Transcribers Notes

Obvious printer’s punctuation errors and omissions silently corrected. Inconsistent hyphenation retained, due to the multiplicity of authors.

Changed “beqeath” to “bequeath” on the inside front cover ([I bequeath to my executor]).

Opening quote on page 267 has been left unclosed as it is unclear where the appropriate close should be ([must be abandoned decidedly]).

Changed “pereferred” to “preferred” on page 270 ([would have preferred to remain]).

Changed “incase” to “in case” on page 273 ([in case of proposals]).

Changed “superindentency” to “superintendency” on page 274 ()

Changed “Fragance” to “Fragrance” on page 287 ([Beauty and Fragrance]).

Added missing “t” to “Waterbury” on page 288 ([American Waterbury Stem-Winding Watch])

Added missing “a” to “Case” on page 288 ([Solid Silver Hunting Case Watch])