Pages x and 24 are blank in the original.
The following words appear with and without hyphens. They have been left as in the original.
| ball-room | ballroom |
| business-like | businesslike |
| hearth-rug | hearthrug |
| house-keeper | housekeeper |
| house-keeping | housekeeping |
| man-like | manlike |
| now-a-days | nowadays |
| over-head | overhead |
Variations in spelling have been left as in the original. Examples include the following:
| center | centre |
| learned | learnt |
| spoiled | spoilt |
The following corrections have been made to the text:
Page xi: Introduction, 13[original has 5]
Page 48: slink away from a bantam[original has bantum] hen
Page 67: you[original has vou] go in for this sort
Page 129: sheer force of genius[original has genuis]
Page 161: some out-of-the-way[original has out-of-the way] corner
Page 220: exhausts itself in a declaration[original has delaration] of revolt
Page 269: ignorant of contemporary[original is split across lines after con but hyphen is missing] fashions
Page 303: following the [original has the the] same extravagance
Page 332: torture it until it[original has is] has about as much life
Ellipses match the original.