* * * * * * Transcriber’s note: Punctuation, hyphenation, and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in this book; in most cases, they were not changed. Simple typographical errors were corrected; occasional unbalanced quotation marks retained. Ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines were retained. Index not checked for proper alphabetization or correct page references. Two occurrences of “Castile” were changed to the predominant “Castille”. Text uses both “Cascassonne” and “Carcassonne”; both retained. Page 49: “when advancing in 1815” should be “1813”. Page 55: “Desinat in piscem mulier fermosa” should be “formosa”. Page 100: “choses to have” was printed that way. As it could be either “chose” or “chooses”, it has not been changed here. Page 126: “In 1669” should be a later year. Page 144: “quite as well situated as” was printed as “at”; changed here. Page 147: “faire des bêtises” was printed as “”faire des bêtisses“; changed here.