Transcriber’s Note

Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected.

The following issues should be noted. There were a number of co nfusions about nested quotation marks, which have been addressed to ease the reading experience. Where the author’s intent is unclear, the text is retained.

Errors of punctuation in the advertisement section at the end of the text were corrected, silently, in the interest of consistency.

p. 5intercour[es/se]Transposed.
p. 41[‘]Well, I don’t denyAdded.
p. 74[‘]Quite right, Dick;Added.
p. 94and considerable[./,] Mick and his sonsCorrected.
p. 99‘Ladies and gentlemen!’ he shouted[.]Added.
p. 109the English thoroughbred.[’]Added.
p. 116labouring up and [and] glancedRemoved.
p. 118Dick [road/rode] up straightCorrected.
p. 147about one another,[’]Added.
p. 178licks [’]imAdded.
p. 206Fred Churbett out of [of] his bedRemoved.
p. 224villianssic.
p. 225[“]if we meet anyAdded.
back you go to the barracks[’/”]Corrected.
[‘]They’d take me ... and free from trouble,”[’]Added.
p. 227'What a tragedy![']Added.
p. 232any other[ other] partRemoved.
p. 252[‘]I like forestAdded.
p. 269compressdsic.
p. 275I see it in your face[.]Added.
p. 287wild-f[l]owlRemoved.
p. 298he became a finder of continents.[’]Added.
p. 310[‘]You will enjoyAdded.
Hu[r]bertRemoved.
p. 313Gera[r/l]dCorrected.
p. 315my dear boy[,/.]Corrected.
p. 318but the old who die![’]Removed.
p. 367home at last——[”/’]Corrected.
Hu[r]bertRemoved.
p. 373well-featured, manly[.]Added.
p. 419But some[w]howRemoved.