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Transcriber's notes:
(1) Numbers following letters (without space) like C2 were originally
printed in subscript.
(2) Side-notes were relocated to function as titles of their respective
paragraphs.
(3) Letters topped by Macron are represented as [=x].
(4) The following typographical errors have been corrected:
Article CISTERCIANS: "and tried to reproduce the life exactly as it
had been in St Benedict's time." 'life' amended from 'lire'.
Article CITHARA: "This characteristic box sound-chest (fig. 1)
consisted of two resonating tables, either flat or delicately
arched." 'characteristic' amended from 'characteristc'.
Article CIUDAD REAL: "and the trade of the town consists chiefly in
the weekly sales of agricultrural produce and live-stock."
'agricultrural' amended from 'agricultrual'.
Article CIVIL SERVICE: "The chief, if not the only, test of fitness
for office in many cases has been party loyalty, honesty and
capacity being seldom more than secondary considerations." 'party'
amended from 'partly'.
Article CLAIRON: "Hainaut, on the 25th of January 1723, the natural
daughter of an army sergeant." 'an' amended from 'any'.
Article CLARENDON, EDWARD HYDE: "Cape Corso and other Dutch
possessions on the coast of Africa, and New Amsterdam in America."
'coast' amended from 'cost'.
Article CLARETIE, JULES ARSENE ARNAUD: "He was elected a member of
the Academy in 1888, and took his seat in February 1889, being
received by Ernest Renan." 'February' amended from 'Feburary'.
Article CLAUDIANUS, CLAUDIUS: "verse translation of Il Ratto di
Proserpina , by L. Garces de Diez (1889)." 'Proserpina' amended
from 'Prosperpina'.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA
A DICTIONARY OF ARTS, SCIENCES, LITERATURE
AND GENERAL INFORMATION