Throughout the dialogues, there were words used to mimic accents of the speakers. Those words were retained as-is.

Errors in punctuation and inconsistent hyphenation were not corrected unless otherwise noted.

On page 31, "Nevertheles" was replaced with "Nevertheless".

On page 51, the comma after "John Parver herself" was replaced with a period.

On page 53, "Hillison" was replaced with "Hilliston".

On page 73, the period after "valued this spendor" was replaced with a question mark.

On page 82, "fufilled" was replaced with "fulfilled/".

On page 102, "CHAPER" was replaced with "CHAPTER".

On page 107, "the the" was replaced with "the".

On page 116, "was" was added before "by no means".

On page 122, "Jerringham" was replaced with "Jeringham".

On page 125, a quotation mark as added after "That's strange.".

On page 127, "Hillston" was replaced with "Hilliston".

On page 136, "was" was added before "now perfectly composed".

On page 145, the period after "description of the scarfpin" was replaced with a question mark.

On page 150, "bundle old newspapers" was replaced with "bundle of old newspapers".

On page 162, "clever conversation that" was replaced with "clever conversation than".

On page 162, "and like to" was replaced with "and liked to".

On page 208, "idylic" was replaced with "idyllic".

On page 210, the quotation mark was removed after "to their accomplishment.".

On page 212, a comma was added after "he said".

On page 224, the period after "only be Jeringham" was replaced with a comma.

On page 267, "Jerringham" was replaced with "Jeringham".

On page 280, the period after "with the case" was replaced with a comma.

On page 284, a comma was added after "into the garden".

On page 311, the period after "we ought to proceed" was replaced with a question mark.

On page 323, the quotation mark after "not tended to improve it." was removed.

On the first page of Selected List of Novels and Tales, a period was added after "Edmond".

On the second page of Selected List of Novels and Tales, ".." was added in the line for "Farjeon, B. L."