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Transcriber’s Notes

Advertisements were collected at the end of the text.

The table of contents on the title page was adjusted in order to reflect correctly the headings in this issue of THE LITTLE REVIEW.

The original spelling was mostly preserved. A few obvious typographical errors were silently corrected. All other changes are shown here (before/after):

[p. 11]:
... of good tidings and love leant for the redemption of the many
through the ...
... of good tidings and love lent for the redemption of the many
through the ...

[p. 15]:
... Hallow caverns of cool blue shadow, ...
... Hollow caverns of cool blue shadow, ...

[p. 29]:
... to the descredit of some of those most noisy in demanding the
right. The ...
... to the discredit of some of those most noisy in demanding the
right. The ...

[p. 30]:
... Unbidden and unwarmed she takes us up in the round of her
Dance and sweeps along with us, until exhausted we fall from
her Arms. ...
... Unbidden and unwarned she takes us up in the round of her
Dance and sweeps along with us, until exhausted we fall from
her Arms. ...

[p. 31]:
... If she gives another Need—then it is a new source of
Desire; but soon she come to Equipoise. ...
... If she gives another Need—then it is a new source of
Desire; but soon she comes to Equipoise. ...

[p. 36]: (multiple cases)
... von Rezñicek. This was the pièce de resistance at the
evening concert. ...
... von Reznicek. This was the pièce de resistance at the
evening concert. ...

[p. 36]:
... first violins, sixteen second violins, twelve violas, ten
violincellos, eight double ...
... first violins, sixteen second violins, twelve violas, ten
violoncellos, eight double ...

[p. 36]: (multiple cases)
... existence. A compound essentially of Tod und Verkläring,
Tyll Eulenspiegel ...
... existence. A compound essentially of Tod und Verklärung,
Tyll Eulenspiegel ...

[p. 37]:
... Tod und Verkläring deprives Schlëmihl of any greater claim
than that. ...
... Tod und Verklärung deprives Schlemihl of any greater claim
than that. ...

[p. 39]:
... (Solvieg’s Lied) ...
... (Solveigs Lied) ...

[p. 48]:
... favor with his countrymen by editing Der Vaterland, although
before that ...
... favor with his countrymen by editing Das Vaterland, although
before that ...

[p. 60]:
... to glorify the Allies. His speculation that the present war
as a struggle of ...
... to glorify the Allies. His speculation that the present war
is a struggle of ...

[p. 62]:
... Dostoevsky is a celebralist. His specialty is imaginative
reactions. All ...
... Dostoevsky is a cerebralist. His specialty is imaginative
reactions. All ...

[p. 63]:
... England, mark it as a new movement, or at least a new
recrusence. ...
... England, mark it as a new movement, or at least a new
recrudescence. ...

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