Balsamo, the magician; or, the memoirs of a physician

by Alexandre Dumas; Auguste Maquet

Transcriber's Note

Page numbers are documented as links within the source code.

Inconsistencies have been retained in spelling, hyphenation, punctuation, and grammar, except where indicated in the list below:

• ["Sicil ian" changed to "Sicilian" on Page 4]
• [Quote removed before "One" on Page 7]
• [Quote added after "strong-minded." on Page 8]
• ["become" changed to "became" on Page 10]
• [Comma changed to a period added after "form" on Page 14]
• [Quote added after "afternoon." on Page 20]
• [Quote removed after "voice." on Page 20]
• ["Christain" change to "Christian" on Page 23]
• ["gentlemen" changed to "gentleman" on Page 24]
• ["has" changed to "had" on Page 27]
• [Quote removed from before "Startled" on Page 31]
• [Quote removed after "seige?" on Page 32]
• [Quote added after "five." on Page 33]
• ["ere" changed to "here" on Page 34]
• ["on" changed to "an" on Page 35]
• ["oustretched" changed to "outstretched" on Page 37]
• ["widdow" changed to "window" on Page 41]
• [Quote removed after "honor!" on Page 42]
• [Single quote changed to a double quote after "properly." on Page 43]
• [Quote removed after "then!" on Page 44]
• ["semed" changed to "seemed" on Page 44]
• [Question mark changed to an exclamation mark followed by a quote after "us" on Page 47]
• [Double Quote removed after "princess." on Page 49.]
• [Single Quote added before "The" on Page 49.]
• [Double quote changed to a single quote after "cordial," on Page 49.]
• ["particulary" changed to "particularly" on Page 54]
• [Quote removed after "coldly." on Page 55]
• [Quote added before "but" on Page 60]
• [Comma changed to a period after "gold" on Page 62]
• ["of" added after "lap" on Page 64]
• [Quote removed before "The" on Page 66]
• [Quote added after "here?" on Page 67]
• [Quote removed before "Go" on Page 68]
• [Comma changed to a period after "Jean" on Page 70]
• ["comm" (blotted word) changed to "communed" on Page 72]
• [Quote added after "alive?" on Page 74]
• [Comma changed to a period added after "chastised" on Page 77]
• [Comma changed to a period added after "up" on Page 83]
• [Quote added after "lady," on Page 86]
• [Exclamation mark changed to a question mark after "Chon" on Page 87]
• [Quote added after "morally." on Page 87]
• ["said the" added before "viscount" on Page 88]
• [Double quote removed and single quotes placed around quotation within a quote on Page 89]
• [Quote added after "up." on Page 90]
• [Quote added after "to-morrow." on Page 94]
• [Period changed to a question mark followed by a quote after "coach." on Page 95]
• [Single quote added after "is." on Page 95]
• [Quote and indent removed before "Blue" on Page 98]
• [Period changed to a comma after "angel" on Page 99]
• [Duplicate "he" removed after "for" on Page 99]
• [Period removed after "countess" on Page 100]
• ["Clapping" changed to "clapping" on page 100]
• [Period changed to a comma after "Well" on Page 100]
• [Quote added before "and" on Page 100]
• ["Gramont" changed to "Grammont" on page 102]
• ["abscence" changed to "absence" on page 102]
• [Quote added before "and" on Page 103]
• [Quote added after "meet!" on Page 104]
• [Duplicate "with" deleted on Page 106]
• [Illegible word replaced with "****" on Page 113]
• [Quote added before "but" on Page 117]
• [Quote added after "knows." on Page 117]
• [Single quote added after "for!" on Page 118]
• ["gentlemen" changed to "gentleman" on Page 120]
• [Comma changed to a period added after "timidly" on Page 120]
• [Quote removed after "up," and placed after "Therese," on Page 120]
• [Quote added after "them," on Page 129]
• ["every" changed to "Every" on Page 130]
• ["harpischord" changed to "harpsichord" on Page 130]
• ["undestand" changed to "understand" on Page 132]
• ["freight" changed to "fright" on Page 134]
• [Period changed to a comma after "castle" on Page 134]
• ["pain ful" changed to "painful" on Page 140]
• ["Lorenze" changed to "Lorenza" on Page 140]
• ["from back" changed to "back from" on Page 140]
• ["prepartions" changed to "preparations" on Page 145]
• ["Here" changed to "Her" on Page 145]
• [Single quote added before "Are" on Page 147]
• [Double quote changed to a single quote after "me." on Page 147]
• [Quote removed after "living." on Page 147]
• ["Saint-remy's" changed to "Saint-Remy's" on Page 150]
• [Period changed to a question mark followed by a quote after "highness" on Page 150]
• [Duplicate "shall" removed after "I" on Page 150]
• [Quote added after "me!" on Page 151]
• ["harmany" changed to "harmony" on Page 153]
• ["Anthing" changed to "Anything" on Page 157]
• ["to" changed to "too" on Page 161]
• ["employe" changed to "employee" on Page 161]
• [Quote added after "master." on Page 165]
• ["why" changed to "Why" on Page 172]
• ["fredom" changed to "freedom" on Page 172]
• [Quote removed after "help," on Page 173]
• [Period changed to a question mark followed by a quote after "driver" on Page 175]
• ["Balsmo" changed to "Balsamo" on Page 178]
• ["emenience" changed to "eminence" on Page 179]
• [Quote removed before "He" on Page 184]
• [Quote added after "be." on Page 185]
• ["to day" changed to "to-day" on Page 186]
• [Quote added after "destroyed" on Page 186]
• ["Parliment" changed to "Parliament" on Page 186]
• [Quote added before "that" on Page 188]
• [Quote removed after "beat." on Page 189]
• ["materializng" changed to "materializing" on Page 191]
• ["shepherdessses" changed to "shepherdesses" on Page 192]
• [Quote added after "Well," on Page 195]
• [Quote removed after "favorite." on Page 195]
• [Illegible word replaced by "****" on Page 195]
• [Quote added after "concerned."]
• [Quote added after "display." on Page 201]
• [Quote added after "storm." on Page 204]
• [Comma changed to a period after "prince" on Page 204]
• [Period added after "$2.00" on Page 211]
• [Illegible text replaced by "****" on Page 212]
• [Illegible text replaced by "****" on Page 212]
• [Comma changed to a semicolon after "secret)" on Page 216]
• ["hundred" changed to "hundreds" on Page 217]
• ["has" changed to "have" on Page 218]
• [Period changed to a comma after "Secrets" on Page 222]
• [Period changed to a comma after "Items" on Page 222]