Transcriber’s Note
Every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible, including obsolete and variant spellings and other inconsistencies. The transcriber made the following changes to the text to correct an obvious error by the publisher:
1. p. 263, “attempts of the Saxon minister, M. de Beust,*” original has footnote marker but no footnote text
2. p. 287, “republicaan” changed to “republican”
3. p. 325, “dulness” changed to “dullness”
4. p. 340, “pased” changed to “passed”
5. p. 383, In Footnote 16, “predjudices” changed to “prejudices”