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Transcriber's notes:
(1) Numbers following letters (without space) like C2 were originally
printed in subscript. Letter subscripts are preceded by an
underscore, like C_n.
(2) Characters following a carat (^) were printed in superscript.
(3) Side-notes were relocated to function as titles of their respective
paragraphs.
(4) Macrons and breves above letters and dots below letters were not
inserted.
(5) [root] stands for the root symbol; [alpha], [beta], etc. for greek
letters.
(6) The following typographical errors have been corrected:
ARTICLE HOMER: "... he cannot attribute to the original poet of the
lay (Betrachtungen, p. 15, ed. 1865)." 'cannot' amended from
'cannnot'.
ARTICLE HONDURAS: "This instrument gives the legislative power to a
congress of deputies elected for four years by popular vote, in the
ratio of one member for every 10,000 inhabitants." 'inhabitants'
amended from 'imhabitants'.
ARTICLE HORACE: "... and a practice originating in the wants and
convenience of friends temporarily separated from one another by
the public service was ultimately cultivated as a literary
accomplishment." 'convenience' amended from 'covenience'.
ARTICLE HORACE: "At that time he had outlived the coarser pleasures
and risen above the harassing cares of his earlier career ..."
'above' amended from 'bove'.
ARTICLE HORN: "Historisch-biographisches Lexicon der Tonkunstler
(Leipzig, 1790-1792 and 1812-1814)." 'Tonkunstler' amended from
'Tonkunslter'.
ARTICLE HORNBY, SIR GEOFFREY THOMAS PHIPPS: "It was early in 1877
that he went out as commander-in-chief in the Mediterranean, where
his skill in man[oe]uvring the fleet ..." 'Mediterranean' amended
from 'Mediterraean'.
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