In the Synopsis, the first numbered paragraph on each page was preceded by a section symbol in the original. Only the first section symbol has been retained.
Page vi is blank in the original.
Variations in spelling and hyphenation remain as in the original.
The following corrections have been made to the original text:
Page xxix: equally the postulate[original has “postulete”] of the unsophisticated reason
Page 6: they place it to the account of misfortune[original has “misforfune”]
[4:3] scene of the story was probably[original has “propably”] Orchomenus
[57:3] Hercules, according[original has “accerding”] to some traditions