1. Passages in italics are surrounded by _underscores_. 2. Images have been moved from the middle of a paragraph to the closest paragraph break. 3. The word PHOENICIA uses an OE ligature in the original. 4. The punctuation has been normalized within index. 5. The following misprints have been corrected: "completly" corrected to "completely" (page 81) "int rests" corrected to "interests" (page 87) "equilibriumin" corrected to "equilibrium in" (page 160) "it ecame" corrected to "it became" (page 251) "county" corrected to "country" (page 294) "though" corrected to "thought" (page 297) "commerical" corrected to "commercial" (page 374) "municpalities" corrected to "municipalities" (page 454) "in creased" corrected to "increased" (page 508) 6. Other than the corrections listed above, printer's inconsistencies in spelling, punctuation, hyphenation, and ligature usage have been retained.