been added to table of contents. This chapter appears in
the book, but was not listed in the table of contents.

The following typographical, spelling and grammatical errors have been
identified and corrected as detailed below.

Preface - changed "tattoed" to "tattooed"
in
Some of these stories I first read on the [tattoed] limbs
and bodies of the native foot-runners,

page 7 - changed "staid" to "stayed"
in
The lover-husband [staid] on his side of the river, and
the wife came to him on the magpie bridge, save on the
sad occasion when it rained.

page 18 - changed "phoilosophy" to "philosophy"
in
Then he said to himself: "Old Totsu San (my father) is a
fool, with all his [phoilosophy]."

page 29 - changed "dragoon" to "dragon"
in
Their tomb was carved in the form of a white [dragoon],
which to this day, in spite of mosses and lichens, may
still be seen among the ancient monuments of the little
hamlet.

page 31 - changed "sarely" to "sorely"
in
The sorrowful old man grieved [sarely] for his pet, and
after looking in every place and calling it by name, gave
it up as lost.

page 59 - changed "shinning" to "shining"
in
with Fuji yama and cranes flying in the air, and a
crimson sun [shinning] through the bamboo,

page 61 - changed "masters'" to "master's"
in
It danced a jig on the tight rope, and walked the slack
rope, holding a fan, or an umbrella in his paw, stood on
his head, and finally at a flourish of his [masters'] fan
became a cold and rusty tea-kettle again.

page 100 - changed "way" to "away"
in
For a moment the dense volume of sound filled the ears of
all like a storm, but as the vibrations died [way], the
bell whined out

page 136 - changed "faught" to "fought"
in
On one occasion, after a hard [faught] battle, Jiraiya
fled and took refuge in a monastery, with a few trusty
vassals, to rest a short time

page 160 - changed "crysanthemums" to "chrysanthemums"
in
or blossom out like [crysanthemums]

page 162 - changed "accompainment" to "accompaniment"
in
It sounds as if a band with many instruments was playing
to the [accompainment] of a large choir of voices."

page 170 - changed "maccaroni" to "macaroni"
in
The solids were thunder-cakes, egg-cracknels, boiled
rice, daikon radishes and