TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
Reading edition
This book is volume 2179 in the Collection of British Authors, Tauchnitz Edition series.
Obsolete and inconsistent spellings (e.g. basons, inuendoes, firearm/fire-arm, man-servant/man servant, etc.) have been preserved.
Alterations to the text:
Punctuation: correct some quotation mark pairings/nestings.
[The Invisible Tenants of Rushmere]
Change “Though we entered evey room in turn” to every.
[Little White Souls]
“aud a very dull Christmas the members of the 145th Bengal" and.
“love and charity make themselves conspicious” to conspicuous.
“but very advisible, not only for Katie, but for yourself” to advisable.
“supported by a stone ballustrade, and containing eight more” to balustrade.
“happened for an hour longer than is apsolutely necessary” to absolutely.
[Still Waters]
“flowed over the white-dressing gown which she had worn” to white dressing-gown.
(“Dont be a goose!” replied her husband, as he put her) to Don’t.
[Chit-Chat from Andalusia]
“who evidently belonged to the little cortége” to cortège.
[“Mother.”]
“You have been too long away from home as it it” to is.
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