The Humbugs of the World: An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All AgesBarnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor)
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The Humbugs of the World: An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages
Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor)
Impostors and imposture
Ads 3 self-culture changed to self-culture.
Ads 4 MARIAN GREY-- do changed to MARIAN GREY.-- do.
Ads 5 RUE changed to TRUE
Ads 5 OW changed to HOW
Ads 5 do changed to do. (line of LOOKING AROUND)
Ads 5 FEMME.) changed to FEMME).
Ads 7 DRIFTING ABOUT, changed to DRIFTING ABOUT.
Ads 8 ABOUT WOMEN changed to ABOUT WOMEN.
Ads 8 HUGH MILLER changed to HUGH MILLER.
The following words had inconsistent spelling and hyphenation:
broom-stick / broomstick
CONJUROR / CONJURER
conjuror / conjurer
conjurors / conjurers
Christoforo / Cristoforo
death-bed / deathbed
etc. / &c.
Ethiopean / Ethiopian
feted / feted
ghost-like / ghostlike
hand-bill / handbill
hell-broth / hellbroth
hob-goblins / hobgoblins
hodge-podge / hodgepodge
lamp-black / lampblack
log-wood / logwood
M.D. / M. D.
meantime / mean time
mosquitoes / musquitos
New-York / New York
sea-coast / seacoast
sea-shore / seashore
stock-broker / stockbroker
to-day / to day
Twenty-seventh street / Twenty-seventh Street
Wall street / Wall Street
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