Transcriber’s Notes
Punctuation and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in this book; otherwise they were not changed.
Simple typographical errors were corrected; occasional unbalanced quotation marks retained.
Ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines were retained; occurrences of inconsistent hyphenation have not been changed.
Index not checked for proper alphabetization or correct page references.
Page [16]: “jeunesse d’oreé” was printed that way, but should be “_jeunesse dorée_”.
Page [183]: “Moyenâge” was printed that way, but should be “Moyen Âge”.