Produced by Richard Hulse, Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.) ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Transcriber’s Notes │ │ │ │ │ │ Punctuation has been standardized. │ │ │ │ The text frequently shows quotations within quotations, │ │ all set off by similar quote marks. The inner quotations │ │ have been changed to alternate quote marks for improved │ │ readability. │ │ │ │ The errors noted on the ERRATA page have been made in the │ │ text without additional notation. │ │ │ │ Scriptural references in sidenotes have not been corrected │ │ or changed. │ │ │ │ Characters in small caps have been replaced by all caps. │ │ │ │ Non-printable characteristics have been given the following │ │ Italic text: --> _text_ │ │ emphasized text within │ │ italics --> |text| │ │ │ │ This book was written in a period when many words had │ │ not become standardized in their spelling. Words may have │ │ multiple spelling variations or inconsistent hyphenation in │ │ the text. These have been left unchanged unless indicated │ │ with a Transcriber’s Note. │ │ │ │ The symbol ‘‡’ indicates the description in parenthesis has │ │ been added to an illustration. This may be needed if there │ │ is no caption or if the caption does not describe the image │ │ adequately. │ │ │ │ In the concluding Index, the alphabetical order of entries │ │ have been corrected, but index references have not been │ │ checked for accuracy. │ │ │