Changes and corrections made

Obvious minor punctuation and typographical errors have been corrected silently.

Regularly printed scientific names have been italicised for consistency.

Some diacritical symbols on French and German words have been corrected or added for consistency.

Some phonetics have been corrected or completed where this was important for their pronunciation, not for the sake of consistency.

Illustrations and tables have been moved out of the text when they were printed inside paragraphs; footnotes have been moved to directly underneath the paragraph or table to which they belong.

Various pages: Pharoah has been changed to Pharaoh.

Comparative History of Nations: several entries have been moved to maintain the given chronological order.

Indicator letters have been added to some pronouncing dictionaries for consistency.

Page iv Pd.D. changed to Ph.D. (Susan Chase)

Page ix Mother-Play Sons changed to Mother-Play Songs

Page 10 Vanderwolker changed to Vanderwalker

Page 15 diagrams Keppler’s Laws: right and left in caption changed to bottom and top, respectively; moves round the run changed to moves round the sun

Page 27 Pullox changed to Pollux

Page 37 Pullox changed to Pollux

Page 49 Age Fishes changed to Age of Fishes

Page 62 Cypress changed to Cyprus

Page 67 severally shaken changed to severely shaken

Page 75 Pebblshire changed to Peeblesshire; Chevoit changed to Cheviot

Page 85 internal changed to interval

Page 106 row Orthoclase, 2nd column: repeated mention of Feldspar deleted

Page 108 Ship dip changed to Sheep dip

Page 150 Minulus luteus changed to Mimulus luteus; 4 inches changed to 4 weeks (Giant Spider Plant)

Page 162 a common tree changed to is a common tree

Page 182 Dicotoledons changed to Dicotyledons

Page 195 does not effect changed to does not affect

Page 250 Red Poles changed to Red Polls

Page 252 recenants changed to revenants

Page 255 Chevoit changed to Cheviot

Page 256 large of “lard” changed to large or “lard”

Page 258 botlong, changed to both long.; fois-gras changed to foie-gras

Page 273 Early Iron Age: 100 to 500 B.C. changed to 1000 to 500 B.C.

Page 312 Caucuses changed to Caucasus

Page 316 Lake Mœ is changed to Lake Mœris

Page 317 604-651 changed to 604-551

Page 318 Perides changed to Pericles

Page 322 Asdrubal changed to Hasdrubal for consistency

Page 332 B. C. changed to A. D. (table header)

Page 333 B. C. changed to A. D. (table header)

Page 341 Crete lost the Arabs changed to Crete lost to the Arabs

Page 342 See pages 000, 000 changed to See page 351 (description of the sphinx)

Page 343 Header EXTINCT NATIONS OF THE PAST added as in tables of contents

Page 349 the good Anubis changed to the god Anubis

Page 382 LATER HISTORY OR changed to LATER HISTORY OF

Page 397 At Alexander changed to At Alexandria

Page 398 SEPIDUS changed to LEPIDUS

Page 410 Entries for Danish Kings and Canute the Great placed in chronological order; Rhœtia changed to Rhætia

Page 420 Frances defeated changed to Francis defeated

Page 427 1756-1763 changed to 1754-1763; 1678 changed to 1768

Page 428 Prussia and Austria, 1711 changed to Prussia and Austria, 1781

Page 438 Fallierès changed to Fallières

Page 440 Poincarè changed to Poincaré

Page 442 table Area and Population: 7.05 changed to 7.55, 48.02 changed to 48.20, 29.9 changed to 28.2; table Religious Population: 36,000,000 changed to 36,600,000; 58,270,000 changed to 158,270,000; 125,000,000 changed to 25,000,000

Page 443 Poincare changed to Poincaré; Vagiravudn changed to Vagiravudh

Page 446 Orœfa changed to Oræfa

Page 463 Axon changed to Avon

Page 464 Chantry changed to Chantrey

Page 471 table (entry Mauritius): Executive and Councils changed to Executive and Legislative Councils

Page 473 table (entry King John): 199 changed to 1199

Page 492 Marsla-Tour changed to Mars-la-Tour

Page 518 Cœcilia changed to Cæcilia

Page 525 Placenza changed to Piacenza

Page 562 are said to be abundance changed to are said to be abundant

Page 571 Rhœto-Romanic changed to Rhæto-Romanic

Page 662 One of more changed to One or more

Page 669 Caspé changed to Gaspé

Page 693 Decclea changed to Decelea

Page 696 Jan van Olden, Barneveldt changed to Jan van Oldenbarneveldt

Page 700 Chattanooga, Georgia changed to Chattanooga, Tennessee

Page 701 (Bosworth Field): 1845 changed to 1485; (Siege of Calais): English vs. French changed to English vs. French

Page 702 kon-stan-nō´pl changed to kon-stan-ti-nō´pl

Page 703 zhe-mäk´ changed to zhe-mäp´; Hōchst changed to Höchst

Page 705 nü´pö changed to ma´pö

Page 709 Texel: † added

Page 734 paragraph * Name-making ... moved up one paragraph

Page 741 5th ◡ changed to — (Iambic pentameter)

Page 742 desprit changed to d’esprit

Page 743 albuon changed to al buon

Page 750 sono multi changed to sono muti (also in phonetics)

Page 751 mennière changed to meunière (and moved to proper alphabetical place)

Page 752 petits fois changed to petits pois (also in phonetics)

Page 753 enchef changed to en chef

Page 754 tâche sans tâche changed to tâche sans tache

Page 770 Ecclestical changed to Ecclesiastical

Page 775 Rosetti changed to Rossetti

Page 778 effected changed to affected; Calvanism changed to Calvinism

Page 780 Bigelow changed to Biglow

Page 799 Whence these storied changed to Whence these stories

Page 802 Kadr, Al changed to Kadir, Al

Page 810 chantler changed to cantler

Page 816 Altorf changed to Altdorf

Page 847 Amphlon changed to Amphion; CΥculus changed to Cæculus;

Page 853 ⁄9 + 4 changed to ⁄9 × 4; 1⁄27 changed to 1⁄24

Page 854 .564 changed to 564 (in first multiplication)

Page 855 $43.35 changed to $4.35 as in calculation

Page 859 For, changed to For example,

Page 882 (3) inserted before Metathetical

Page 885 M. P. 272° changed to M. P. -272° (Helium)

Page 886 ZuS changed to ZnS (zinc blende)

Page 887 MgSO₄, 7N₂O changed to MgSO₄, 7H₂O

Page 888 CaH₄(PO₄)₂ changed to CaH₂(PO₄)₂

Page 891 B. P. 109° changed to B. P. -109° (Xenon)

Page 894 N₄H.OH changed to NH₄OH

Page 998 Petsal changed to Petsai