Transcriber's Note
Each page of this book contained, as a footer, a stanza of poetry, or a prose quotation, which, although pertinent to the text, was not part of it. I have retained these footers, moving them to a suitable location between paragraphs, and enclosing them in short horizontal rules. Any poetry not enclosed within short horizontal rules is an integral part of the text.
Maps The author used a long strip map, cut into four sections, with the end of the journey, being North, under the header. I have detached the header, reversed the order of the maps, and inserted the (clickable thumbnail) maps closer to the text they represent. The header (on page 32) now has beneath it links to the four maps. Note: All maps and illustrations link to enlargements.
Errata (Old Typos) and Corrections TOC:— Entries for "New Amsterdam" and "The Dutch and the English" reversed, and page number for New Amsterdam changed from 25 to 23. Page number for "New York" changed from 26 to 27. Page number for "Yonkers to West Point" changed from 59 to 60. Changed: '97-104' to '97-103', to match entry. Changed: '152' (1st listing) to '151', to match entry. Page number for "Source of the Hudson" changed from 201 to 202. Changed: 'Colombia County' to 'Columbia Springs', to match entry. Page 9: Restored missing period and missing half of closing quote. [Illustration: Hendrick Hudson's "Half Moon."] Page 35: added 's' to 'landing' (...steamers make their various landings.) Page 43: removed extraneous closing quote. Page 46: added comma after 'erection' (..., now in process of erection, ...) Page 55: added 's' to 'make' (forgetting even, as Bryant did, that a vertical line from the top of the cliff on account of the crumbling debris of ages make(s) it impossible for even the strongest arm to hurl a stone from the summit to the margin of the river). Page 59: missing closing quote, and possibly also missing text in paragraph? (one narrator says: "remarkable disappearances ...) Page 76: changed 'materal' to 'material'. Page 80: changed 'Revoluton'to 'Revolution'. Page 94: added missing comma after 'library': "The Library, founded in 1812, has about 50,000 volumes." Page 95: changed 'Seige' to 'Siege'. "... Siege Battery on the slope...." Page 96: changed 'pictureque' to 'picturesque'. Page 107: changed (Major Tench) 'Tighlman' to 'Tilghman'. Page 107: added opening quote ..."the proclamation of Congress and the farewell orders of Washington were read, and the last word of command given." Page 108/9: changed 'proclams' to 'proclaims'. Page 110: changed: 'The Marquis De Chastelleaux' to 'The Marquis De Chastellux' (ref.: google) Page 113: changed: 'The Marquis De Chastelleux' to 'The Marquis De Chastellux' Page 125: added 's' to 'thousand' (thousands of young men) Page 129: (While sunset gilds) 'theee', to 'thee', Page 139: changed 'openng' to 'opening'. Page 145: changed 'Sofly' to 'Softly'. Page 153: changed 'communicaton' to 'communication'. Page 153: added closing quote (in about 32 hours.") Page 155: changed 'wth' to 'with' Page 173: changed 'thousand' to 'thousands' (...thousands of laboring men... ) Page 205: added 's' to 'brick' (thousands of bricks) Page 212: added " to para beginning ("Viewed from the railroad ...) Page 212: added 's' to 'thousand' (Thousands of travellers ...) Also added: Periods and commas, various (in the poetry footnotes). The text appears worn; there is space for a period (and a couple of letters are missing), so I am assuming that the missing punctuation may have been rubbed off the page. I have also encountered a number of instances throughout the book where the author quoted from an external source and omitted either the opening or closing quotation mark, and it is not obvious from the text just where the quote began or ended. In a couple of instances I have hazarded a guess, but have otherwise left the single quotaton mark in place, as it appears in the original. [Return]