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 JAMAICA: "The British government awarded them compensation
at the rate of £19 per slave, the market value of slaves at the
time being £35, but most of this compensation went into the hands
of the planters' creditors." 'compensation' amended from
'conpensation'.
ARTICLE JAMESON, LEANDER STARR: "They were tried in London under
the Foreign Enlistment Act in May 1896, and Dr Jameson was
sentenced to fifteen months' imprisonment at Holloway."
'imprisonment' amended from 'inprisonment'.
ARTICLE JAPAN: "The pots in which these wonders of patient skill
are grown have to be themselves fine specimens of the ceramist's
craft, and as much as £200 is sometimes paid for a notably well
trained tree." "ceramist's" amended from "keramist's".
ARTICLE JAPAN: "... named Iwasa Matahei, had even made a specialty
of this class of motive; but so little is known of Matahei and his
work that even his period is a matter of dispute ..." 'specialty'
amended from 'speciality'.
ARTICLE JAPAN: "At the naval cadet academy--originally situated in
Tokyo but now at Etajima near Kure--aspirants for service as naval
officers receive a 3 years' academical course and 1 year's training
at sea ..." 'Tokyo' amended from 'Tkoyo'.
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