Transcriber’s Note

Given the nature of the text, there were copious errors in the typesetting. Errors deemed most likely to be the printer’s have been corrected, and are noted here.

The references below are to the page and line in the original. Since the original text was arranged in two columns, ‘L’ and ‘R’ denote the side of the page.

[1R.24]C.R. Leslie says[,]:Removed.
[5L.29]against the Scotch[./,] and the chief characterReplaced.
[6R.34]Lachesis [Lak´.e.sis][/.] and At´ropos.Replaced.
[19L.8]he suffers himself to[ to] become enamoredRemoved.
[19R.8]are the sick and mai[n/m]edReplaced.
[29R.17]the [“]foundling of the forest,”Added.
[29R.20]F[l]orian is light-hearted and volatileInserted.
[31L.28][Fe.ā´.ra.brah][./,] daughter of LabanReplaced.
[36L.17]called King [“]King Charles’s jester”Added.
[38L.16]Ellen Olney Kirk, Sons and Daughters (1887[]/)]Replaced.
[38L.28]his protestations of loveRemoved.
[42L.28]Foundling (The)[,] Harriet RaymondAdded.
[44L.37]and the two means 77=14.[)]Added.
[45L.12]in the s[ei/ie]ge of CorinthTransposed.
[57L.23]and [“]took the Lord’s bodyAdded.
[58R.29][(]Dr. William CullenRemoved.
[58R.34]astrolo[o]ger of Louis XI.Removed.
[59L.27]When G[è/é]ronte hears thisReplaced.
[63R.27]“The Petrarch of Spain[”]Added.
[75R.13]Money (1840.[)].Added.
[76L.20]daughter of Gerald Fitzge[ar/ra]ldTransposed.
[77L.5]Sganar[i/e]lle asks him if he would advise his marrying.Replaced.
[79R.6]B[ry/yr]on, The Giaour (1813)Transposed.
[79R.38]His seven daughters were turned into ha[cl/lc]yonsTransposed.
[83R.13]a[u/n]d died from eatingInverted.
[85R.12]grasping C[ro/or]ineus with all his mightTransposed.
[88R.18]“Spring,” “Summer,” “Autumn,” and [“]Winter”Added.
[89R.44]broke to pieces “Mambrino’s he[ml/lm]et,”Transposed.
[90R.10]He calls the bridegro[o]m “young Lovell.”Inserted.
[92R.28]Sir W. [W.'] ScottRedundant.
[97L.25]between the Bononcinists and Handelists[.]Restored.
[98R.5][“]Divina Natura agros deditAdded.
[100L.5]“prince of Magog[”]Added.
[100R.35](g and w being convertibleletters,[)]Added.
[102R.20]Miller of Gre[e]nobleRemoved.
[105R.3]in those superstitous timesInserted.
[113R.33]in such foolishness.[”]Added.
[115R.2]of all the Portuguese statesm[a/e]nReplaced.
[115R.11](Sir Lau[u/n]celot)Inverted.
[116L.2]stabbed the t[ry/yr]ant to the heartTransposed.
[116L.27]a haunch of ven[si/is]onTransposed.
[120L.31]the strongest man of arms.[”]Added.
[120R.25]who tried to stop p[r]ilgrimsRemoved.
[121R.20]as [“]Sir Francis Gripe.”Added.
[123L.14]and it won’t do.[”]Added.
[127L.7]laid siege to Châtea[nu/un]euf-de-RandanTransposed.
[128R.39]Sigismunda bo[l]dly defended her choiceInserted.
[129L.35]Arab[ai/ia]n NightsTransposed.
[134L.1]when you see Gwenhidwy driv[-/ing] her flock ashoreCompleted.
[135L.32]then s[ie/ei]zed the “Nibelung hoard,”Transposed.
[137R.28]in the disguise of a physici[s/a]nReplaced.
[138R.18]bringing about a reconci[a]lationInserted.
[139L.15]and Zaph[mi/im]ri was raised to the throneTransposed.
[140L.4]Charles Martel (689-741)[,/.]Replaced.
[145R.27]Belg[ui/iu]m and SwitzerlandTransposed.
[148L.39]He falls in love with Lou[si/is]aTransposed.
[151L.44]pressed by hunger[./,]Replaced.
[151R.8]the souls[.] of the murdered peopleRemoved.
[153L.2](time[,] Charles I.)Added.
[156L.11]some virgin of spotless purity volunteer[e]d to dieInserted.
[157L.3]he is acquit[t]edInserted.
[158R.4]yet with such exqusite addressInserted.
[158R.11]as “two cherries on one stalk.[”]Added.
[159L.13](4) for Sabians[,]Added.
[164R.2]moved round the sun (1564-1642[)].Added.
[164R.4]was burnt alive for mantainingInserted.
[164R.36]is to “show[”] as in a mirrorRemoved.
[165L.27]in the tale.[)]Added.
[165R.27](Hermês [“]thrice-greatest”)Added.
[167R.45][“/‘]May you have but one president,’Replaced.
[171L.19]“Tough as Hickory[./,]”Replaced.
[173L.21]The monk of Hildesh[ie/ei]mTransposed.
[173R.38]betroths her to Thes[ue/ue]sTransposed.
[182R.42]called “The Cape of Storms[”].Added.
[183L.2]was orginally calledInserted.
[184L.31]which he prefer[e/r]ed to filial and brotherly affectionReplaced.
[185L.12]the orginal of our Childe HorneInserted.
[185R.20][(]These are called “The Prince of Wales’s ...”)Added.
[186L.19]the s[ei/ie]ge of ArrestanTransposed.
[189L.40]Sir[.] W. ScottRemoved.
