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Transcriber's Note.
Corrections to the original text have been made as follows:
| Pg [ix] | It is the variety of subjects that will strike most readers. | Punctuation after 'readers' changed from comma to period. |
| Pg [2] | seemed delighted with him." | Closing quote added. |
| Pg [130] | late mercies vouchsafed to him."" | Closing quote added in most likely place. |
| Pg [132] | alluded to, it is not for man to judge; | Original: 'to, it it not.' |
| Pg [136] | Sir Edmund Lacon, Chairman of the Trustees | Original unclear, appears to read 'Edmond Laeon,' however it is most probable that the passage refers to Sir Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon, 3rd Baronet, MP for Great Yarmouth 1852-1857, 1859-1868 and Norfolk North 1868-1885. |
| Pg [172] | "The health of the Most Worshipful the Grand Master." | Superfluous single quote removed after 'Master.' |
| Pg [181] | In footnote A: With illustrations by Sydney P. Hall. | Original: 'Sydney E. Hall.' |
| Pg [191] | The site chosen was in the Fitzwilliam Museum | Original: 'FitzWilliam.' |
| Pg [191] | read by the Chancellor, setting forth the services | Original: 'seting.' |
| Pg [212] | I think, to be found here this evening. I regret that | Punctuation after 'evening' changed from comma to period. |
| Pg [227] | who are Mohammedans by religion | Original: 'Mahomedans'; 'Mohammedans' appears 5 other times in the book. |
| Pg [240] | for being given this opportunity of expressing | Original: 'opportuntity.' |
| Pg [243] | Maude of Wales, visited Chelsea Barracks | Original: 'Baracks.' |
| Pg [331] | "Your regiment was raised | Opening quotation mark added. |
| Pg [350] | gratification it has given us to be present." | Closing quotation mark added. |
| Pg [377] | July 2nd, 1866. | Section heading; ending period added. |
| Pg [387] | auspices of President Grant." | Closing quotation mark added. |
| Pg [419] | Hartland Point, New Lighthouse, 384 | Index entry; page number added. |
Missing punctuation in the Index has been corrected without note.
Inconsistent use of :— ,— and — at the start of quotations has been retained.
Variant spellings: sanatorium, sanatarium, sanitorium, sanitarium, appear once each in the text and have been retained.
Hypenation of some words is inconsistent and has been retained: life-boat, key-note, good-will, re-formed (in both cases used of parades that broke up and formed again) and under-graduate all appear with and without hyphens. Other words that were originally hyphenated at line ends have been made consistent with the rest of the text.