Punctuation and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in the three volumes of this novel, or to remedy simple typographical errors; otherwise they were not changed.

Dialect and other non-standard spellings have not been changed.

Spaces before the contraction "'ll" (for "will") have been retained.

Ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines have been retained.

Page 82: "Sailors don't no nothing" is printed as "know" in a different edition of this book.

Page 203: The closing quotation mark after "of them? He didn't understand." perhaps should be after "of them?"