TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

  1. Pp. [28] & [159], changed “Medecin malgrè lui” to “Médecin malgré lui”.
  2. P. [135], changed “protegée” to “protégé”.
  3. P. [143], changed “elégantes” to “élégantes”.
  4. P. [151], changed “haute litérature” to “haute littérature”.
  5. P. [166], changed “comedie larmoyante” to “comédie larmoyante”.
  6. Silently corrected typographical errors and variations in spelling.
  7. Retained anachronistic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed.
  8. Footnotes have been re-indexed using numbers and collected together at the end of the last chapter.