Transcriber’s Notes
Obvious punctuation errors have been silently corrected.
Page 71: “couriers had remained” changed to “courtiers had remained”
Page 79: “nicht Griechisch werden!’” changed to “nicht Greichisch werden!’”
Page 127: “his preocupation had grown” changed to “his preoccupation had grown”
Page 174: “from there to Schlüsselberg” changed to “from there to Schlüsselburg”
Page 220: “distinguished ordinarily for courage and intiative.” changed to “distinguished ordinarily for courage and initiative.”
Page 266: “One day I shall write a dessertation” changed to “One day I shall write a dissertation”
Page 312: “in the Schüsselburg fortress” changed to “in the Schlüsselburg fortress”
The spelling of Prince Troubetsky has been standardized to Prince Trubetsky.
In the original, chapter IV has no section 3. Chapter VII has no section 8.
The author's name was misspelled on the original book cover it has been corrected on the supplied image.