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Note 1 · ‘Lines to the River Aragua’ is the title of a poem by Charlotte Brontë which is mentioned by Mrs. Gaskell in The Life of Charlotte Brontë, 1Note 2 · The last four words in this sentence have been erased from the MS.—C. W. H.Note 3 · The above poem appears to have been composed more than twelve months before the story in which it appears. In The Red Cross Knight and OtherNote 4 · The first twelve words in this sentence have been erased from the MS.—C. W. H.Note 5 · It is the custom in Verdopolis, where perhaps forty or so noblemen, with their attendants, go to shoot or hunt wild beasts or birds in the dNote 6 · Danhasch, son of Schemhourasch, a genie rebellious to God (Arabian Nights Entertainments).—C. W. H.Note 7 · ‘The Foundling: A Tale of Our Own Times,’ by Captain Tree, is an unpublished story containing about thirty-five thousand words, which was coNote 8 · The name of Rivaulx was probably obtained from Rivaulx Abbey (now in ruins), founded in 1131 for the Cistercians. It is in the N. Riding of Note 9 · General Henri Fernando de Euara, known in the army as ‘The Tiger.’—C. W. H.Note 10 · Quashia Quamina Kashna, an African chief.—C. W. H.