Toronto by Gaslight: The Night Hawks of a Great City: As Seen by the Reporters of "The Toronto News"Toronto News
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Toronto by Gaslight: The Night Hawks of a Great City: As Seen by the Reporters of "The Toronto News"
Toronto News
Toronto (Ont.) -- Description and travel
List of changes made to the original text to correct evident printing or
typesetting errors. Everything else has been left as printed.
Page 5, duplicate word “you” removed (I believe you are right)
Page 6, changed “too” to “two” (in her two hands)
Page 6, changed “nnd” to “and” (and when she took)
Page 10, changed “tham” to “them” (prison affords them)
Page 14, changed “cock” to “clock” (about two o’clock)
Page 14, changed “accross” to “across” (he glanced across)
Page 14, sub-heading THE SERVANT GIRL’S “FELLER” added
Page 16, changed “grounns” to “grounds” (favorite fishing grounds)
Page 16, changed “paroxysim” to “paroxysm” (a paroxysm of bitter tears)
Page 16, duplicate word “is” removed (Is this a man)
Page 17, changed “unocked” to “unlocked” (the doors are unlocked)
Page 18, changed “duputy” to “deputy” (The deputy critically compares)
Page 18, changed “the” to “to” (and to sharp cries)
Page 18, changed “hnssars” to “hussars” (a troop of hussars)
Page 19, changed “and” to “an” (an old-fashioned bonnet)
Page 19, changed “puieted” to “quieted” (both women are quieted down)
Page 21, changed “it” to “is” (The end of it is)
Page 24, changed “accessbile” to “accessible” (the only ones accessible)
Page 25, changed “forgotton” to “forgotten” (friendless, forgotten, and
unknown)
Page 25, duplicate word “to” removed (they invest the barroom to thaw
themselves)
Page 25, changed “corrider” to “corridor” (the cell and jail corridor)
Page 25, changed “inhospitpble” to “inhospitable” (the inhospitable
market square)
Page 27, changed “picce” to “piece” (a piece of shell)
Page 27, changed “Mars chacun a son gont” to “Mais chacun à son goût”
Page 27, changed “aster” to “after” (after a fashion)
Page 28, changed “fair” to “fare” (these people fare considerably better)
Page 28, changed “enfans” to “enfants” (enfants perdus)
Page 28, changed “drunkiness” to “drunkenness” (drunkenness, laziness
and dishonesty)
Page 29, changed “particlular” to “particular” (particular cases brought)
Page 30, changed “penitentary” to “penitentiary” (the workroom at the
penitentiary)
Page 31, changed “few a” to “a few” (a few years ago)
Page 31, changed “enfans” to “enfants” (enfants perdus)
Page 32, changed “physicial” to “physical” (the physical strength so
necessary)
Page 33, changed “themselevs” to “themselves” (to help themselves)
Page 36, changed “wern’t” to “weren’t” (I wish they weren’t)
Page 39, changed “laughterles” to “laughterless” (peals of laughterless
laughter)
Page 41, changed “alloted” to “allotted” (its allotted space)
Page 41, changed “intelligible” to “unintelligible” (the unintelligible
words)
Page 43, changed “breaks” to “brakes” (The brakes wouldn’t hold)
Page 48, changed “suscessful” to “successful” (shrewd and successful)
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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