Transcriber’s Notes
Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variations in hyphenation and accents have been standardised but all other spelling and punctuation remains unchanged.
On page 262
‘To leeak a bad leeak’ = to leeak ill. has been changed to
‘To leeak a bad leeak’ = to look ill.
Many words in the Glossary are cross-referenced to other words. In several cases these other words are not present.
The book begins with an extensive list of subscribers immediately after the table of contents. This has been moved to the end.
WIT, CHARACTER, FOLKLORE
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