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Transcriber's Notes

Both "Dvořàk" and "Dvoràk" were used in this text; both have been changed to "Dvořák". Similarly, on page 174, "Pàn" was changed to "Pán", and "Frantisek" to "František".

On page 119, a footnote marker was added to the text (don't care for money.'[21])

Many other variant and alternative spellings have been preserved, except where obviously misspelled in the original or where one spelling was more common in the main text. Obvious punctuation and formatting errors have also been corrected.

The printed text contained duplicate headings for each division (before and after each epigraph); in each case the latter instance has been removed.