FOOTNOTES:

[A] A classical Russian high school modelled after its German namesake.

[B] Affectionate diminutive of Vladimir.

[C] Diminutive of Alexander.

[D] A sign of contempt and defiance consisting in the thumb being put between the next two fingers.

[E] Diminutive of Olga.

[Transcriber's Note:]

Most inconsistencies in spelling and hyphenation found in the original text were retained, including:

"assistant procureur" and "assistant-procureur"
"ball-room" and "ball room"
"bedroom" and "bed-room"
"candlestick" and "candle-stick"
"capmaker" and "cap-maker"
"Catherine" and "Catharine"
"Chernishevsky" and "Chernyshevsky"
"cobblestones" and "cobble-stones"
"colour" and "color"
"drily" and "dryly"
"favourite" and "favorite"
"featherbeds" and "feather-beds"
"fiascos" and "fiascoes"
"footsteps" and "foot-steps"
"grey" and "gray"
"heartfelt" and "heart-felt"
"homebound" and "home-bound"
"laborer" and "labourer"
"market place" and "market-place"
"neighbour" and "neighbor"
"odour" and "odor"
"organisation" and "organization"
"parlour" and "parlor"
"pedlar" and "peddlar"
"peephole" and "peep-hole"
"realise" and "realize"
"regime" and "régime"
"reverie" and "revery"
"Rodkevitch" and "Rodkevich"
"rumour" and "rumor"
"side whiskers" and "side-whiskers"
"stepchild" and "step-child"
"topboots" and "top-boots"
"tramcar" and "tram-car"
"trunkmaker" and "trunk-maker"
"undersized" and "under-sized"
"Vice-Emperor" and "vice-Emperor"
"wagons" and "waggons"
"waiting room" and "waiting-room"
"woolen" and "woollen"

The following is a list of corrections made to the original. The first passage is the original passage, the second the corrected one.

[Page 5]:
Don’t take it ill, ma chere.” She
Don’t take it ill, ma chère.” She
[Page 8]:
the present Czar, then still Czarowitch,
the present Czar, then still Czarowitz,
[Page 15]:
pulling at his waistcoast as though
pulling at his waistcoat as though
[Page 16]:
and in his ecstacy over
and in his ecstasy over
[Page 23]:
Venus de Medicis—and the
Venus de Medici—and the
[Page 34]:
their essence? For the
their essence?” For the
[Page 36]:
who saw Alexander Alexandrovich off
who saw Alexandre Alexandrovich off
[Page 44]:
myterious air of the “radicals”
mysterious air of the “radicals”
[Page 44]:
one number of Forward and another
one number of Forward! and another
[Page 47]:
nunnish face She made quite
nunnish face. She made quite
[Page 65]:
restrain the “idotic breadth” of his
restrain the “idiotic breadth” of his
[Page 68]:
trimmed whiskers a lá Alexander II.,
trimmed whiskers à la Alexander II.,
[Page 95]:
on the part of Alexandre II.
on the part of Alexander II.
[Page 104]:
beaming at sight of the
beaming at the sight of the
[Page 104]:
in turning the cosversation
in turning the conversation
[Page 114]:
Pavel Vassilyevitch. Everything
Pavel Vassilyevich. Everything
[Page 130]:
“Exactly,” Paval assented,
“Exactly,” Pavel assented,
[Page 137]:
as many as three fourths of them
as many as three-fourths of them
[Page 145]:
view of it. At this
view of it.” At this
[Page 146]:
Olga, the Judge, and the
Olga, the judge, and the
[Page 151]:
house for tête-a-tête purposes.
house for tête-à-tête purposes.
[Page 163]:
imprisoned army officer, slipped away
imprisoned army officer slipped away
[Page 166]:
Their immediate surrounding were
Their immediate surroundings were
[Page 167]:
minature garden between
miniature garden between
[Page 186]:
well-travelled fellow He can
well-travelled fellow. He can
[Page 215]:
she says. “You have a
she says. You have a
[Page 219]:
dwelt on Zola’s L’Assomoir and
dwelt on Zola’s L’Assommoir and
[Page 231]:
a hurried bood-bye and made for
a hurried good-bye and made for
[Page 242]:
Meanwhile Count Loris Melikoff had
Meanwhile Count Loris-Melikoff had
[Page 248]:
speak Littlie-Russian to Purring Cat,
speak Little-Russian to Purring Cat,
[Page 248]:
from Littlie Russia, answered
from Little Russia, answered
[Page 249]:
by the the “gay bard,” which Clara
by the “gay bard,” which Clara
[Page 252]:
still in Lavadia with his bride,
still in Livadia with his bride,
[Page 254]:
his heart with cruel insistance.
his heart with cruel insistence.
[Page 267]:
residence, the Michail Palace,
residence, the Michaïl Palace,
[Page 275]:
your fur cap” she gestured.
your fur cap,” she gestured.
[Page 283]:
the Little Garden street precinct
the Little Garden Street precinct
[Page 286]:
Garden street for the Czar's
Garden Street for the Czar's
[Page 288]:
A distinquished revolutionary writer
A distinguished revolutionary writer
[Page 289]:
cheese shop on Little Garden street
cheese shop on Little Garden Street
[Page 294]:
“Don’t” he begged them,
“Don’t,” he begged them,
[Page 305]:
the prison corridor, answered his
the prison corridor answered his
[Page 326]:
such a cap?” says I.
such a cap?’ says I.
[Page 333]:
whispered in the spokeman’s ear
whispered in the spokesman’s ear
[Page 335]:
Finally he shouted huskily.
Finally he shouted huskily:
[Page 366]:
near Nicholas street, the best
near Nicholas Street, the best
[Page 368]:
about Nicholas street and bore down
about Nicholas Street and bore down
[Page 373]:
crowd on Cucumber market, and
crowd on Cucumber Market, and
[Page 374]:
primitive humanity ran amuck
primitive humanity run amuck
[Page 376]:
Nicholas street, from a residence
Nicholas Street, from a residence
[Page 380]:
the maurauders for the slashers
the marauders for the slashers
[Page 382]:
crowbars, banners or axes
crowbars, hammers or axes
[Page 387]:
revolting stupour of inebriety.
revolting stupor of inebriety.
[Page 391]:
trying to sooth an angry baby.
trying to soothe an angry baby.
[Page 395]:
One day Hannah said, gravely.
One day Hannah said, gravely:
[Page 403]:
street, St. Petersburg, was
Street, St. Petersburg, was
[Page 415]:
in a sunny spot
in a sunny spot.
[Page 420]:
There is a St Petersburg
There is a St. Petersburg
[Page 425]:
in an access of self-commiseration
in an excess of self-commiseration