Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.
Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.
[Pg viii], ‘High Brow Hen’ replaced by ‘Highbrow Hen’.
[Pg 39], ‘Lese Majestee’ replaced by ‘Lésé Majesté’.
[Pg 61], ‘if we trangress’ replaced by ‘if we transgress’.
[Pg 77], ‘smothered sn’ replaced by ‘smothered snore’.