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 JAPAN: "Moreover, Korean history mentions twenty-five raids
made by the Japanese against Silla during the first five centuries
of the Christian era, but not one of them can be identified with
Jingo's alleged expedition." 'identified' amended from
'indentified'.
ARTICLE JAPAN: "Where these representatives of centralized power
found themselves impotent, it may well be supposed that the
comparatively petty chieftains who fought each for his own hand in
the 15th and 16th centuries were incapable of accomplishing
anything." 'chieftains' amended from 'chieftans'.
ARTICLE JAPAN: "The survivors fled pell-mell to Osaka, where in a
colossal fortress, built by Hideyoshi, his son, Hideyori, and the
latter's mother, Yodo, were sheltered behind ramparts held by
80,000 men." Added 'by'.
ARTICLE JAPAN: "Thus in the interval between 1873 and 1877 there
were two centres of disturbance in Japan: one in Satsuma, where
Saigo figured as leader; the other in Tosa, under Itagaki's
guidance." 'between' amended from 'betweeen'.
ARTICLE JAPAN: "... legislated consistently with that theory, and
entrusted to the police large powers of control over the press and
the platform." 'control' amended from 'conrol'.
ARTICLE JAVA: "Snipe-shooting is a favourite sport." 'favourite'
amended from 'favourtie'.
ARTICLE JAVA: "See R. Verbeek, 'Liget der oudheden van Java,' in
Verhand. v. h. Bat. Gen., xlvi., and his Oudheidkundige kaart van
Java." 'Oudheidkundige' amended from 'Oudreidkundige'.
ARTICLE JEFFERSON CITY: "Employment is furnished for the convicts
on the penitentiary premises by incorporated companies."
'penitentiary' amended from 'pentitentiary'.
ARTICLE JENGHIZ KHAN: "On examining the child he observed in its
clenched fist a clot of coagulated blood like a red stone." 'he'
amended from 'be'.
ARTICLE JENNER, EDWARD: "In the autumn of the same year, Jenner met
with the first opposition to vaccination; and this was the more
formidable because it proceeded from J. Ingenhousz, a celebrated
physician and man of science." 'proceeded' amended from 'proceded'.
ARTICLE JERUSALEM: "According to this theory, the part of Jerusalem
known as Jebus was situated on the western hill, and the outlying
fort of Zion on the eastern hill. The men of Judah and Benjamin did
not succeed in getting full possession of the place ..." 'this'
amended from 'his'.
ARTICLE JESUS CHRIST: "In the light of the coming kingdom it
proclaims the blessedness of the poor, the hungry, the sad and the
maligned; and the woefulness of the rich, the full, the merry and
the popular." 'woefulness' amended from 'wofulness'.
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