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Transcriber's Note: The following typographical errors present in theoriginal edition have been corrected.
In Chapter III, a quotation mark was added before "but--we might find orinvent someone".
In Chapter IV, a period was added after "the King was always glad towelcome useful immigrants".
In Chapter VII, a period was added after "in exterminating the commonenemy", and "Versecz" was changed to "Verecz". (Thanks to the NationalSzA(C)chA(C)nyi Library in Hungary for their assistance in determining thecorrect spelling.)
In Chapter IX, "perhaps MarAina's betrothral was known" was changed to"perhaps MarAina's betrothal was known", and "having helped to captureKuthven's castle" was changed to "having helped to capture Kuthen'scastle".
In Chapter XI, "BorkAi's aid" was changed to "Borka's aid", and "JankA cubedthe dog-keeper" was changed to "JakA cubed the dog-keeper".
In Chapter XII, a quotation mark was deleted after "Must not?"
In Chapter XIII, "all danger was believed to be over the night" waschanged to "all danger was believed to be over for the night".
In Chapter XVI, "in such numbers that great part of the country wasre-populated" was changed to "in such numbers that a great part of thecountry was re-populated", and "and few but stragglers" was changed to"and but few stragglers".
In Chapter XIX, a quotation mark was deleted before "If a thunder-bolt".
In Chapter XX, "whieh carried off many of those" was changed to "whichcarried off many of those", "After awhile some few of the Tartar-Maygarsreturned" was changed to "After awhile some few of the Tartar-Magyarsreturned", and the footer "Jarrold & Sons, Limited, the Empire Press,Norwich," at the bottom of the last page was changed to "Jarrold & Sons,Limited, the Empire Press, Norwich."
The advertisement for Jarrold & Sons' Six Shilling Novels was moved fromthe front of the book to the back.
In the list of New and Forthcoming Books, "Lady Jermingham" was changedto "Lady Jerningham", and "Baron Nicolas JA squaredsika" was changed to "BaronNicolas JA cubedsika".
Any remaining inconsistencies in spelling and hyphenation were presentin the original text.
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