Table of Contents has been added for reader convenience. Archaic spellings and hyphenation have been retained. Obvious type-setting and punctuation errors have been corrected without note. Other errors have been corrected as noted below. For illustrations, some caption text may be missing or incomplete due to condition of the originals available for preparation of the eBook.
page 353, first filled by Boccacio. ==> first filled by [Boccaccio].
page 354, “Lesciate ogni speranza ==> “[Lasciate] ogni speranza
page 354, speranza voi ch’ intrate.” ==> speranza voi ch’ [entrate].”
page 371, as the Rock of Gibralter ==> as the Rock of [Gibraltar]
page 378, against the mantle-piece, ==> against the [mantel]-piece,
page 382, “Ada’s pompous apostacy ==> “Ada’s pompous [apostasy]
page 390, Cowper; but Shelly, Keats, ==> Cowper; but [Shelley], Keats,
page 391, an unwordly degree of purity ==> an [unworldly] degree of purity
page 393, how warily must it ==> how [wearily] must it