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Transcriber's note:

All instances of the oe-ligature were transcribed as 'oe'.

Mismatched single and double quotation marks were corrected without comment.

Typographical errors in the advertisements were corrected without comment.

Spelling and word usage have been retained as they apear in the original publication, except as follows:

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vi YOUKG YOUNG
64 had an orginal in had an original in
75 in them last nigt in them last night
90 the ivorycarver' shop the ivorycarvers' shop
91 If not ivory carvers If not ivorycarvers
not not anything not anything
206 Afred Challis Alfred Challis
227 Adeline Forsett's Adeline Fossett's
232 she was negletced she was neglected
249 the Art Coiffeur the Art Coiffure
272 arithmetic and caligraphy arithmetic and calligraphy
302 Tyepwriter. For the Typewriter. For the
321 compensation folllowed compensation followed
344 tone was puzzle tone was puzzled
418 She dimisses nuptial She dismisses nuptial
445 a dreadful hyprocite a dreadful hypocrite
475 reloaded her arbalast reloaded her arbalest
595 inclined to disappove inclined to disapprove
613 she have have thought she have thought
636 as hardly legititmate as hardly legitimate
645 quarrel with you wife quarrel with your wife
649 Sir Alfred Chalis Sir Alfred Challis