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Huntingtower

by John Buchan

Pages
about 289
Category
Literature & Fiction
Language
English
Reading time
5.3 h at 250 wpm
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From the opening

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In footnote number 1 (page 72) the author refers to a sketch on the frontispiece of the book. At the time of posting this book to Project Gutenberg, it was verified by the content provider that there is no frontispiece in this particular edition of Huntingtower.

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Obvious typographical errors have been corrected without comment. One example of an obvious typographical error is on page 237 where the word "shamefaceedly" was changed to "shamefacedly". Other than obvious typographical errors, the author's original spelling has been left intact. This includes the use of unconventional spelling and dialect.

Inconsistencies in the author's use of hyphens and accent marks have been left unchanged, as in the original text.

1. Page 96: An apostrophe was removed from the word "an'" in the phrase "I've found a ladder, an auld yin" (an old one).

2. Page 100: A question mark was changed to a period in the phrase "... he realised that he was in the presence of something the like of which he had never met in his life before."

4. Page 187: An apostrophe was removed from the word "wing's" in the phrase "... take the wings off a seagull."

HUNTINGTOWER THE PATH OF THE KING MR. STANDFAST GREENMANTLE THE WATCHERS BY THE THRESHOLD SALUTE TO ADVENTURES PRESTER JOHN THE POWER HOUSE THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME

If the Professor of Poetry in the University of Oxford has not forgotten the rock whence he was hewn, this simple story may give him an hour of entertainment.

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