Transcriber’s Note:
Punctuation has been standardised. Spelling and variations in hyphenation have been retained as they appeared in the original publication except as follows:
- Page 22
Zivkovich came to my defense changed to
[Zhivkovich] came to my defense - Page 96
and a a big tear threatened changed to
and [a] big tear threatened - Page 257
Hermite, Darboux, Appell, Lippmann, changed to
Hermite, Darboux, [Appel], Lippmann, - Page 308
adressed a letter to the changed to
[addressed] a letter to the - Page 337
communication to the Amercian Institute changed to
communication to the [American] Institute