Transcriber's noteThe original orthography of the book has been preserved, even though some variants or systematic misspellings may be accidental. Among them,circumsance/circumstance,mein/mien(both rhyming withscene),bussines/business,the'. Contemporary texts have been consulted for parallel occurrences of dubious spellings likewomens' room,anavoidable, which have been retained.Genitive'saffixed to italicized words have been left inconsistently italicized, as they were.The following errors have been corrected:p. 30, l. 11:nor selfih guile→nor selfish guilep. 37, l. 10:sits ghastly Death→sits ghastly Death.p. 55, l. 24–25:eat-ten up by Tuesday morning→eaten up by Tuesday morningp. 61, l. 14:that the method of,→that the method ofp. 62, l. -2:the practice was, To→the practice was, top. 70, l. 8:would have required too men→would have required two menp. 70, l. 18:his corps was discovered→his corpse was discoveredp. 71, l. 18:no person to assist him—→no person to assist him.—p. 72, l. -2:capricious and iracible→capricious and irasciblep. 73, l. 18:as throw down→as to throw down
The original orthography of the book has been preserved, even though some variants or systematic misspellings may be accidental. Among them,circumsance/circumstance,mein/mien(both rhyming withscene),bussines/business,the'. Contemporary texts have been consulted for parallel occurrences of dubious spellings likewomens' room,anavoidable, which have been retained.
Genitive'saffixed to italicized words have been left inconsistently italicized, as they were.
The following errors have been corrected: