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Transcriber's Note:
The following printer's errors have been corrected in the text:
page xxi: Part of a fan "f" of "fan" not printed in original
page 62: The feathery stem (A) on the sampler "the" missing in original
page 70: except that it has something of the appearance "of" missing in original
page 223: in no case does it appear to be stitching "t" of "it" not printed in original
page 225: forms of needlework "froms" printed for "forms" in original
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