Transcriber’s Note:
This e-text is based on the 1882 edition. The original spelling, as well as the use of punctuation and quotation marks, have been retained.
The following errors have been corrected:
# p. [xi]: ‘Sauturnes’ → ‘Sauternes’
# p. [52]: ‘which ne declares’ → ‘which he declares’
# p. [154]: ‘its owes’ → ‘it owes’
# p. [204]: ‘Bonaporte’ → ‘Bonaparte‘
# p. [220]: ‘histriographer’ → ‘historiographer’
# p. [229]: ‘Reputatiou’ → ‘Reputation’
# p. [256]: ‘Saint-Poray; → ‘Saint-Péray;
# Footnote [412]: ‘tho gas’ → ‘the gas’