Transcriber's Notes:The Table of Contents did not appear in the original publication and has been added by the transcriber.Punctuation inconsistencies and minor typographical errors of words otherwise spelled correctly elsewhere in the text have been corrected without comment.Word Variants appearing in the original text which have been retained:"agoing" and "a-going""aids" and "aides""dragline" and "drag-line""Epeira" and "Epeïra""flagship" and "flag-ship""Good bye" and "Good-bye""Heighho" and "Heigh-ho""Howroad" and "Howrode""man-o'-war" and "man-of-war""marlinspike" and "marline-spike""merrymaking" and "merry-making""nearby" and "near-by""semicircular" and "semi-circular""spring house" and "springhouse""thistledown" and "thistle-down""trapdoor" and "trap-door"
The Table of Contents did not appear in the original publication and has been added by the transcriber.
Punctuation inconsistencies and minor typographical errors of words otherwise spelled correctly elsewhere in the text have been corrected without comment.
Word Variants appearing in the original text which have been retained:
"agoing" and "a-going""aids" and "aides""dragline" and "drag-line""Epeira" and "Epeïra""flagship" and "flag-ship""Good bye" and "Good-bye""Heighho" and "Heigh-ho""Howroad" and "Howrode""man-o'-war" and "man-of-war""marlinspike" and "marline-spike""merrymaking" and "merry-making""nearby" and "near-by""semicircular" and "semi-circular""spring house" and "springhouse""thistledown" and "thistle-down""trapdoor" and "trap-door"
"agoing" and "a-going""aids" and "aides""dragline" and "drag-line""Epeira" and "Epeïra""flagship" and "flag-ship""Good bye" and "Good-bye""Heighho" and "Heigh-ho""Howroad" and "Howrode""man-o'-war" and "man-of-war""marlinspike" and "marline-spike""merrymaking" and "merry-making""nearby" and "near-by""semicircular" and "semi-circular""spring house" and "springhouse""thistledown" and "thistle-down""trapdoor" and "trap-door"