[191L.13]He was corruptly called “Jancus Lain.[”]Added.
[202L.27]and we can wait.[”]Added.
[205R.11]I am lying her[e] above theeAdded.
[206L.2]Iachimo accep[t]ed the wagerInserted.
[206L.43]claming the fulfilment of the compactInserted.
[207R.21]he affirmed to be by Sh[e]akespeareRemoved.
[207R.25]the poet-laur[e]ateInserted.
[212R.41]M. Drayton, Polyolb[oi/io]nTransposed.
[215R.24]—Spenser, Faëry Queen, v. [(]1596).Added.
[216R.13]“Everard Olive of Tipperary Hall,[ “/” ] who wroteMisplaced.
[221L.21]I have lost thee, Isadore![”]Added.
[222L.17][(]See SkanderbegAdded.
[222R.14]“duke of Shoreditch[”]Added.
[222R.49]but afterwards a re[gen/neg]ade to IslamTransposed.
[223R.15]out of jealous[l]yRemoved.
[226R.32]‘Let’s / [‘]—Heigho —Heigho ... go look at our lions!’Removed.
[227R.17]who promised to remedy all abuses (*-1450[)].Inserted.
[233R.35]an old woman at Middlemas villageRemoved.
[235L.18]a gigantic pra[c]tical jokeInserted.
[236R.13]stand on the bare ground.[”]Added.
[237L.36]“Good land! I know what girls are, I hope![”]Added.
[239L.18]when her young master assails herRemoved.
[240L.14]his name was comp[li/il]ed byTransposed.
[245R.1]a fellow-bather from the s[e/u]rfReplaced.
[251L.8][“]Pour moi, je tiensAdded.
[255L.1]No place obtained.[”]Added.
[256L.1]Ju[il/li]etTransposed.
[261.L.35]daughter o[r/f] King ObĕronReplaced.
[263L.30]Sir Galahad of chas[t]ityInserted.
[268L.20]Agesilaös of Sparta (B.C. 444, 398[ /-3]60).Restored.
[268L.34]called “The Lion King of Assyria[”]Added.
[269L.19][(]surnamed the Rash)Added.
[269L.38]Boniface I., pope (*, [4 8 /418-]422).Restored.
[270L.31](1194, 1215-1250[)].Added.
[270R.2]Louis VII., le Jeune, of France (1120, 11[8/3]7-1180.Replaced.
[272R.7]from one of the declivitiesRemoved.
[274R.36]the mona[r]chy ended.Inserted.
[275R.19]—Monstrelet, Chroniques, v. 190 [(]1512).Added.
[279R.25]Sir W. Scott, Castle Dangerous[.]Added.
[282R.34]Knig[n/h]ts of the ErmineReplaced.
[287R.5]a play of Shakepeare’sInserted.
[287R.9]C. Dickens, Nicholas Nick[el/le]byTransposed.
[288R.36]T. B. Aldrich, The Lady of Cast[le/le]noreTransposed.
[292R.40]Bryon, Don Juan, iii. 26, etc. (1820)[,/.]Replaced.
[294L.13]George Eliot, Silas [W/M]arner.Replaced.
[294L.41]when well powdered.[”]Added.
[298R.39]Uthal was slain in single c[a/o]mbatReplaced.
[300L.29]Augustin[,] of HippoRemoved.
[305R.4]Laurringtons [(](The)Rememoved.
[311L.29]a covetous lawyerRemoved.
[315R.6]by the hands of the executioner.[)]Added.
[316R.23]vindicated Mariana of the sligh[t]est indiscretionInserted.
[317L.36][(]See Isabelle.)Added.
[318R.22]Fer[di]nando, not knowing that she was the king’s mistressRemoved.
[322R.15]“goddess of Liberty.[”]Added.
[323R.28]The other two were Parthen´ope and Leucothëa[.]Added.
[324L.31]Agustus Cæsar the sea-calfInserted.
[325L.24]The voyage to L[u/i]lliputReplaced.
[330L.1]the fidus Achatês of Robin Hood[.]Added.
[336R.6]the intrenched spirit in twain[.]Added.
[339R.19]to invade En[g]landInserted.
[344L.17]for a somewhat simliar coincidenceRemoved.
[345L.25]For less my worth, you must allow, than heaven.[”]Added.
[351R.36]“Voyage to Lilliput,[”]Added.
[355R.33]on one occasionRemoved.
[360L.31]Camoens, The Lu[c/s]iad, in ten booksReplaced.
[360R.11]This Lu[c/s]us colonized the countryReplaced.
[363L.22]When Demetrius awoke he [become] more reasonablesic: became? had become?
[370R.38]n[ei/ie]ce of Mr. Jonathan OldbuckTransposed.
[376R.26]Melchior means “king of light[”];Added.
[378R.22]Al Borak (“the light[n]ing”)Inserted.
[378R.32]([8/7]) Rehana, a Jewish captive.Replaced.
[380R.31]to [to ] and condemned deathRemoved.
[383L.41]conspiring against the king of Portugal (1689-1761)[,/.]Replaced.
[383R.19]Exclusive of his natural ba[r]barityInserted.
[391R.12]that the barg[a]in shall stand goodInserted.
[394L.10]The Plain Dealer[’]Removed.
[395R.2]but not being an o[r]thodox MoslemInserted.
[396L.32](mother of the vainglorious Duarte[)],Added.
[398L.31]that of Mar[arg/gar]etTransposed.
[399R.15]and she arr[r]ives at Port JacksonRemoved.
[400L.16]was s[ie/ei]zedTransposed.
[400L.19]Ma[r]garet repliedInserted.

The following words had inconsistent hyphenation. Words which are hyphenated on a line break retained the hyphen (or not) depending on other instances.