Footnotes were moved to the end of the book. Small errors in punctuation were corrected without note. Also the following changes were made, on page
32 “or” changed to “for” (Nor was I mistaken, for, on putting)
34 “momentory” changed to “momentary” (in momentary terror of some fresh phenomenon)
47 “stifly” changed to “stiffly” (he said, bowing stiffly)
89 “nighfall” changed to “nightfall” (a very wide berth after nightfall)
94 “give” changed to “gave” (parents who gave him a liberal education)
117 ? changed to ! (they improvised an oven in the earth and ate it!)
146 “stool” changed to “stood” (lane in which the haunted elm stood)
149 “suprising” changed to “surprising” (it is not surprising that they are now).
Otherwise the original was preserved, including inconsistencies in spelling, hyphenation, etc.