Transcriber’s note

Spelling within quotations has been retained as published. Minor punctuation errors have been changed without notice. The following Printer errors have been changed.

Page [8]:“ridge which parallelled it”“ridge which paralleled it”
Page [65]:“described Tarbolton townfolk”“described Tarbolton townsfolk”
Page [164]:“was promising lifelong”“was promising life-long”
Page [166]:“The artificial and hot-house”“The artificial and hothouse”
Page [180]:“burlesque of the espisode”“burlesque of the episode”
Page [249]:“as the workingday world”“as the working-day world”
Page [312]:“Crane, Icabod”“Crane, Ichabod”
Page [316]:“Masons. See Freemasons”“Masons. See Freemasonry”

All other inconsistencies are as in the original.