Transcriber's Notes
Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variations in hyphenation and ligatures have been standardised but all other spelling and punctuation remains unchanged.
The Errata have been implemented.
Minor re-arrangement of the charts “GENEALOGY OF MAN” have been made to improve clarity and fit.
The following corrections have been made to the list of books in the chapter THE BIBLE:
“Books Excluded from the Jewish Canon, and Reckoned as Apocryphal by some of the Ancient Christians, but Allowed as Canonical of late by the Church of Rome.” The from added.
“Books that are Excluded from the Canon without Apparent Reason.” The from added.
“The Preface before the Lamentations of Jeremiah, in the vulgar Latin and Greek text” The original read “The Preace ...” changed to Preface.