Use of quote marks is inconsistent, particularly around poetry and for continuing quotations, but is preserved as printed.
The illustration caption, 'THE BLACK DOUGLAS SURPRISING AN ENEMY' on page [100] was omitted from the List of Illustrations. It has been added in this e-text.
The uncaptioned sketch of thread from the Bayeux Tapestry, on page [164], is not included in the List of Illustrations. This may have been deliberate, as it is supposed to be a sketch by one of the class, and so has not been added by the transcriber.
The List of Illustrations had the image on page [187] as 'OLD HAMPTON COURT', while the caption under the illustration read 'WHITEHALL'. The Transcriber has confirmed that the illustration is a picture of the old Whitehall Palace (see painting The Old Palace of Whitehall, by Hendrik Danckerts for comparison), and has amended the text in the List of Illustrations to match the caption in the text.
Page [166] includes the word 'flustrated'. This may be a typographic error for 'frustrated', or it may be deliberate on the part of the author, perhaps a combination of 'flustered' and 'frustrated'. As there is no way to be sure which is the case, it is preserved as printed.
The following amendments have been made—
Page [vii]—Falise amended to Falaise—"Statue of William the Conqueror at Falaise"
Page [vii]—the word 'At' deleted and the amended to The, to match the caption in the main text—"The Death-bed of Francis II."
Page [57]—Ingraciate amended to Ingratiate—"... one on Ingratiate (in grey she ate); ..."
Page [173]—Wyatt amended to Wyat—"... The Tower.—Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.—Madame Tussaud’s Wax Works...."