Part 17
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Transcriber's Note
Duplicate headings have been removed.
The following apparent errors have been corrected:
p. 19 "intervene," changed to "intervene."
p. 42 "fouguese" changed to "fougueuse"
p. 122 "brothers. and" changed to "brothers, and"
p. 190 "songs shoot" changed to "songs, shoot"
p. 191 "Sebastopool" changed to "Sebastopol"
p. 216 "unforgetable" changed to "unforgettable"
(advertisement) "7 Prose Writings of Heine" changed to "27 Prose Writings of Heine"
(advertisement) "work." changed to "work.”
(advertisement) "contains." changed to "contains.”"
(advertisement) "CHILDREN OF POETS" changed to "CHILDREN OF POETS."
(advertisement) "Breakfast Table" changed to "Breakfast-Table"
(advertisement) "WILLIAMARCHER" changed to "WILLIAM ARCHER"
The following are used inconsistently in the text:
after-thought and afterthought
child-like and childlike
life-like and lifelike
now-a-days and nowadays
over-mastering and overmastering
stand-point and standpoint
sun-rise and sunrise