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Transcriber's Note.Corrections to the original text have been made as follows:PgixIt is the variety of subjects that will strike most readers.Punctuation after 'readers' changed from comma to period.Pg2seemed delighted with him."Closing quote added.Pg130late mercies vouchsafed to him.""Closing quote added in most likely place.Pg132alluded to, it is not for man to judge;Original: 'to, it it not.'Pg136Sir Edmund Lacon, Chairman of the TrusteesOriginal unclear, appears to read 'Edmond Laeon,' however it is most probable that the passage refers to Sir Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon, 3rd Baronet, MP for Great Yarmouth 1852-1857, 1859-1868 and Norfolk North 1868-1885.Pg172"The health of the Most Worshipful the Grand Master."Superfluous single quote removed after 'Master.'Pg181In footnote A: With illustrations by Sydney P. Hall.Original: 'Sydney E. Hall.'Pg191The site chosen was in the Fitzwilliam MuseumOriginal: 'FitzWilliam.'Pg191read by the Chancellor, setting forth the servicesOriginal: 'seting.'Pg212I think, to be found here this evening. I regret thatPunctuation after 'evening' changed from comma to period.Pg227who are Mohammedans by religionOriginal: 'Mahomedans'; 'Mohammedans' appears 5 other times in the book.Pg240for being given this opportunity of expressingOriginal: 'opportuntity.'Pg243Maude of Wales, visited Chelsea BarracksOriginal: 'Baracks.'Pg331"Your regiment was raisedOpening quotation mark added.Pg350gratification it has given us to be present."Closing quotation mark added.Pg377July 2nd, 1866.Section heading; ending period added.Pg387auspices of President Grant."Closing quotation mark added.Pg419Hartland Point, New Lighthouse, 384Index entry; page number added.Missing punctuation in the Index has been corrected without note.Inconsistent use of :— ,— and — at the start of quotations has been retained.Variant spellings: sanatorium, sanatarium, sanitorium, sanitarium, appear once each in the text and have been retained.Hypenation of some words is inconsistent and has been retained: life-boat, key-note, good-will, re-formed (in both cases used of parades that broke up and formed again) and under-graduate all appear with and without hyphens. Other words that were originally hyphenated at line ends have been made consistent with the rest of the text.
Corrections to the original text have been made as follows:
Missing punctuation in the Index has been corrected without note.
Inconsistent use of :— ,— and — at the start of quotations has been retained.
Variant spellings: sanatorium, sanatarium, sanitorium, sanitarium, appear once each in the text and have been retained.
Hypenation of some words is inconsistent and has been retained: life-boat, key-note, good-will, re-formed (in both cases used of parades that broke up and formed again) and under-graduate all appear with and without hyphens. Other words that were originally hyphenated at line ends have been made consistent with the rest of the text.