Transcriber’s Notes
Reading edition
Copyright notice provided as in the original printed text—this e-text is public domain in the country of publication.
Silently corrected palpable typos, leaving a few amusing ones unchanged.
Amusing Typo/Puns
“searched in vein for the lost mine”—Shouldn’t that be the other way around?
“looking for some stray fauns”—a long way from Greece!
“hours spent pouring over books”—a bit more drastic than throwing cold water on ideas...