Punctuation, hyphenation, and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in the original book; otherwise they were not changed.
Simple typographical errors were corrected; unbalanced quotation marks were remedied when the change was obvious, and otherwise left unbalanced. Two typographical errors in quoted text on [page 37] were corrected after consulting a copy of the book from which the quotation was taken.
The illustrations at the ends of chapters I, II, VI, VIII, and X are simple decorative tailpieces.