A half-title page at the front of the book, and duplicate title headings which were printed before all except the first essay in each section, have been removed.

Illustrations have been moved next to the text which they illustrate, and so may not match the order in the List of Illustrations.

The following printing errors have been corrected:

• Illustration following p. 50 “Kutswamushi” changed to “Kutsuwamushi”
• p. 60 “MATSUMUSHI” changed to “Matsumushi”
• p. 70 “Kin-hibari natural size)” changed to “Kin-hibari (natural size)”
• p. 101 “sublety” changed to “subtlety”
• p. 123 “inaminate” changed to “inanimate”
• p. 127 “—The” changed to “—‘The”
• p. 127 “Buddha.” changed to “Buddha.’”
• Illustration after p. 136 “Seishi ‘Bosatsu” changed to “Seishi Bosatsu”
• p. 142 “the Law” changed to “the-Law”
• p. 142 “the Wondrous” changed to “the-Wondrous”
• p. 142 (note) “reads:—Ji” changed to “reads:—“Ji”
• p. 147 “Benevolence Listening” changed to “Benevolence-Listening”
• p. 150 “Cloud-and Sword” changed to “Cloud-and-Sword”
• p. 266 “softnesss” changed to “softness”

The following are inconsistently used:

• bowstring and bow-string
• glass-beads and glass beads
• hataori and hata-ori
• Kukai and Ku-kai
• lifetime and life-time
• SÂkyamuni and Sakyamuni
• skyblue and sky-blue
• superindividual and super-individual
• superindividuality and super-individuality
• SÛtra (and sÛtra) and Sutra (and sutra)