Pages x and 24 are blank in the original. The following words appear with and without hyphens. They have been left as in the original.
Variations in spelling have been left as in the original. Examples include the following:
The following corrections have been made to the text: Page xi: Introduction, 13[original has 5] Page 48: slink away from a bantam[original has bantum] hen Page 67: you[original has vou] go in for this sort Page 129: sheer force of genius[original has genuis] Page 161: some out-of-the-way[original has out-of-the way] corner Page 220: exhausts itself in a declaration[original has delaration] of revolt Page 269: ignorant of contemporary[original is split across lines after con but hyphen is missing] fashions Page 303: following the [original has the the] same extravagance Page 332: torture it until it[original has is] has about as much life Ellipses match the original. |