TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
Original spelling and grammar have been generally retained, with some exceptions noted below. Original printed page numbers look like this: {52}. Footnotes have been converted to endnotes, relabeled 1–340, and moved [here], just before the INDEX. The transcriber produced the cover image and hereby assigns it to the public domain. Original page images are available from archive.org—search for “essayonlaughteri00sulluoft”.
Page [161]. The comma was removed from ‹we seem to, have a rudiment›.
Page [238]. An extra c was removed from ‹acccordingly›.
Page [306]. Full stop was added after ‹human affections›.
Page [327]. Full stop was added after ‹rather than to hurt others›.
Page [339]. Comma was added after ‹brood of suspicions›.
Page [360n]. The missing l was restored in ‹Griech. literaturgeschichte›.
Page [375]. Full stop was added after ‹becoming a loss of distinctness›.
Page [386]. The missing s was restored to ‹take on omething of›.