Punctuation has been standardised. Spelling and hyphenation have been retained as used in the orginal publication except as follows:

• • Page 59
    she greatly perferred city changed to
    she greatly preferred city
• • Page 64
    with ancipations of a pleasant changed to
    with anticipations of a pleasant
• • Page 74
    You’re aways right changed to
    You’re always right
• • Page 149
    that it! But changed to
    that’s it! But
• • Page 150
    band of wonderers pause changed to
    band of Wonderers pause
• • Page 164
    to be a humourous publication changed to
    to be a humorous publication
• • Page 206
    more about the matter than Paty changed to
    more about the matter than Patty
• • Page 215
    Then turning to Signor Bolotti changed to
    Then turning to Signor Balotti
• • Page 237
    no more dangerous asleep then awake changed to
    no more dangerous asleep than awake