Footnotes have been renumbered and repositioned. Where the author has cross-referenced a footnote, the footnote number in this text has been added to the original reference. Two page numbers in the Contents, and one in the Index, have been amended. Hieroglyphs and one Syriac word in the original book are represented by [Illustration]. Quotations from other sources, and transliterated materials, have been transcribed as they appear in the original book. Spelling, grammar, and variation in hyphenation and word usage have been retained. Punctuation has been changed occasionally where a clear predominance of usage could be ascertained. Typographical changes have been made as follows: p. 31: the slighest breach changed to the slightest breach p. 57: _Miss. Vogage to So. Pacif. Ocean_ changed to _Miss. Voyage to So. Pacif. Ocean_ (footnote 95) p. 77: Dubois _Des. of Man. and Cust. of India_ changed to Dubois’s _Des. of Man. and Cust. of India_ (footnote 151) p. 90: Montolinia’s _Hist. Ind. de Nueva España_ changed to Motolinia’s _Hist. Ind. de Nueva España_ (footnote 181) p. 111: M. Edouard Naville, the eminent Swiss Egyptologist changed to M. Édouard Naville, the eminent Swiss Egyptologist (footnote 222) p. 125: Bruy’s _Histoire des Papes_ changed to Bruys’s _Histoire des Papes_ (footnote 251) p. 156: Taittirīya-brahmana changed to Taittirīya-brāhmana p. 174: Anderson’s _Lake Ngami_ changed to Andersson’s _Lake Ngami_ (footnote 360) p. 185: the Abbe Dubois changed to the Abbé Dubois p. 189: _Native Relig. in Mex. and Peru_ changed to _Native Relig. of Mex. and Peru_ (footnote 388) p. 235 and 236: Robert’s _Orient. Ill. of Scrip._ changed to Roberts’s _Orient. Ill. of Scrip._ (footnotes 492 and 499) p. 200: Godwyn’s _Rom. Historiae_ changed to Godwyn’s _Rom. Historiæ_ (footnote 421) p. 234: in the covenant thus memoralized changed to in the covenant thus memorialized p. 300: _Dictionnaire d’Archéologie Égyptienne_, s. v. “Coeur.” changed to _Dictionnaire d’Archéologie Égyptienne_, s. v. “Cœur.” (footnote 678) p. 312: and also taken possesion changed to and also taken possession p. 317: Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eschol changed to Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol p. 332: colored with saffron, or with tumeric changed to colored with saffron, or with turmeric p. 346: _Goel_, pursuer, not avenger, of blood, 259-563; changed to _Goel_, pursuer, not avenger, of blood, 259-263; p. 347: Otaheite, See Tahiti. changed to Otaheite. See Tahiti, under Union. p. 347: See Covenant, token of the. changed to See Phylacteries, the token of blood-covenant. p. 348: in the Mosaic ritual, 242-2 8; changed to in the Mosaic ritual, 242-248; These were not changed: