Words that were italicized in the original paper book are noted by an underscore (_) before and after; words that were typeset in bold font are noted by a equal sign (=) before and after. Dumfounded on page 21 has been corrected to dumbfounded. Bed clothes on pages 63 and 77 have been rendered as bedcloths, in keeping with other usage in the text. Dosing, on page 111 has been corrected to dozing. A full stop on page 219 has been corrected to a semi-colon. Dining-room, on pages 151 and 235, has been corrected to two words in keeping with other uses in the book. Superstitition on page 128 has been changed to superstition. Parchmentlike page 187 has been changed to parchment-like to regularize hyphenation. A period on in the last sentence on page 174 to correct punctuation. The hyphen in half-burned on page 48 has been removed, to regularize use across the text. The hyphen in porte-cochère on page 4 has been removed, to regularize use across the text. The hyphens in out-of-doors on page 188 have been removed, to regularize use across the text. The hyphen in fire-tongs on page 265 has been removed, to regularize use across the text. An an on page 207 has been corrected to remove the second an. Archaic and variant spellings have been retained. All other hyphenation and capitalization have been retained as typeset.