TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

1. Footnotes have been reindexed and moved from the end of the page to the end of the text.

2. The following misprints have been corrected:

"10000" corrected to "11000" (page 111)
"strucure" corrected to "structure" (page 139)
"fevric" corrected to "ferric" (page 141)
"d'antorité" corrected to "d'autorité" (page 188)
"resourses" corrected to "resources" (page 206)

3. Other than the corrections listed above, printer's inconsistencies in spelling, punctuation, and ligature usage have been retained.