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, this has not been done for
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 151 Colhicum changed to Colchicum
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 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
Page 853 7/9 + 4 changed to 7/9 × 4; 1-11/27 changed to 1-11/24
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