WERTHEIMER, LEA AND CO., PRINTERS, FINSBURY CIRCUS.
Transcriber's Notes:
- Blank pages in book (which were not numbered) have been left out of e-book.
- Extensive normalisation of " (used for direct speech) and ' (used for speech-within-speech).
- Corrected "could'nt" to "couldn't".
- Replaced "roley poley" with "roley-poley" for consistency.
- Corrected "surburban" to "suburban".
- Corrected "I can, myself remember" to "I can myself remember" (superfluous comma).
- Corrected "and done her hair." to "and done her hair?" (? missing in original)
- Corrected "usually termed 'Jean'" to "usually termed 'Jean,'" (comma missing in original)
- Corrected "lovedher" to "loved her".
- Corrected "wont" to "won't".
- Corrected "the fellow to he" to "the fellow to ye".
- Corrected "Mrs. Spencer's" to "Mrs. Spenser's" (typo, 3x).
- Corrected "The Story of the Leaden Tea-things" (ToC) to "The Fate of the Leaden Tea-things" (used in text).
- Corrected "The Toy Kitchen and its Maker" (ToC) to "The Toy Kitchen; and its Maker" (used in text).
- Corrected "pantomine" to "pantomime" (typo).
- Corrected "belonging" to "belonged" (typo).
- Corrected "is'nt" to "isn't".
- Corrected "such a lot of things. Oh!" to "" such a lot of things." "Oh!" (change of speaker).
- Changed for consistency: playbox to play-box, kindhearted to kind-hearted, goodnatured to good-natured, penn'orth to pennorth.
- Corrected "drivin" to "drivin'".
- Corrected "hav'nt" to "haven't".
Please also see Transcriber's Note at the top of the e-text.