Whoever he might have been, errors deemed most likely to be the printer’s have been corrected, and are noted here. The references are to the page and line in the original. The issues tabulated below should be noted, along with the resolutions.
There were a number of instances in the text where quoted material was missing either an opening or closing quotation mark. The proper placement is not always obvious, but the most plausible choice has been made in each case.
| [10.21] | “I have made no calculation about it,[”] I replied.[”] | Moved. |
| [38.1] | which it would be necess | Removed. |
| [41.8] | who had shewn me great attent[ent]ion | Removed. |
| [42.26] | [“]let mine also be accomplished. | Removed. |
| [51.11] | continued his way towards the accom[m]odation-ladder | Added. |
| [52.4] | on bo[ra/ar]d the Bellerophon | Transposed. |
| [58.4] | as if totally una[c]quainted with the language | Added. |
| [60.12] | The quantity and arrang[e]ment of the matter | Added. |
| [61.1] | the Gra[u/n]d Marshal and I always followed him | Inverted. |
| [62.31] | had received Napoleon | Removed. |
| [64.40] | the class of jurisprudence in [i/t]he University of Pisa | Replaced. |
| [73.11] | who was posses | Added. |
| [75.40] | Duchess de Vicenza.[’] | Added. Probable. |
| [80.32] | an early introduction to Madame d[é/u] Columbier | Replaced. |
| [109.3] | “Vive notre petit Caporal![”] | Removed. |
| [125.27] | said Napoleon. [“]You know but little of men, | Added. |
| [133.10] | The Emperor explained these feeling | Added. |
| [134.4] | On his arr[r]ival in Egypt | Removed. |
| [168.29] | the King mu[a/s]t have found his study | Replaced. |
| [190.18] | may at a future period be renewed.[”] | Added. |
| [191.35] | to bend the knee to him at his levee.[”] | Added. Probable. |
| [201.12] | in ignorance of the character of Maria-Lou[si/is]a | Transposed. |
| [228.17] | [“]The National Guard was ordered out | Added. Probable. |
| [231.6] | than to the favo[n/u]r which it was intended | Inverted. |
| [269.16] | [“]The following are the principal points | Removed. |
| [281.13] | over the whole of the grounds[,/.] The Emperor | Replaced. |
| [284.39] | [“]Each> system may, no doubt, be maintained | Added. Probable. |
| [330.28] | then[./,] struck with the smell of the paint, | Replaced. |
| [333.34] | his style is out of our line.[’]” | Added. |
| [334.34] | [“]Our history,” said the Emperor, | Added. Probable placement. |
| [336.7] | had been much alarmed[.] | Added. |
| [350.30] | and we henceforth a[rg/gr]eed to pay the sums | Transposed. |
| [367.27] | prepared to meet the enemy afte[r] seeing or reading it | Restored. |
| [385.15] | to produce the best | Removed. |
| [386.1] | dining every Sunday in the Galerie de Diane[’] | Removed. |
| [386.39] | [ve/ev]ery thing would have fallen into its natural course. | Transposed. |