CLYDE—A Drop of Water. 12mo. Pages 172. Illustrated.
DAVIS—Roger Bacon’s Letter—Concerning the Marvelous Power of Art and of Nature and Concerning the Nullity of Magic. Pages 76.
HART—Our Farm in Cedar Valley. 12mo. Pages 250. Illustrated.
RUSSELL—The Romance of the Holes in Bread. 12mo. Pages VII + 156. Illustrated.
Transcriber’s Notes
Note: The transcriber has corrected what were deemed to be obvious printer’s errors and normalized hyphenation where a predominant variant could be found. Archaic spellings have been retained. Changes to the text are listed below:
- [Pg. iii]: Added missing comma: ‘Writer and Speaker Fearless Publicist’ to ‘Writer and Speaker, Fearless Publicist’
- [Pg. 12]: Missing close-quote inserted: ‘for bread at the store.’ to ‘for bread at the store.”’
- [Pg. 12]: Missing close-quote inserted: ‘“Hi! said Reddy’ to ‘“Hi!” said Reddy’
- [Pg. 14]: Corrected typo: ‘loaves of bred’ to ‘loaves of bread’
- [Pg. 16]: Corrected typo: ‘crows feet’ to ‘crow’s feet’
- [Pg. 17]: Missing open-quote inserted: ‘z-z-z.”’ to ‘“z-z-z.”’
- [Pg. 23]: Corrected typo: ‘there came a knockiing’ to ‘there came a knocking’
- [Pg. 24]: Missing open-quote inserted: ‘said the archer, that must’ to ‘said the archer, “that must’
- [Pg. 25]: Missing open-quote inserted: ‘she replied, and you will’ to ‘she replied, “and you will’
- [Pg. 29]: Missing open-quote inserted: ‘ said I, but trample’ to ‘ said I, “but trample’
- [Pg. 32]: Corrected capitalization: ‘ishmaelite’ to ‘Ishmaelite’
- [Pg. 39]: Normalized hyphenation. Predominantly spaced: ‘with some-one else’ to ‘with some one else’
- [Pg. 41]: Added missing period to contraction: ‘Castel de St Angelo’ to ‘Castel de St. Angelo’
- [Pg. 42]: Normalized hyphenation. Hyphenated elsewhere: ‘first hand information’ to ‘first-hand information’
- [Pg. 46]: Fixed word mix-up: ‘pointing to the guide’ to ‘pointing to the policeman’
- [Pg. 49]: Corrected typo: ‘Baptisery’ to ‘Baptistery’
- [Pg. 61]: Corrected typo: ‘the assembled anaeobists’ to ‘the assembled anaerobists’
- [Pg. 65]: Missing word added: ‘a blank stare a’ to ‘a blank stare and a’
- [Pg. 76]: Added missing punctuation: ‘part of the way the rest’ to ‘part of the way; the rest’
- [Pg. 84]: Corrected typo: ‘should weight at least’ to ‘should weigh at least’
- [Pg. 94]: Moved wrongly placed quote marks: ‘“It is too bad said her mother,”’ to ‘“It is too bad,” said her mother,’
- [Pg. 97]: Added hyphen for consistency. Hyphenated elsewhere: ‘nice looking’ to ‘nice-looking’
- [Pg. 97]: Removed two extra periods: ‘with photo., Box. 28’ to ‘with photo, Box 28’
- [Pg. 103]: Added missing comma at quote close: ‘ you know” said Sam’ to ‘ you know,” said Sam’
- [Pg. 107]: Missing close-quote inserted at para end: ‘how to control it.’ to ‘how to control it.”’
- [Pg. 110]: Corrected typo: ‘a dark stirway’ to ‘a dark stairway’
- [Pg. 118]: Corrected typo: ‘millenium’ to ‘millennium’
- [Pg. 123]: Changed upper case to lower after comma: ‘Very well, You are’ to ‘Very well, you are’
- [Pg. 138]: Corrected spacing for consistency. Spaced out elsewhere: ‘Body o’me!’ to ‘Body o’ me!’
- [Pg. 138]: Note: Named Jabez Short later in the text
- [Pg. 139]: Corrected typo: ‘The horesman on the right’ to ‘The horseman on the right’
- [Pg. 139]: Added missing open-quote: ‘Thou wilt die’ to ‘“Thou wilt die’
- [Pg. 140]: Removed extra close-quote: ‘or his ghost.” Thinkest thou’ to ‘or his ghost. Thinkest thou’
- [Pg. 141]: Changed upper to lower case after comma: ‘Whethamstede, Quoted by’ to ‘Whethamstede, quoted by’
- [Pg. 147]: Removed duplicate word: ‘and and myn ownkll’ to ‘and myn ownkll’
- [Pg. 152]: Added missing apostrophe: ‘that was my neighbors’ to ‘that was my neighbor’s’
- [Pg. 154]: Normalized hyphenation. Predominantly spaced: ‘until someone asked him’ to ‘until some one asked him’
- [Pg. 154]: Normalized spacing; unspaced elsewhere: ‘Traver’s book store’ to ‘Traver’s bookstore’
- [Pg. 157]: Missing close-quote inserted: ‘“Yes, I said,’ to ‘“Yes,” I said,’
- [Pg. 161]: Removed extra open-quote: ‘“I laughed’ to ‘I laughed’
- [Pg. 162]: Removed extra close-quote: ‘said Hetty Poiret.”’ to ‘said Hetty Poiret.’
- [Pg. 163]: Added missing comma at quote close: ‘like that story” said Helen’ to ‘like that story,” said Helen’
- [Pg. 173]: Added missing comma, open-quote and corrected typo: ‘she continued that he says we stayed at a farm house together on Saturady’ to ‘she continued, “that he says we stayed at a farm house together on Saturday’
- [Pg. 173]: Removed extra open-quote at para start: ‘“Sally and her mother’ to ‘Sally and her mother’
- [Pg. 174]: Missing close-quote inserted: ‘poor girl’s ribs?’ to ‘poor girl’s ribs?”’