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Transcriber’s NoteAn extended quotation on the private lives of women, beginning on p.347, is continued with each paragraph with an opening single quotation mark, which convention ends ambiguously, without comment, on p.408. The succeeding paragraph begins a section on kite flying. This is the only portion of the book to employ footnotes, save for those used to annotate a poem beginning on p.504.Those footnotes are moved to follow the paragraph within which they are references, and a sequenced numerically for uniqueness. Notes3and7are referenced twice each in the text. The three notes on the poem beginning on p.504are lettered A, B, and C.Keeping in mind the vintage of the text, spelling has generally been followed.In a discussion of language learning, on p.178, the phrase “he added five words each month” seems an error, but it is impossible to determine what the author must have meant.Hyphenation of compound words can be variable. Where it occurs on a line break, the most commonly used form is assumed.Errors deemed most likely to be the printer’s have been corrected, and are noted here. The references are to the page and line in the original. The following issues should be noted, along with the resolutions.117.1large quantit[i]es of good fishAdded.168.3resentment at the vill[ia/ai]n’s audacityTransposed.168.15founded on p[er/re]judiceTransposed.178.19[five words]sic.233.25and that [t]he soup is well flavoredAdded.253.11while, on the other hand, [it ]is greatly depreciated;Added.304.12that the Oore[e]ahs> areAdded.353.29wheneverSooneesand [and]SheeausintermarryRemoved.378.28Contrast this simple lament[at]ionAdded.380.26upon enquiring into the sym[p]tomsAdded.425.16(i.e.the common sea-conch,[)]Added.441.8roses were collected on different days.[’]Removed.
Transcriber’s Note
Transcriber’s Note
Transcriber’s Note
An extended quotation on the private lives of women, beginning on p.347, is continued with each paragraph with an opening single quotation mark, which convention ends ambiguously, without comment, on p.408. The succeeding paragraph begins a section on kite flying. This is the only portion of the book to employ footnotes, save for those used to annotate a poem beginning on p.504.
Those footnotes are moved to follow the paragraph within which they are references, and a sequenced numerically for uniqueness. Notes3and7are referenced twice each in the text. The three notes on the poem beginning on p.504are lettered A, B, and C.
Keeping in mind the vintage of the text, spelling has generally been followed.
In a discussion of language learning, on p.178, the phrase “he added five words each month” seems an error, but it is impossible to determine what the author must have meant.
Hyphenation of compound words can be variable. Where it occurs on a line break, the most commonly used form is assumed.
Errors deemed most likely to be the printer’s have been corrected, and are noted here. The references are to the page and line in the original. The following issues should be noted, along with the resolutions.