The illustrations have been moved so that they do not break up paragraphs and so that they are next to the text they illustrate.
Errors in punctuation and inconsistent hyphenation were not corrected unless otherwise noted.
Typographical errors have been silently corrected but other variations in spelling and punctuation remain unaltered.
Where double quotes have been repeated at the beginnings of consecutive stanzas, they have been omitted for clarity.
The heading "ACT II" after "END OF ACT I" was added by the transcriber for the sake of clarity and consistency.