Transcriber's Note
Reading edition
Illustrations have been moved near the relevant section of the text.
Page numbers are documented as links within the source code.
Page headers varied depending on the subjects under discussion. Where the headers did not match the chapter title, I have treated the headers as sidenotes.
Inconsistencies have been retained in formatting, spelling, hyphenation, punctuation, and grammar, except where indicated in the list below:
Right bracket added before "Augsburg"
"Lubeck" changed to "Lübeck"
Single quote changed to double quote before"Morte"
Page number changed from "233" to "283"
Page number changed from "305" and "335" to "309" and "341"
"Liege" changed to "Liège"
"chiaro-oscuro" changed to "chiaroscuro"
Period added after "SCHOOL"
Period added after "1508"
Period added after "CENTURY"
Period added after "CENTURY"
"Fusch" changed to "Fuchs"
"fuschia" changed to "fuchsia"
"Wood-cuts" changed to "Woodcuts"
"caligrapher" changed to "calligrapher"
Period added after "1827-8-9"
Period added after "HOLIDAY"
"HEAD-PIECE" changed to "HEADPIECE" to match Table of Contents
"see" italicized
Double quotes changed to single quotes around "Epitome of the Eighteen Historical Records of China." followed by a double quote
"occured" changed to "occurred"
Period added after "STRANG"
"opportunites" changed to "opportunities"
"see" italicized
"mediaeval" changed to "mediæval"
"R.A" changed to "R. A."
Comma added after "MS."
"Lorenza" changed to "Lorenzo"
Colon changed to semicolon after "1894"
"Pomponious" changed to "Pomponius"
Repeated line removed
"Vèrard" changed to "Vérard"