What follows is a line-by-line comparison between the original edition of The Story Girl (1911) and the Bantam-Seal paperback edition published in 1987 (by Seal Books in Canada), in 1989 (by Bantam Books in the USA), and in 1990 (by Bantam Books in the UK).
{ 1: The Home of Our Fathers } { 2: A Queen of Hearts } { 3: Legends of the Old Orchard } { 4: The Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess } { 5: Peter Goes to Church } { 6: The Mystery of Golden Milestone } { 7: How Betty Sherman Won a Husband } { 8: A Tragedy of Childhood } { 9: Magic Seed } { 10: A Daughter of Eve } { 11: The Story Girl Does Penance } { 12: The Blue Chest of Rachel Ward } { 13: An Old Proverb with a New Meaning } { 14: Forbidden Fruit } { 15: A Disobedient Brother } { 16: The Ghostly Bell } { 17: The Proof of the Pudding } { 18: How Kissing Was Discovered } { 19: A Dread Prophecy } { 20: The Judgment Sunday } { 21: Dreamers of Dreams } { 22: The Dream Books } { 23: Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On } { 24: The Bewitchment of Pat } { 25: A Cup of Failure } { 26: Peter Makes an Impression } { 27: The Ordeal of Bitter Apples } { 28: The Tale of the Rainbow Bridge } { 29: The Shadow Feared of Man } { 30: A Compound Letter } { 31: On the Edge of Light and Dark } { 32: The Opening of the Blue Chest }
1: The Home of Our Fathers
delicate features, a close-clipped gray beard, [4] / delicate features, close-clipped gray beard, [2]
that twenty-four mile drive. [4] / that twenty-four-mile drive. [3]
no feminine creature had ever gone [6] / no feminine creatures had ever gone [4]
Felicity tossed her golden head [8] / Felicity toosed her golden head [5]
built by Great-Grandfather King [9] / built by Grand-Grandfather King [6]
2: A Queen of Hearts
Her large, curving mouth [14] / Her large curving mouth [9]
lives could scarcely have lasted [17] / lives could scarcly [sic] have lasted [11]
3: Legends of the Old Orchard
Aunt Olivia has it. [23] / Anut Olivia has it. [16]
always very full of mischief. [30] / always full of mischief. [20]
4: The Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess
gray-eyed little Sarah Ray, [36] / gray-eyed little Sara Ray, [25] [corrected in second impression]
He looks just like the picture [39] / He looked just like the picture [27]
5: Peter Goes to Church
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6: The Mystery of Golden Milestone
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7: How Betty Sherman Won a Husband
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8: A Tragedy of Childhood
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9: Magic Seed
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10: A Daughter of Eve
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11: The Story Girl Does Penance
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12: The Blue Chest of Rachel Ward
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13: An Old Proverb with a New Meaning
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14: Forbidden Fruit
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15: A Disobedient Brother
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16: The Ghostly Bell
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17: The Proof of the Pudding
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18: How Kissing Was Discovered
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19: A Dread Prophecy
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20: The Judgment Sunday
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21: Dreamers of Dreams
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22: The Dream Books
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23: Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On
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24: The Bewitchment of Pat
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25: A Cup of Failure
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26: Peter Makes an Impression
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27: The Ordeal of Bitter Apples
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28: The Tale of the Rainbow Bridge
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29: The Shadow Feared of Man
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30: A Compound Letter
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31: On the Edge of Light and Dark
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32: The Opening of the Blue Chest
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