Pretty Geraldine, the New York Salesgirl; or, Wedded to Her Choice
John Stuart Mill · en
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Transcriber's note:
This story was originally serialized in the _New York Weekly_ from
January 26, 1895, to May 4, 1895.
A table of contents was added.
Punctuation in series lists was standardized.
Retained questionable spelling in dialogue (e.g. "wern't").
Retained some inconsistent spelling (e.g. "halooed" vs. "hallooed").
Retained consistent use of "staid" where "stayed" would be expected.
Retained some inconsistent punctuation (e.g. "love-story" vs. "love
story").
Page 2, corrected "Flemming" to "Fleming" in "May Agnes Fleming."
Page 17, adjusted/removed quotes on second and third lines of poem.
Page 44, corrected '?' to ?" after "At what theatre."
Page 45, changed "shabbibly" to "shabbily."
Page 46, moved apostrophe before question mark in "perfectly magnif'?"
Page 51, added missing quote after "being an actress."