TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES
1. Images have been moved from the middle of a paragraph to the closest paragraph break. Also the footnotes have been moved to the end of the chapter in which they are referred.
2. The illustrations "Gothic Bible of Ulfilas" and "Egyptian Hieroglyphic Writing" mentioned in "Full-Page Illustrations" list are missing.
3. The original text includes Greek characters. For this HTML version these letters have been replaced with transliterations.
4. Other than the corrections listed above, printer's inconsistencies in spelling, punctuation, hyphenation, and ligature usage have been retained.