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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) The following typographical errors have been corrected:
ARTICLE France: "The importance of their commercial relations was
brought into relief as though it were a new fact." 'commercial'
amended from 'commerical'.
ARTICLE France: "The revenues of the Carolingian monarch (which are
no longer identical with the finances of the state) consisted
chiefly in the produce of the royal lands (villae), ..."
'identical' amended from 'indentical'.
ARTICLE France: "The most salient features of feudal succession
were the right of primogeniture and the preference given to
heirs-male ..." 'preference' amended from 'perference'.
ARTICLE France: "The law of the 15th of March 1850 established the
liberty of secondary education, but it conferred certain privileges
on the Catholic clergy, a clear sign of the spirit of social
conservatism which was the leading motive for its enactment." 'The'
amended from 'Thd'.
ARTICLE France: "... on which occasion he exercised his right of
dissolution against a chamber, the moderate but decidedly
republican majority in which he was re-elected by the country."
added 'he'.
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