This ebook follows the text of the original printed work, except as mentioned below. Inconsistencies (spelling, oe/oe/Ö, diacritics, hyphenation, capitalisation, compound words, single/double l, etc.) have been retained.

Various pages: German (nick)names ending in -man: the original spelling has been retained (e.g., Beckman is usually spelled Beckmann (Johann Gottlieb, 1700-1777 and Johann, 1739-1811)).

Page 36. “its removal theft”: as printed in the original work.

Page 63, Mitfasten (Easter): Mitfasten is not Easter, but half-lent.

Page 134: (Reuss, Wimmenauer, etc.): there seems to be no reason for the parentheses.

Page 244, “translated at the instance of”: as printed in the original work; possibly an error for another word (instigation?).

Page 442, “utilized above”: as printed in the original work, this appears to refer to the first two paragraphs only (“The modernization ... other sea industries.”)

Page 476: closing quote mark missing, this should possibly be inserted after “lands planted to trees”

Index: not all entries are in alphabetical order; this has not been changed.

Changes made to the text:
Several chapters have a list of literature at the bottom of the first page. This list has been moved to directly below the chapter header.
Minor obvious typographical and punctuation errors (including French and German diacritics) have been corrected silently.
Various pages: chaussÉ changed to chaussÉe; Forst und Jagd... and Forst-und Jagd... changed to Forst- und Jagd...; Bremontier changed to BrÉmontier; v. Kropf changed to v. Kropff; B. C. changed to B.C.
Page v: order of Introductory and Preface reversed
Page ix: 207 changed to 203 (2x)
Page 21: Beranger changed to Berenger; giurisprudenzia changed to giurisprudenza
Page 24: a round 35 million changed to around 35 million
Page 29: became extent changed to became extinct; separation of from France changed to separation from France (cf. 1st edition)
Page 39: 30 or 30 to the acre changed to 20 or 30 to the acre (cf. 1st edition)
Page 63: wildings changed to wildlings
Page 130: Moreau de JonnÉs changed to Moreau de JonnÈs
Page 136: Oetellt changed to Oettelt
Page 180: von Engelshoffen changed to von Engelshofen
Page 214: sergen changed to sergent; closing parenthesis added after etc.
Page 252: Les forÊts de la Gaule l’ancienne France changed to Les forÊts de la Gaule et de l’ancienne France
Page 258: parenthesis added after Caucasus
Page 276: 2.000 acres changed to 2,000 acres
Page 277: 80.000 acres changed to 80,000 acres
Page 319: historal changed to historical
Page 331: round 2.7 million changed to around 2.7 million
Page 337: chapparal changed to chaparral
Page 349: Rivista forestate italiana changed to Rivista forestale italiana
Page 364: Leira changed to Leiria
Page 372: transcription added
Page 426: over one and three quarter million and changed to and over one and three quarter million
Index page vi: Moreau des JonnÈs changed to Moreau de JonnÈs
Index page ix: Stoetzer changed to Stoetzer
Index page x: Wellenberg changed to Wellenburg; Wiedenman changed to Wiedenmann