Transcriber's Notes
The following changes have been applied to the text:
[Page 21]: But James ate{original had eat} his with much satisfaction.
[Page 31]: “Eh! thank you all the same,” said the boy.{original had an additional closing quotation mark here}
[Page 36]: “You know how to amuse yourself in the best manner, George,{original had period here}” said he to the boy.
[Page 46]: and the cork put into its place, and the tube slipped{original had slippped} down until the lower end reaches below the surface of the water,
[Page 58]: And now, an’t{original unclear, possibly a’n’t or ain’t} you glad, my son, you were with us?”
[Page 93]: “{original omitted quotation mark}I was only acting the woodpecker for my amusement. We fairies are very fond of masquerading.”
[Page 116]: They sat down on a great stone under a thick grape-vine that kept{original had keept} off the wet,
[Page 117]: and he told Jessie that he thought they had better go there, and stay till{original had still} some one found them.
[Page 125]: and then see which our mother will prefer.”{original omitted closing quotation mark}
[Page 126]: As she said this, she took the rose-bud from the basket, and twining it with the honeysuckles, put them both into her bosom.{original had superfluous quotation mark here.}
[Page 128]: The illustration on this page was destroyed in the original source. Multiple sources were checked for this illustration, but all of them were copies of the same damaged source.
[Page 131]: “Come, Fanny,”{original omitted this quotation mark} said George Lewis, “put on your hat, and go out with me among the trees and bushes.
[Page 132]: Putting forth their open beaks at the strange visitants, they cried, “Petweet-tweet, petweet-tweet,”{original omitted this quotation mark}
[Page 133]: You haven’t{original had havn’t} the art of keeping a secret belonging to your own concerns or another’s,
[Page 149]: At length she hears the well-known{original had well-know} bark of old Carlo;
[Page 150]: and when Grace arose from her bed the next morning, and looked forth from the window of her little room, and saw all{orignal had ll} Nature smiling with beauty,
[Page 162]: “No such luck.”{original omitted closing quotation mark}
[Page 163]: and having then no further{original had farther} use for our purses,
[Page 171]: The illustration on this page was missing from the paper copy used for the source. It was found in the microform source, but the quality of this image is poor.
[Page 177]: so they had seventy-five pennies a-piece.”{original omitted closing quotation mark}
[Page 177]: “Enough,” said{original had an additional comma here} I, “to make little Miss Nannie a pretty respectable present.”
[Page 178]: The kitchen furniture, smalt and gum arabic, had cost them eighteen-pence—just half their joint stock.{original had a superfluous closing quotation mark here}
[Page 202]: “{original omitted quotation mark}And off on each side of the little row of stars are two other bright stars, on each side.”
[Page 211]: Me, is it{original had i}?
[Page 224]: “If they were to ask me, mamma, I would go to the tree.”{original ended with a single quotation mark}
[Page 230]: How often did he wish that he had been an obedient boy. But no sorrow could recall{original had recal} the act.
[Page 235]: The Indians called the river Hochelega{original had Holchelega}
[Page 262]: “Come, little boys and girls, and let us have some talk about that kind and useful creature, the Dog.{original had a comma here}
[Page 262]: “{original omitted this quotation mark}The Esquimaux sits in his sledge, wrapped from head to foot in warm fur,
[Page 265]: “Emily is up and dressed for a walk. And the sun is up, too.”{original omitted closing quotation mark}
[Page 266]: As the mother said this, she lifted her little boy from his bed, and, seating him on her lap, first of all washed his face in a basin{original had bason} of cool, clean water.
[Page 268]: And I am sure my boy would not wish to hurt any of God’s creatures.”{original omitted closing quotation mark}
[Page 275]: and as he had offered an ode to the academy, and had been the author of an unsuccessful idyll{original had idyl}, everybody pitied the youth for his disappointment.
The following words appear with and without a hyphen. They have been left as in the original.
bed-side/bedside
eye-lashes/eyelashes
play-things/playthings
sealing-wax/sealing wax
The following words have variant spellings. They have been left as in the original.
acqueous
chrystal
ecstacy
transmited
waggon