Page [68].
The phrase ‹“Gunther’s Cat-Fish., Brit.
Mus.,—which,› was changed to ‹“Gunther’s Cat-Fish.,
Brit. Mus.”,—which,›.
Page [91].
The text posits as a rule, ‹A thin space
should be placed before, and also after, a dash.›
Unfortunately, the Project Gutenberg “House Style”
has overruled Benjamin Drew’s rule in these ebook
editions.
Pages [127]–154.
In the Orthography lists, Webster
and Worcester, a few words appear to be out of order,
but have been retained as originally printed. For
example, there is the sequence [Reposit, Resin, Rosin,
Resistance] on page [151].
Page [145].
The word ‹Enclyclopædia› was changed to
‹Encyclopædia›.
Page [155].
The word ‹Affiiliable› was changed to
‹Affilliable›.
Page [168].
The enlarged left curly bracket was
eliminated from the entry ‹Portico›.
Page [195]–199.
Chapter VIII was originally printed
in an Old Style which included the long “ſ” and
several obsolete or font-dependent ligatures such as
“ct”. Sadly, only the ſ can be represented in this
ebook. For the html, epub, and mobi editions, an image of
the ct ligature has been provided. But to see all
the ligatures as originally printed, you must seek out
the original page scans.
Page [201].
Captions were constructed for the three
illustrations on this page, based on the text of page
[199].
Page [215].
A new heading ‹ADVERTISEMENTS› was inserted for
this section. Text styling in this section has been
considerably simplified.
Page [207].
The page reference for topic ‹Advertisement› was changed to
5–7.
Page [224].
The word ‹thoroughout› was changed to
‹throughout›.