Transcriber's note: For clarity, changes have been applied to the text as follows: Page 15. Final hyphen (chapter 3) replaced by em-dash 16. Chapters 3 and 4: 'Louisburg' replaced with Louisburgh 26. Closing quotation marks added after ...a halo of fog. 49. Hyphen removed from 'sun-shine' to ensure consistency with other uses 54. Hyphen removed from 'bag-pipe' to ensure consistency with other uses. 56. Hyphen removed from 'main-land' to ensure consistency with other uses 69. Hyphen removed from 'road-side' to ensure consistency with other uses 70. Hyphen added to 'sawbuck' to ensure consistency with other uses 71. Ending quotation marks added to end of paragraph: ...like a beast neither. 76. Full stop replaced by comma between ...such a look and "you must know... 77. Hyphen removed from 'over-land' to ensure consistency with other uses 79. Hyphen removed from 'light-house' to ensure consistency with other uses 79. Hyphen removed from 'over-head' to ensure consistency with other uses 88. Hyphen added to 'overcoats' to ensure consistency with other uses 89. Hyphen removed from 'mid-night' to ensure consistency with other uses 96. Hyphen removed from 'over-head' to ensure consistency with other uses 97. Hyphen removed from 'night-fall' to ensure consistency with other uses 97. Duplicate 'of' removed from ...the lady of of the "Balaklava" put on... 99. Hyphen removed from 'sea-board' to ensure consistency with other uses 100. Hyphen removed from 'sweet-meats' to ensure consistency with other uses 101. Opening quotation marks added to paragraph Picton, I will be frank... 118. Closing quotation marks removed from ..."On board the 'Vigilant,' 122. Closing quotation marks added to paragraph ...milk and potatoes down there. 134. Closing quotation marks added to paragraph ...the inevitable hour'---- 134. Opening quotation marks added to paragraph 'The paths of glory lead... 147. Hyphen replaced by space in 'Nova-Scotia' to ensure consistency 153. Hyphen removed in 'moon-light' to ensure consistency 154. Hyphen removed in 'patch-work' to ensure consistency 154. Hyphen removed in 'chamber-maid' to ensure consistency 160. 'Kavanah' replaced by 'Kavanagh' to ensure consistency 161. Hyphen removed in 'oat-meal' to ensure consistency 197. Hyphen added to 'doorway' to ensure consistency 200. Hyphen added to 'fireplace' to ensure consistency 201. Hyphen added to 'keynote' to ensure consistency 208. Spelling of 'melliflous' corrected to 'mellifluous' 209. Spelling of 'hackmatack' standardised to ensure consistency with other uses 211. Hyphen removed from 'sunlight' to ensure consistency with other uses 217. Comma removed from At, last we approach... 222. Opening quotation marks added after em dash in ...said he--'The Scarlet Letter.'... 232. Hyphen added to 'Grand Pre' to ensure consistency with other uses 233. Hyphen added to 'overcoats' to ensure consistency with other uses