Transcriber's Notes

The original spelling and punctuation were retained, except for a few issues that were believed to be typographical mistakes.

The full list of corrections is as follows:

pageoriginal textcorrected toexplanation
[15]old-fashoned[old-fashioned]a misspelling
[32],old chap'['old chap']comma corrected to single quote
[142]of colour[off colour]a misspelling
[144]CAPTER[CHAPTER]a misspelling
[153]darling.[darling."]double quote added
[181]on the 'thou.'"... [on the 'thou.'..."]the position of ellipsis was changed
[201]airdresser's[hairdresser's]a misspelling
[220]"Ha! musical,["Ha! Musical,] lowercase to uppercase was corrected
[256]Dicken's[Dickens's]a misspelling
[273]things to you?'[things to you?"]Single quote corrected to double quote.