TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
Original spelling and grammar have been generally retained, with some exceptions noted below.
Original printed page numbers are shown like ‹{p-xiv}› or ‹{p14}›.
Footnotes have been relabeled 1–117, converted to endnotes, and moved to the ends of the relevant chapters.
I produced the cover image and hereby assign it to the public domain.
- Page [xi]. The phrase ‹Weath of Nations› was changed to ‹Wealth of Nations›.
- Page [xiii]. The phrase ‹‘I am much pleased with› was changed to ‹“I am much pleased with›.
- Page [xxiii]. The phrase ‹int his room while› was changed to ‹into his room while›.
- Page [144]. The phrases ‹Xerxes’s army› and ‹Xerxes’ army› are both retained.
- Page [157n]. The phrase ‹much rom their business› was changed to ‹much from their business›.
- Pages [162]–163. The phrases ‹“that in the year› (p. 162) and ‹north exposition.”› (p. 163) contain unbalanced quotation marks in the original. Two new double quotation marks have been inserted to balance these, at ‹“‘Hybernum fracta› and ‹“He speaks of that river’s›.
- Page [254]. The phrase ‹SAMILLUS, MARCUS FURIUS› was changed to ‹CAMILLUS, MARCUS FURIUS›.
- Page [258]. This (originally unnumbered) page begins sixteen pages of advertisements from The Walter Scott Publishing Co. A new heading ‹ADVERTISEMENTS› was inserted. This new heading contains also the footer text that was originally printed on each page of the ads section. The ads were printed in several different styles with considerable variation. The styling has been herein greatly simplified. Several large curly brackets ‹}› that graphically indicate combination of information on two or more lines of text have been eliminated, by restructuring the text. Ditto marks ‹Do.› were also removed.