Transcriber's Notes:

The following words have been retained in both versions:

• Morbas (page 6, 74, 159, 161, 179, index) and morbas (page 6)
• forwards (pages 101, 176) and forward (pages 5, 14, 30, 33, 45, 53)
• D/death warnings (page 39, 160, 161, index) and death-warnings (page 24)
• cone-shaped (page 66) and cone shaped (index)
• grandparents (pages 74, 76) and grand-parents (page 23)
• rough hewn (page 100) and rough-hewn (page 96)
• everyone (page 96) and every one (pages 8, 27, 69, 85)
• someone (pages 92, 138, 167, 176) and some one (page 22)
• wallpaper (page 21) and wall paper (page 152)
• well known (pages 31, 99) and well-known (pages 6, 82, 97, 100, 103)
• would be (pages 17, 39, 60, 90, 94, 130, 143, 145, 156, 157, 160, 162, 179) and would-be (pages 56, 153, 168)
• bona-fide (page 177) and bona fide (page 98)

The following parts have been left as printed:

• Castle-on-Dinas which seems to mean Castle-an-Dinas in Cornwall (page 77)
• A narration from Miss Rolands starting on page 74 with opening quotation marks continous over several pages without marking other paragraphs beeing part of the narration or closing the quotation mark (middle of page 76). These paragraphs have been left as set in the book.

Other than the corrections listed below, printer's inconsistencies in spelling, punctuation, hyphenation, and ligature usage have been retained.

The following misprints have been corrected:

• changed "figure of some thing utterly" into "figure of something utterly" page 7
• changed "to be met with in lonely" into "to be met within lonely" page 13
• changed "various English family-ghosts, is the work" into "various English Family Ghosts, is the work" page 23
• changed "recovering consciousn ss my" into "recovering consciousness my" page 29
• changed "Vagrarian or Vice-Elemental, that" into "Vagrarian or Vice Elemental, that" page 31
• changed "illusionary? Ande here" into "illusionary? And here" page 38
• changed "she suddenly vanished." into "she suddenly vanished."" page 40
• changed "would doubtless remain earthbound" into "would doubtless remain earth-bound" page 79
• changed "other Glanogrians or" into "other Clanogrians or" page 82
• changed "the actual earthbound souls of the people," into "the actual earth-bound souls of the people," page 90
• changed "is equally earthbound, but" into "is equally earth-bound, but" page 90
• changed "company with the earthbound soul of" into "company with the earth-bound soul of" page 90
• changed "Mrs. P—. narrated to me" into "Mrs. P—— narrated to me" page 94
• changed "Night after night the" into ""Night after night the" page 101
• changed "in the day time, but" into "in the daytime, but" page 137
• changed "sometimes (though-rarely) commit" into "sometimes (though rarely) commit" page 143
• changed added "in India, s had the greatest difficulty in making her ho pass a particular tree, and that on mentioni the matter" into "in India, she had the greatest difficulty in making her horse pass a particular tree, and that on mentioning the matter" page 168
• changed "you within its cluthces. Be" into "you within its clutches. Be" page 169
• changed "altogether too distinct, but from the fact that it impressed r with sensations of the utmost terror and thing, she realised" into "altogether too indistinct, but from the fact that it impressed her with sensations of the utmost terror and loathing, she realised" page 169
• changed "so, Mrs. Caley felt an" into "so, Mrs. Cayley felt an" page 169
• changed "Baroness Von A— (Case of the)" into "Baroness Von A—— (Case of the)" index
• changed "Clanogrians, 23 (def. of), 33, 34, 74 82, 159 (def. of), 162, 170" into "Clanogrians, 23 (def. of), 33, 34, 74, 82, 159 (def. of), 162, 170" index
• changed "Family Ghosts, 72, 74, 82 159 (def. of)" into "Family Ghosts, 72, 74, 82, 159 (def. of)" index