Transcriber’s Notes
- Spelling and possible printer’s errors have mostly been retained. Likewise, inconsistencies in hyphenation, spacing and capitalization have also been retained. Changes made to the text are noted in the comments below.
- [Pg. 8]: The page number for CHAPTER XIX. has been added in the Table of Contents.
- [Pg. 8]: The last page of the Table of Contents, containing the last chapters, is missing in all known editions of the text.
- [Pg. 9 - 10]: Three entries from the List of
Illustrations refer to non-existent illustrations. They have been removed because the
illustrations were not in the original publication:
- “Am Going to Have Him Mended and Keep Him for a Souvenir,” Said the Pussy Woman.
- My Lawyer Told Me to Groan When Anyone Was Present.
- I Never Saw a Giant Negro So Mad as That Husband Was.
- [Pg. 11]: The last eight illustrations in the book are missing from the end of the List of Illustrations.
- [Pg. 28]: Punctuation fix: ‘..Orphan’ to ‘Orphan’ - Extra periods removed in block quote at start of chapter
- Pgs. 38, 58 & 197: The following three illustrations do not seem to correspond to the printed text and are by a different illustrator, but are present in all known editions. Their source is ‘Peck’s Bad Boy Abroad’ (1905).
- [Pg. 78]: Heading standardization: ‘VI.’ to ‘CHAPTER VI.’ - Missing word in heading inserted to match other headings
- [Pg. 87]: Caption fix: Added missing caption present in List of Illustrations: ‘When it Exploded the Jap Was the Scaredest Person I Ever Saw.’
- Text on [Pg. 117], from ‘Pa has had the hardest time ...’ and until chapter end is replicated at the beginning of [Chapter X], Pg. 145, with minor differences inluding punctuation and initial capitals on some words. Both have been retained as they appear in the original.
- [Pg. 131]: Heading standardization: ‘IX.’ to ‘CHAPTER IX.’ - Missing word in heading inserted to match other headings
- [Pg. 157]: Heading standardization: ‘XI.’ to ‘CHAPTER XI.’ - Missing word in heading inserted to match other headings
- [Pg. 278]: Punctuation fix: ‘Cigars Pa Told’ to ‘Cigars—Pa Told’ - Added missing em-dash in heading block-quote