TRANSCRIBER'S NOTESPages x and 24 are blank in the original.The following words appear with and without hyphens. They have been left as in the original.ball-roomballroombusiness-likebusinesslikehearth-rughearthrughouse-keeperhousekeeperhouse-keepinghousekeepingman-likemanlikenow-a-daysnowadaysover-headoverheadVariations in spelling have been left as in the original. Examples include the following:centercentrelearnedlearntspoiledspoiltThe following corrections have been made to the text:Page xi:Introduction, 13[original has 5]Page 48: slink away from a bantam[original has bantum] henPage 67: you[original has vou] go in for this sortPage 129: sheer force of genius[original has genuis]Page 161: some out-of-the-way[original has out-of-the way] cornerPage 220: exhausts itself in a declaration[original has delaration] of revoltPage 269: ignorant of contemporary[original is split across lines after con but hyphen is missing] fashionsPage 303: following the [original has the the] same extravagancePage 332: torture it until it[original has is] has about as much lifeEllipses match the original.
Pages x and 24 are blank in the original.
The following words appear with and without hyphens. They have been left as in the original.
Variations in spelling have been left as in the original. Examples include the following:
The following corrections have been made to the text:
Page xi:Introduction, 13[original has 5]Page 48: slink away from a bantam[original has bantum] henPage 67: you[original has vou] go in for this sortPage 129: sheer force of genius[original has genuis]Page 161: some out-of-the-way[original has out-of-the way] cornerPage 220: exhausts itself in a declaration[original has delaration] of revoltPage 269: ignorant of contemporary[original is split across lines after con but hyphen is missing] fashionsPage 303: following the [original has the the] same extravagancePage 332: torture it until it[original has is] has about as much life
Page xi:Introduction, 13[original has 5]
Page 48: slink away from a bantam[original has bantum] hen
Page 67: you[original has vou] go in for this sort
Page 129: sheer force of genius[original has genuis]
Page 161: some out-of-the-way[original has out-of-the way] corner
Page 220: exhausts itself in a declaration[original has delaration] of revolt
Page 269: ignorant of contemporary[original is split across lines after con but hyphen is missing] fashions
Page 303: following the [original has the the] same extravagance
Page 332: torture it until it[original has is] has about as much life
Ellipses match the original.