383. A yard and a quarter. Abe—Abe-L.
Ell (from Wikipedia)
... In England, the ell was usually 45 in (1.143 m), or a yard and a quarter. It was mainly used in the tailoring business but is now obsolete....
Book 3.
Pages 21-22: Illustration moved to front of poem to avoid breaking the stanza.
Page 51: 'Know-Kothing' corrected to 'Know-Nothing'
"Set me down for a Know-Nothing;"
Page 84: 'wo' is probably an old form of 'woe'.
"Ransomed from the depths of wo."
Page 90: The following extraneous entries have been removed from the list of Contents, and the (correct) page numbers below reinstated with the correct Poem titles.