[p. 13:] "mother take things so coolly." Period changed to question mark;
[p. 15:] "Edna, "and I am" removed the double quotation mark before and; "an she is just crazy" an changed to and;
[p. 24:] "have another." a double quotation mark was added after another;
[p. 26:] "At last the good-bys" good-bys changed to good-byes;
[p. 36:] ""I didn't at first," she answered, but I do now. "Is it time to get up, Dorothy?"" Double quotation mark moved: "I didn't at first," she answered, "but I do now. Is it time to get up, Dorothy?";
[p. 47:] "two. "Well, run along and" Double quotation mark removed before Well;
[p. 48:] "ocean till now?" Question mark changed to period;
[p. 50:] ""They soon found that" Double quotation mark removed;
[p. 55:] "have a bazaar for her" bazaar changed to bazar;
[p. 56:] "I know that, "but the doctor" Double quotation mark removed;
[p. 57:] "with her two children a little girl" Comma added after children;
[p. 59:] "remarked Dorothy;"I don't" Added space between comma and double quotation mark;
[p. 63:] "Cape, any you can" any corrected to and;
[p. 64:] "all the time'" Single quotation mark changed to double quotation mark;
[p. 65:] "for a porch-party and let" Hyphen omitted;
[p. 69:] ""However, they were" Double quotation mark ommited;
[p. 71:] "she said. "House-hunting" Inserted paragraph break after said.; "until Mrs. Ramsey cried." Period changed to comma;
[p. 73:] "myself, "Why shouldn't Miss" Double quotation mark removed;
[p. 94:] "boat belongs to, you know," Comma changed to period;
[p. 104:] "It's body was reared" It's changed to Its;
[p. 108:] "say. Why all this" Period changed to comma;
[p. 109:] "for the sailing party?" Question mark changed to period;
[p. 111:] "Please, dear Mr. Ramsey, go." Mr. changed to Mrs.;
[p. 112:] "and one in a while" one changed to once;
[p. 118:] "has something proper." Double quotation mark added after proper.; "heard Mr. Ramsey say." Period changed to comma;
[p. 125:] "Pippin. Nobody knows how much" Added double quotation mark before Nobody;
[p. 131:] ""show as she woul" woul changed to would;
[p. 133:] "we are getting today" today changed to to-day; ""Some day," she said "" Added comma after said;
[p. 135:] "Mrs Ramsey had telephoned" Added period after Mrs;
[p. 140:] "thought of if if Miss" First if changed to it;
[p. 145:] "give to Miss Eloise?" Why" Double quotation mark removed;
[p. 148:] ""Mother," what shall" Double quotation mark after the comma removed;
[p. 149:] "The fish pond was" fish pond changed to fishpond;
[p. 153:] "said Curley-Head holding" Curley changed to Curly;
[p. 154:] "hundred dollars, Mother?'" Single quotation mark changed to double quotation mark; "not carry for enough" for changed to far;
[p. 157:] "the the little girls said" Ommited superfluous the;
[p. 164:] "reached the proper station."" Double quotation mark removed;
[p. 172:] "from the seashore." Added double quotation mark after period;
[p. 177:] "with us to worry." Single and double quotation mark added after worry.;
[p. 180:] "better wait till tomorrow" tomorrow changed to to-morrow;
[p. 186:] "fine as silk, "" Double quotation mark removed;
[p. 187:] "was not telling somthing" somthing changed to something; "Some of his yatching experiences" yatching changed to yachting;
There are some words at line-breaks in the original where it is not clear if they should be hyphenated or not: woe-begone, vouchsafe, fireplace, lobster-pots, tip-toeing, homeless, haystack, homecoming;
Everything else has been retained as printed.