TRANSCRIBER’S NOTEIllustrations in this eBook have been positioned between paragraphs and outside quotations. In versions of this eBook that support hyperlinks, the page references in the List of Illustrations lead to the corresponding illustrations.Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.No attempt has been made to reconcile the spelling and hyphenation between the author’s writing and Mitford’s.Some hyphens in words have been silently removed, some added, when a predominant preference was found in the original book.Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.Pg. 9: “painting by Slater” changed to “drawing by Slater” to match illustration caption.Pg. 38: “eminnently” replaced with “eminently”.Pg. 189: “persuance” replaced with “pursuance”.Pg. 249: “soi-distant” replaced with “soi-disant”.Pg. 318: “hypocricy” replaced with “hypocrisy”.Original Bookcover:Original Cover
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTEIllustrations in this eBook have been positioned between paragraphs and outside quotations. In versions of this eBook that support hyperlinks, the page references in the List of Illustrations lead to the corresponding illustrations.Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.No attempt has been made to reconcile the spelling and hyphenation between the author’s writing and Mitford’s.Some hyphens in words have been silently removed, some added, when a predominant preference was found in the original book.Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.Pg. 9: “painting by Slater” changed to “drawing by Slater” to match illustration caption.Pg. 38: “eminnently” replaced with “eminently”.Pg. 189: “persuance” replaced with “pursuance”.Pg. 249: “soi-distant” replaced with “soi-disant”.Pg. 318: “hypocricy” replaced with “hypocrisy”.
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