The original Table of Contents failed to connect reliably with the text. The original has been severely overhauled, without further comment here.
Precise horizontal spacing of words is essential in this book. But precise horizontal spacing is difficult to attain in an ebook, given the constraints necessarily imposed upon us. Browser support of html and css varies considerably; support for specialized Unicode space characters varies; the ebook product must be readable on many different devices with widely varying screen sizes; and users may choose from many widely different fonts. The following example of a catalogue entry is taken from page [90].
— Same. Erkl. von O. Heine. Berlin, 1857. 8º.
It should not look like the following, from which the required spacing has been removed:
— Same. Erkl. von O. Heine. Berlin, 1857. 8º.
If these two examples look alike, or if strange characters appear in the first example, then a different choice of browser or device is recommended.
- Page [12]. The word ‹unsorbordinated› was changed to ‹unsubordinated›.
- Page [15]. During the process of producing an ebook, headings are coded in HTML as h1–h6 elements, with h1 representing the highest level in an outline. A new h2 level heading, ‹ENTRY.›, was inserted on page 15. A new h4 level heading, ‹CATALOGUE.›, was inserted after the existing h3 heading ‹I. AUTHOR-ENTRY.›.
- Page [16]. The existing h4 heading ‹AUTHORS.› was changed to ‹A. AUTHORS.›.
- Page [17]. The h5 level heading ‹1. PERSONAL.› was changed to ‹(a.) PERSONAL.›. The h6 heading ‹a. Under whom as author.› was changed to ‹(i.) Under whom as author.›. Subsequent entries in these lists were enumerated similarly, e.g. on page [20] where ‹b.› was changed to ‹(ii.)›.
- Page [21]. The phrase ‹Grässe’s ‘Lehrbuch› was changed to ‹Grässe’s “Lehrbuch›.
- Page [27]. The phrase ‹Tilsley’s ‘Digest› was changed to ‹Tilsley’s “Digest›.
- Page [32]. The phrase ‹the Christain name› was changed to ‹the Christian name›.
- Page [37]. The word ‹vesssels› was changed to ‹vessels›.
- Page [38]. A new h4 heading was inserted: ‹CATALOGUE.›.
- Page [45]. The h3 heading ‹III. SUBJECTS.› was changed to ‹III. SUBJECT-ENTRY.› A new h4 level heading ‹CATALOGUE.› was inserted before the catalogue.
- Page [46]. The h5 level heading ‹A. ENTRIES CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.› was changed to ‹(a.) ENTRIES CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.›, and the h5 level heading on page [57] was changed similarly. The h6 level heading ‹1. CHOICE BETWEEN DIFFERENT SUBJECTS.› was changed to ‹(i.) CHOICE BETWEEN DIFFERENT SUBJECTS.›.
- Page [51]. The phrase ‹as Moral philosophy to Ethics or to Morals, Intellectual or Mental philosophy to Intellect or Mind, Natural philosophy to Physics, Sanitary science to Hygiene, Scientific men to Scientists, Social science to Sociology;› was changed to ‹as Moral philosophy to Ethics or to Morals, Intellectual; or Mental philosophy to Intellect; or Mind, Natural philosophy to Physics, Sanitary science; or Hygiene, Scientific men to Scientists; or Social science to Sociology;›. Specifically, semicolons have been introduced to improve the syntax of this complicated phrase.
- Page [54]. The word ‹slighest› was changed to ‹slightest›.
- Pages [58]–117. Several instances of originally gesperrt text, in which the spacing between letters has been increased, have been changed to bold. Gesperrt text—the HTML/CSS attribute letter-spacing—is not yet supported by many epub reader browsers. Two instances of gesperrt text have been preserved. On page [64], the name ‹Guizot, François Pierre Guillaume› has been rendered herein with a clumsy artificial gesperrt, namely by adding explicit spaces [u202f narrow no-break space] between the letters of ‹F r a n ç o i s P i e r r e›. On page [84], the name ‹Franklin, John D a v i d› has been rendered herein with similar artificial gesperrt.
- Page [61]. The h2 level heading ‹VI. STYLE.› was changed to ‹STYLE.›. A new h3 heading was inserted: ‹CATALOGUE.›.
- Page [62]. The h3 level heading ‹STYLE.› was changed to ‹VI. STYLE.›.
- Page [81]. The h4 heading ‹H. PUNCTUATION, ETC.› was changed to ‹I. PUNCTUATION, ETC.›.
- Page [83]. The h4 heading ‹I. ARRANGEMENT.› was changed to ‹J. ARRANGEMENT.›.
- Pages [94]–96. In § [258], the two example catalogues were originally printed side by side: (1.) dictionary catalogue with a “bit of classification”, on the left, and (2.) dictionary catalogue, “pure and simple”, on the right. Semantically, these are two independent lists, which do not comprise a table. Catalogue 2 has been moved after catalogue 1, and new headings have been inserted. In catalogue 1, the three subjects ‹Satire.›, ‹Sonnets.›, and ‹Wit and humor.› were subordinated under ‹Literature.›, correcting an evident error in the original.
- Page [98]. The h4 heading ‹J. Etc.› was changed to ‹K. Etc.›.
- Page [103]. The word ‹noticeable› was originally printed on two lines as ‹notice,› ‹able›.
- Page [106]. The word ‹arrranged› was changed to ‹arranged›.
- Pages [109]–110. The table is semantically three columns but was printed in two columns, so appears in the original to have six columns. Herein the table has been restored to three columns. On page [109], first column, seventh entry ‹an› is changed to ‹au›.
- Page [117]. The quotation mark in ‹“A single ful name› has no mate; its mate possibly belongs after ‹John.›.