Meanings of variant spellings in English

The following variant spellings in the text have been left unmodified:

The translator used a number of less common name forms and variant spellings:

Some are rare words or variant spellings; others are typographical errors.

In three other cases, two variant spellings of a word were used in the text.

Please note that this text contains variant spellings of names and words sometimes inconsistently applied.

There are variant spellings of the following name:

Please note that this text is full of variant spellings of names and words sometimes inconsistently applied.

The following words have variant spellings.

Transcriber's Note: While I left several variant spellings such as vodevil and bethrothed, I did correct the following:

Every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible, including obsolete and variant spellings.

Also, in some cases variant spellings of names were used, and though an attempt was made, not all have been revised.

Every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible, including obsolete and variant spellings and other inconsistencies.

As a surname, Brassil (and its variant spellings) is most commonly found in Co Kerry and is evident in place-names such as Clanbrassil.

Variant spellings of William Shakspeare's name have been standardized in the text, but not in the advertisements at the end of the book.

[Transcriber's Note: Every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible, including obsolete and variant spellings and other inconsistencies.