Transcriber's Notes:
Throughout the dialogues, there were words used to mimic accents of the speakers. Those words were retained as-is.
Errors in punctuations, inconsistent spelling and inconsistent, hyphenation were not corrected unless otherwise noted below.
On page 59, the period after "good things of this world" was replaced with a comma.
On page 69, the word "bulllied" was replaced with "bullied".
On page 125, a quotation mark was added after "never meddled with that handle since."
On page 167, a quotation mark was added after "shall double again".
On page 170, "Allnut" was replaced with "Allnutt".
On page 187, "Mablethrope" was replaced with "Mablethorpe", and the comma after "Go ahead, Philip" was replaced with a period.
On page 198, the comma after "the fruit of honest toil" was replaced with a period.
On page 205, "dimissals" was replaced with "dismissals".
On page 208, a single quotation mark after "Well?" was replaced with a double quotation mark.
On page 214, a quotation mark was added after "walk down to the Embankment,"
On page 235, "byeway" was replaced with "byway".
On page 241, the single quotation mark at the end of "will you?" was replaced with a double quotation mark.
On page 245, a period was added after "gasp of dismay".
On page 252, an exclamation point was added after "That bumpkin".
On page 255, the comma after "the flying car" was replaced with a period.
On page 255, the period after "he shouted" was replaced with a comma.
On page 284, a quotation mark was added before "For a grand-uncle".
On page 290, the comma after "Philip rebelliously" was replaced with a period.
On page 291, the comma after "I don't want to overcharge you" was replaced with a period.
On page 315, the single quotation mark at the end of "another reason?" was replaced with a double quotation mark.
On page 324, the period after "should be happy with him" was replaced with a comma.
On page 333, "unbiassed" was replaced with "unbiased".
On page 368, the single quotation mark before "—Brand." was replaced with a double quotation mark.
On page 378, the quotation mark before "The feverish Timothy" was removed.
On page 388, the quotation mark before "You have dropped in" was removed.
On page 392, "unbiassed" was replaced with "unbiased".
On page 408, the exclamation point after "not five seconds" was moved within the quotation marks.
In the ad for "A MAN'S MAN", "12mo," was replaced with "12mo.".