The cover art was not part of the original book.

The illustrations have been moved so that they do not break up paragraphs.

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

Some of the items in entries were out of order. The entries have been reordered to be in a consistent order.

On page v in the Preface, a period was added after "invaluable service".

On page v in the Preface, "fallibility" was replaced with "infallibility".

On page v in the Preface, "atta'nab'e" was replaced with "attainable".

On page 16, a period was added after "Sulky; morose".

On page 21, the comma after "CONSOLATION" was replaced with a period.

On page 25, "I'L" was replaced with "I'll".

On page 25, a period was added after "Handsome; pretty".

On page 34, the comma after "FOGLE-HUNTING" was replaced with a period.

On page 39, a period was added after "GRABBLE".

On page 40, a period was added after "The sheriff".

On page 47, "its" was replaced with "it's".

On page 49, a period was added after "tools".

On page 53, "t" was replaced with "it".

On page 56, "endurence" was replaced with "endurance".

On page 56, a period was added after "MOUNTERS".

On page 73, a quotation mark was added after "Daisyville.".

On page 74, a period was added after "Being rich".

On page 76, a period was added after "A young apprentice".

On page 86, the comma after "need be no fear" was replaced with a period.

On page 86, there is reference to "Indians about," but there was no such entry.

On page 90, a period was added after "TIT".

On page 90, a period was added after "TOGS".

On page 94, a period was added after "WAME".

On page 102, a quotation mark was added after "Bell".

On page 109, a period was added after the first "CAPPER".

On page 123, "BBOKERS'" was replaced with "BROKERS'"

On page 123, a period was added after "etc".

On the first page of the advertisements, "1 5" was replaced with "1 50"

On the second page of the advertisements, a period was added after "George Sand".

On the second page of the advertisements, a period was added after "Grenville Murray".

On the second page of the advertisements, a period was added after "J. G. Whytte Melville".

On the second page of the advertisements, a period was added after "Old Lieutenant and his Son".

On the second page of the advertisements, a period was added after "12mo".

On the second page of the advertisements, the comma after "Cloth extra" was replaced with a period.

On the second page of the advertisements, a period was added after "(Geo. W.)".

On the second page of the advertisements, a period was added after "350 pages".

On the second page of the advertisements, a period was added after "320 pages. Illustrated".

On the second page of the advertisements, the comma after "Cloth" was replaced with a period.

On the third page of the advertisements, "Vol." was replaced with "vol.".

On the third page of the advertisements, a period was added after "(Sir. W.)".