Transcriber’s Note
Punctuation, hyphenation of individual compound words, and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in the original book; otherwise they were not changed. The book’s hyphenation patterns were inconsistent.
Simple typographical errors were corrected; unpaired quotation marks were remedied when the change was obvious, and otherwise left unpaired.
Illustrations in this eBook have been positioned between paragraphs and outside quotations. In versions of this eBook that support hyperlinks, the page references in the List of Illustrations lead to the corresponding illustrations.
The index was not checked for proper alphabetization or correct page references.
Page [xiv]: “Wiener Vorlegeblätten” should be “Wiener Vorlegeblätter”.
Page [87]: “Ephéméris archoléogique d’Athènes” should be “Ephéméris archéologique d’Athènes”.
Cover created by Transcriber, using an illustration from the original book, and placed in the Public Domain.