The spelling of most proper names has been left unchanged with the following exceptions:

1. "Göethe", "Goëthe" and "Goethe" has been standardized to "Goethe".

2. Page 109: "Shilling" was changed to "Stilling" (Jung Stilling, author of "Jenseits" cf. pp. 156, 204, 320).

3. Page 235: "Marca Erivigiana" was changed to "Marca Trivigiana".

4. Page 260: "Waltyries" was changed to "Walkyries" in the phrase, "Walkyries and the heroes...."

5. Page 376: "Eassner" was changed to "Gassner" (cf. p. 441) in the phrase, "... famous Father Gassner ... of Ratisbon...."

6. Page 402: "Mondez" was changed to "Mondes" in the Journal title, "Revue des Deux Mondes", (cf. p. 408).

In other cases, the author's original spelling and use of punctuation has been left intact. Internal inconsistencies which have been retained in this transcription as in the original include (but are not limited to):

apostacy/ apostasy
pickolitch/ prickolitch
Æthiopian/ Ethiopian
aurora boreales/ aurora borealis

On page 319: "... Thus in 1578 a famous astrologer, the father of all weather prophecies in our almanacs, predicted that in the month of February, 1524...."

On page 287: the phrase, "... mutters the word One...." has been retained as printed, but may be intended as "... mutters the word Om...."

Item number 18 is missing from the Ad page.