If you have access to an alternate edition of the text and can confirm any of the above are indeed spelling errors please contact Project Gutenberg support. Alterations to the text: Add TOC. Punctuation corrections: missing periods, quotation mark pairing, etc. Note: minor spelling and hyphenization inconsistencies (_e.g._ blythe/blithe, pellmell/pell-mell, fruit-trees/fruit trees, etc.) have been preserved. [Chapter III] Change “that gave out a pleasant _fragnance_” to _fragrance_. [Chapter IV] “He left the old city and took the _Stackbridge_ road” to _Stockbridge_. [Chapter VI] “The other _raisd_ his head in staring surprise” to _raised_. [Chapter VIII] “and her dress and velvet _spenser_” to _spencer_. “Nature’s purpose would induce _receovery_” to _recovery_. “She smiled back _delighfully_” to _delightfully_. [Chapter IX] “a sailing rook came through the _leafly_ canopy” to _leafy_. [Chapter X] “In this _conection_ were two matters for” to _connection_. “His _näive_ self-importance, half-nullified” to _naïve_. [Chapter XXXI] “Humming ... a _fragrant_ of some late-heard melody” to _fragment_. [Chapter XXXIV] “I should like to ask _yuo_ a question” to _you_. [Chapter XXXVII] “this is _Catain_ Luvaine, Whimple, from whose” to _Captain_. “for all his instinctive _astion_ his face had taken a dark flush” to _action_. [Chapter LIV] “A life of torment for a minute of _esctasy_” to _ecstasy_. [End of Text]