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The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion

Chapter 46: TRANSCRIBERS' NOTES
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A close associate recounts the player's emergence from childhood instruction and local contests to national prominence at a leading chess congress. The narrative follows his decision to tour Europe and describes matches, public exhibitions, and social receptions in prominent chess centers. Chapters record encounters with leading contemporaries, a disputed controversy over a proposed match, and a celebrated blindfold performance. Interwoven material includes histories of clubs, sketches and anecdotes about other masters, scenes of café and club life, presentations of trophies and portraits, and a final valedictory account of the tour's close.

TRANSCRIBERS' NOTES

Page 7. musquito as in original

Pages 16, 20. Variable hyphenation of master-pieces, masterpiece as in original

Page 31. palladins as in original

Page 98. depreciatory as in original

Page 115. coryphoeus corrected to coryphaeus

Page 135. In the signature, Keneedy changed to Kennedy

Page 152. Algaier corrected to Allgaier

Illustration caption before page 197. MONGREDIEN standardised to MONGREDIEU (this may be incorrect and a reference to Augustus Mongredien).

General. The following words have variable accenting but have been left as in the original as they are used in quotations: Café, Caïssa, défi, Régence. Other accents have been standardised.

General. Variable spelling of McDonnel/McDonnell as in original

General. Variable spelling of Deschapelles/Deschappelles as in original

General. Variable spelling of Huttman/Huttmann as in original

General. Variable spelling of Zytogorsky/Zytogorosky as in original

General. Variable spelling of tournay/tourney as in original

General. Variable capitalisation of Street/street in street names as in original