Transcriber’s Notes
The original language has been retained,. including inconsistent spelling and hyphenation, except as listed below. Accents and diacriticals in French or German words and names have not been corrected, unless listed below.
Depending on the hard- and software used to read this text and their settings, not all elements may display as intended.
Footnotes numbers 305/306 and 321/322 are each referenced twice on the same page in the source document.
Index of names: there are no pages xi or xii. Several entries have been moved to be in alphabetical order.
Page 337, footnote 300, pp. 531-355: as printed; should possibly be 351-355 or 531-535.
Page 515, Rue des Veuves: possibly an error for Allée des Veuves as elsewhere.
Page 575, professional female prisoners: possibly an error for professional female poisoners.
Page 771, entry Kaliske: possibly an error for Kolisko.