Spelling and hyphenation have been retained as in the original publication, except as follows:

Obvious punctuation errors and typos repaired:

• Page 1, "a sleepy world died gently away" replaced by "a sleepy world died gently away."
• Page 4, "What am I to do? out there" replaced by "What am I to do? Out there"
• Page 5, "What have we here?...." replaced by "What have we here? ..."
• Page 6, "wait a minute!...." replaced by "wait a minute! ..."
• Page 7, "Choto, Choto!...." replaced by "Choto, Choto!..."
• Page 16, "the infinite sepulchre of the ocean" replaced by "the infinite sepulchre of the ocean."
• Page 17, "your throat?...." replaced by "your throat?..."
• Page 43, '!--Oh dear, oh dear!"...' replaced by '!--Oh dear, oh dear!" ...'
• Page 44, "I....no." replaced by "I ... no."
• Page 57, "and as she eat" replaced by "and as she ate"
• Page 70, "Those lovely things....?" replaced by "Those lovely things...?"
• Page 95, "very, very dearly.." replaced by "very, very dearly...."
• Page 115, removed new paragraph between "But what is this?" and "Blood?"
• Page 135, "Well, if....?" replaced by "Well, if...?"
• Page 138, "Ah....! Look here the" replaced by "Ah...! Look here the"
• Page 141, '"Good, good!" cried Nela, delighted, "But' replaced by '"Good, good!" cried Nela, delighted. "But'
• Page 182, "respected woman!...." replaced by "respected woman!..."
• Page 183, "Centenc's house" replaced by "Centeno's house"
• Page 213, "make you promises?...." replaced by "make you promises?..."
• Page 224, "All good kind souls!...." replaced by "All good kind souls!..."
• Page 246, "'And it cannot hurt me" replaced by '"And it cannot hurt me'
• Page 253, "you are a charlatan!...." replaced by "you are a charlatan!..."
• Page 258, '"It is fled!'' replaced by '"It is fled!"'
• Page 262, "October the 12th, 186..." replaced by "October the 12th, 186...."
  
• Advertisement: QUINTUS CLAUDIUS
  "—Grazer Morgenpost," replaced by
  "—Grazer Morgenpost."
  
• Advertisement ERNESTINE
  'purposes of the dramatist' replaced by
  'purposes of the dramatist"'
  
• Advertisement: A TALE OF AN ALPINE CLOISTER
  "The Hour Will Come;" replaced by
  "The Hour Will Come:"
  "they have read it through" replaced by
  "they have read it through."
  
• Advertisement: AN ART LEGEND OF ANCIENT TIMES
  "25 cents," replaced by
  "25 cents."
  "WILLIAM S GOTTSBERGER" replaced by
  "WILLIAM S. GOTTSBERGER"
  
• Advertisement: RANTHORPE
  "Bet there is" replaced by
  "But there is"
  "40 cents," replaced by
  "40 cents."
  

Words written in two different ways:

• birdlike/bird-like; "bird-like" was regularized to "birdlike".
• tramway/tram-way; "tramway" was regularized to "tram-way".
• La terrible/La terrible; "La terrible" was regularized to "La Terrible" -no italics-.
• Carlos/CÁrlos; "Carlos" was regularized to "CÁrlos".
• Maria/MarÍa; "Maria" was regularized to "MarÍa".
• Socarte/Socartes; "Socarte" was regularized to "Socartes".
• ONE VOLUME/ONE VOLUME; "ONE VOLUME." was regularized to "ONE VOLUME".
• TWO VOLUMES/TWO VOLUMES; "TWO VOLUMES." was regularized to "TWO VOLUMES".