Transcriber's Notes:

1. Scans provided by The Web Archive:
http://www.archive.org/details/walladmor02dequ

2. The 3-volume German original was fictitiously attributed to Sir Walter Scott, but actually written by G.W.H. Häring (under the pseud. of Willibald Alexis). It was freely adapted into English by Thomas De Quincey.

3. The diphthong oe is indicated by [oe].