Transcriber's Notes

Page [25]: comma added after "why" ("Why, the park enclosure has been altered")

Page [136]: taper amended to tapered ("long, tapered fingers")

Page [265]: Treteau sic

Accents have been standardised.

Hyphenation has generally been standardized. However, when a word appears hyphenated and unhyphenated an equal number of times, both versions have been retained (maidservants/maid-servants).