Minor punctuation errors have been repaired.

Hyphenation has been made consistent.

Typographic errors have been corrected as follows:

Page [16]—repeated ‘and’ deleted—... towards the east and say ...

Page [63]—Madame amended to Madam (for consistency with other occurrences)—... and entered the service of Madam Ahavzi.

Page [84]—end amended to and—... they could not reduce the size of the noses and ears ...

Page [108]—call amended to all—... they all set upon Labakan and beat him soundly ...

Page [111]—be amended to the—... and had a knack of setting out her wares to the best advantage.

Page [128]—und amended to and—... his nose was enormous and reached beyond his chin, ...

Page [151]—whith amended to with—... a heart beating loudly with excitement.