Transcriber's Note
Illustrations were moved to paragraph breaks.
Minor corrections were made in punctuation.
The following changes were made:
Page [20]: Changed represently to representing.
Orig: for use in represently the minute clusters of knots.
Page [22]: Changed overgainer to overgrainer.
Orig: fitch tool, and use the overgainer
Page [34]: Changed stipping to stippling.
Orig: the stipping may be done in distemper on the ground-work
Index page [iii]: Changed Cyress wood to Cypress wood.
Index pages [x] and [xiii]: Changed Curley walnut to Curly walnut.
Index page [xi]: Changed Mapel to Maple.
Corrected numbers on [List of Colored Illustrations]:
Switched 3 and 4, 5 and 6, 40 and 41, 42 and 43. Also corrected these numbers in [Index to Colored Plates] to reference the correct plates.
All other inconsistencies in spelling and hyphenation have been retained from the original publication.