Minor typographic punctuation errors have been corrected without note.
The frontispiece illustration has been moved to follow the title page.
There is a large amount of dialect in this book, which all remains as printed in the original text. This includes some variable spelling, e.g. crather—crathur, plase—plaze.
Page [55]—Sharron amended to Shannon—"... and rinsed in the Shannon at Athlone ..."
A table of contents has been added to this version of the e-text, for ease of navigation.