Transcriber's Notes:
Reading edition
Added table of contents.
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Retained questionable spellings (e.g. "wierd," "brightning") from the original.
Page 11, moved quote from after "she answered;" to after "he is at the mines."
Page 14, added missing quote after "can not urge you."
Page 29, removed duplicate "the" from "through the the valley."
Page 39, changed "except" to "expect" in "I expect you to act like a sensible woman."
Page 57, added missing quote after "would not be persuaded."
Page 105, added missing quote before "I shall leave this house."
Page 113, added missing quote after "Waring wrote it."
Beadle's Dime Biographical Library ad, added missing period after Trafalgar.
Immortal Crockett ad, changed "Almo" to "Alamo."
Beadle's Dime Books / Beadle's Dime Novels ad, normalized punctuation in title listings.