TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE
For some unexplained reason, a few anecdotes appear twice.
Some possible typographical errors have not been altered, as they might reflect acceptable spelling at the time the book was written.
Numerous punctuation marks have been inserted or amended.
Hyphenation: the following variants appear in this text:
- "bell-man" and "bellman"
- "church-yard" and "churchyard"
- "game-keeper" and "gamekeeper"
- "great-grandfather" and "greatgrandfather"
- "help-mate" and "helpmate"
- "Highland-man" and "Highlandman"
- "hill-side" and "hillside"
- "nick-name" and "nickname".
On p. 17, the reference number [38] is almost certainly wrong, but it is impossible to determine what the correct number should be.
On p. 102, "droughty" should possibly be "drouthy" but has not been amended.
Incorrect page numbers in the Table of Contents have been silently corrected. Similarly, titles of anecdotes have been silently corrected to match the entries in the Table of Contents.