The Chronicles of America Series has two similar editions of each volume in the series. One version is the Abraham Lincoln edition of the series, a premium version which includes full-page pictures. A textbook edition was also produced, which does not contain the pictures and captions associated with the pictures, but is otherwise the same book. This book was produced to match the textbook edition of the book.
We have retained the original punctuation and spelling in the book, but there are a few exceptions. Obvious errors were corrected--and all of these changes can be found in the Detailed Notes Section of these notes. The spelling of some index entries were changed to match the spelling used in the text. The Detailed Notes Section also includes issues that have come up during transcription. One common issue is that words are sometimes split into two lines for spacing purposes in the original text. These words are hyphenated in the physical book, but there is a question sometimes as to whether the hyphen should be retained in transcription. The reasons behind some of these decisions are itemized.
Throughout the Chronicles of America series, most authors have chosen to hyphenate "seventeenth-century customs" but not hyphenate "customs in the seventeenth century." In the latter case, seventeenth century is the object of a preposition, while in the former case, seventeenth-century is an adjective. This book somewhat adheres to that standard. Below is a list of phrases in this text which ought to have the hyphen, but do not, and hence, do not adhere to the standard previously outlined. None of these clauses were changed in transcription.
• Page 36:
Under-estimate is hyphenated
and split between two lines for spacing in the sentence: "It is the
present fashion to under-estimate the power of Wigglesworth's verse."
There is one other occurrence of underestimate and there is one
occurrence of underestimated, both spelled without the hyphen.
• Page 72:
State-papers is hyphenated
and split between two lines for spacing in the clause: "orations and
pamphlets and state-papers inspired by." On page 67, state papers is
written as two words and on page 82, state paper is written as two
words. While state-papers can only be transcribed as "state-papers" or
"statepapers," "state papers" is the only option consistent with the
author's other usage of the phrase. The word was transcribed "state
papers."
• Page 90:
Tree-tops is hyphenated and
split between two lines for spacing in the clause "watching the birds in
the treetops of Elmwood." On page 245, tree-tops was spelled with a
hyphen, so we kept the hyphen here.
• Page
98:
Stout-hearted is hyphenated and split between two lines in
the clause: "the stout-hearted old pioneer could afford to bide his
time." On page 84, a variation of the word includes the hyphen: "his
stout-heartedness in disaster." Therefore, we retained the hyphen.
• Page 133:
Poll-tax is hyphenated and
split between two lines for spacing. We kept the hyphen.
• Page 137:
Wolf-like is hyphenated and split
between two lines for spacing. We kept the hyphen.
• Page 138:
Post-office is hyphenated and split
between two lines for spacing. We kept the hyphen.
• Page 145:
On Page 145, Hawthorne's
The Snow-Image contained a hyphen, but the same title on page 148
did not have a hyphen: The Snow Image.
• Page 153:
Fellow-men was hyphenated and split
between two lines for spacing. There was no other usage of the word in
the book. We transcribed the word without the hyphen, fellowmen.
• Page 172:
The First Snow-Fall
was hyphenated and split between two lines for spacing. There was no
other usage of that title in the book. We transcribed the word with the
hyphen, The First Snow-Fall.
• Page 208:
Epoch-making is hyphenated
and split between two lines for spacing. On page 184, the hyphen was
used, so we retained it here.
• Page 276:
Changed the acute accent
to a grave accent in the spelling of Crèvecœur to match the
text in index entry: Letters from an American Farmer, Crévecœur,
60, 68.
• Page 276:
Change
Leatherstocking to Leather-Stocking in index entry "Leather-Stocking
Tales, Cooper,"
• Page 278:
Change Oake to Oakes in index entry "Oake, Urian."
• Page 280:
Change Twicetold to Twice-Told in
index entry "Twice-Told Tales, Hawthorne."