Oh, may I dying smile, while others weep.

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

  1. Did not change the various spellings of Shakspeare and Shakespeare.
  2. The publisher sometimes left aligned consecutive poems by different authors but usually did not (including the chapter on parallel construction). To be consistent all poems with citations have been centered.
  3. Changed “Grand Scheme of Education” to “Grand Scheme of Emigration” on p. [x] to agree with subheading on p. [166].
  4. Changed ‘Disraeli’s “Alray”’ to ‘Disraeli’s “Alroy”’ on p.[xi].
  5. Changed “you sins” to “your sins” on p. [37].
  6. Changed “Falloit-it que le ciel me rendit amoureux” to “Falloit-il que le ciel me rendit amoureux” on p. [86].
  7. Changed “hateful lax levied” to “hateful tax levied” on p. [189].
  8. Changed “takes else’s” to “takes someone else’s” on p. [216].
  9. Changed “D’Israeli’s Wondrous Tale of Alvoy” to “D’Israeli’s Wondrous Tale of Alroy” on p.[224].
  10. Changed “Petri Andraæ Matthioli” to “Petri Andreæ Matthioli” on p. [310].
  11. Changed “of conversation was” to “of conversion was” on p. [407].
  12. Changed “to protects us” to “to protect us” on p. [434].
  13. Added a chapter heading “The Fancies of Fact.-Continued” on p. [435] per the Table of Contents.
  14. Changed “ΕΣΤΗΙΕ, ΠΙΝΕ, ΠΑΙΖΕ. ὩΣ Τ’ ΑΛΛΑ ΤΟΥΤΟΥ ΟΥΚ ΑΞΙΑ” to “ΕΣΤΗΙΕ, ΠΙΝΕ, ΠΑΙΖΕ. ὩΣ ΤΑΛΛΑ ΤΟΥΤΟΥ ΟΥΚ ΑΞΙΑ” on p. [596].
  15. Changed “ON TWO NEIGHBORING” to “ON THREE NEIGHBORING” on p. [604].
  16. Changed “Wer nicht liebt Wein, Weiber, und Gesang” to “Wer nicht liebt Wein, Weib, und Gesang” on p. [771].
  17. Changed “Trom Kirk of Edinb.” to “Tron Kirk of Edinb.” on p. [804].
  18. Silently corrected typographical errors.
  19. Retained anachronistic and non-standard spellings as printed.
  20. Text rotated 90 degrees is denoted by red text.