Transcriber's Note

The following changes have been made to the text as printed:

  1. Footnotes have been renumbered and assembled at the end of each chapter.
  2. A small number of errors in the punctuation and spacing of the original work have been silently corrected.
  3. [Page 34]: re-referred has been corrected to referred.
  4. [Page 39]: A missing footnote marker has been inserted after impatient at idleness:.
  5. [Page 40]: A missing footnote marker has been inserted after sensible remark.
  6. [Footnote 19], 5th line from end: τρὸς has been corrected to πρὸς.
  7. [Footnote 28]: Οεωδώρηον has been corrected to Θεωδώρηον.
  8. [Footnote 41]: γυμναστικήν has been corrected to γυμναστικὴν.
  9. [Footnote 44]: θεατής has been corrected to θεατὴς.
  10. [Page 86]: spritually has been corrected to spiritually.
  11. [Page 96]: Comma removed from St. John, Chrysostom.
  12. [Footnote 59], start of third sentence: Η (Greek letter) has been corrected to Ἢ.
  13. [Footnote 67], second sentence: χόρος has been corrected to χορός.
  14. [Page 141], Index: Διαδόχος has been corrected to Διάδοχος.
  15. [Page 143], Index: Ptolemeion referenced to Page 134, not Page 151.

The following anomaly in the printed text is noted, but no change has been made:

  1. [Page 146], Index: Appletons’ Journal (New York City, 1869–1881) printed its own name with the apostrophe in that unexpected position.