Punctuation has been standardised. Variations in hyphenation have been retained as they appear in the original publication. Changes have been made as follows:
Page 29 by no means an oncommon changed to
by no means an [uncommon]
Page 209 daisy mat as Harriet crotcheted changed to
daisy mat as Harriet [crocheted]
Page 220 torquoise bracelet, and I have changed to
[turquoise] bracelet, and I have