Note on the Text

This edition reproduces the text of the printed book of 2020 in full. The paragraphs, their order, and the author's wording and punctuation are as he set them. Where this edition departs from the printed book, or has had to choose between two readings the printed book gives, the departure is recorded below.

How this edition differs in form

These changes are matters of presentation rather than of text, and are not listed individually:

• The index has been rebuilt. The printed index gave page numbers; the same 2,225 entries are here compiled from the markers embedded in the author's manuscript, so each reference links to the passage itself. No entry has been added or removed.
• The Contents and List of Illustrations are likewise generated from the text rather than reproduced, since page numbers have no meaning here.
• Chapter and appendix titles are set in sentence case. The printed book sets them in full capitals, which is harder to read on a screen and which some screen readers spell out letter by letter.
• The author's chart of the book's structure has been redrawn as vector artwork so that its lettering stays sharp at any size and can be read aloud. Its wording is unchanged.
• Photographs are reproduced from the author's original scans rather than from the reduced copies embedded in the manuscript, and are shown untinted. One plate that the manuscript stored on its side has been turned upright.

Departures from the printed text

Each entry gives the reading of the printed book and the reading adopted here.

If you find an error in the book or in this edition — the conversion to an online format may have introduced its own — please write to Frances Connor at collectedbooksinquiries@gmail.com. Corrections will be listed on this page rather than made silently.