17, "your throat?...." replaced by "your throat?..."
Page 43, '!--Oh dear, oh dear!"...' replaced by '!--Oh dear, oh dear!" ...'
Page 44, "I....no." replaced by "I ... no."
Page 57, "and as she eat" replaced by "and as she ate"
Page 70, "Those lovely things....?" replaced by "Those lovely things...?"
Page 95, "very, very dearly.." replaced by "very, very dearly...."
Page 115, removed new paragraph between "But what is this?" and "Blood?"
Page 135, "Well, if....?" replaced by "Well, if...?"
Page 138, "Ah....! Look here the" replaced by "Ah...! Look here the"
Page 141, '"Good, good!" cried Nela, delighted, "But' replaced by '"Good, good!" cried Nela, delighted. "But'
Page 182, "respected woman!...." replaced by "respected woman!..."
Page 183, "Centenc's house" replaced by "Centeno's house"
Page 213, "make you promises?...." replaced by "make you promises?..."
Page 224, "All good kind souls!...." replaced by "All good kind souls!..."
Page 246, "'And it cannot hurt me" replaced by '"And it cannot hurt me'
Page 253, "you are a charlatan!...." replaced by "you are a charlatan!..."
Page 258, '"It is fled!'' replaced by '"It is fled!"'
Page 262, "October the 12th, 186..." replaced by "October the 12th, 186...."
Advertisement: QUINTUS CLAUDIUS "—Grazer Morgenpost," replaced by "—Grazer Morgenpost."
Advertisement ERNESTINE 'purposes of the dramatist' replaced by 'purposes of the dramatist"'
Advertisement: A TALE OF AN ALPINE CLOISTER "The Hour Will Come;" replaced by "The Hour Will Come:" "they have read it through" replaced by "they have read it through."
Advertisement: AN ART LEGEND OF ANCIENT TIMES "25 cents," replaced by "25 cents." "WILLIAM S GOTTSBERGER" replaced by "WILLIAM S. GOTTSBERGER"
Advertisement: RANTHORPE "Bet there is" replaced by "But there is" "40 cents," replaced by "40 cents."
Words written in two different ways:
birdlike/bird‑like; "bird‑like" was regularized to "birdlike".
tramway/tram‑way; "tramway" was regularized to "tram‑way".
La terrible/La terrible; "La terrible" was regularized to "La Terrible" -no italics-.
Carlos/Cárlos; "Carlos" was regularized to "Cárlos".
Maria/María; "Maria" was regularized to "María".
Socarte/Socartes; "Socarte" was regularized to "Socartes".
ONE VOLUME./ONE VOLUME; "ONE VOLUME." was regularized to "ONE VOLUME".
TWO VOLUMES./TWO VOLUMES; "TWO VOLUMES." was regularized to "TWO VOLUMES".