Transcriber's Notes
Obvious punctuations errors have been repaired.
Accented characters have been made consistent to assist searching via the index:
- Medici -> Médici
- Francois -> François
- Ximenes -> Ximènes
- Etienne -> Étienne
- Orleans -> Orléans
- Derome -> Derôme
- Merard -> Mérard
- Meric -> Méric
Hyphenation has been left as printed - inconsistencies are:
- shiploads, ship-loads
- birthplace, birth-place
- heirloom, heir-loom
- lifetime, life-time
- bookshops, book-shops
The remaining corrections made are indicated by dotted lines under the corrections. Scroll the mouse over the word and the original text will appear.