Punctuation has been made consistent.
Proper names, especially Russian, were not spelled consistently, and are generally given here as printed. The exceptions are noted below.
Compound words that are hyphenated on a line break are given here with or without a hyphen, following the most frequent appearance elsewhere in the text.
Diacritical marks are frequently missing either in the text or in captions. The variants are retained. The name ‘BlÜcher’ appears twice as ‘Blucher’ (p. 66 and the caption of the illustration on p. 91). The variants are retained. The word ‘insistent’ was consistently spelled ‘insistant’ (pp. 168, 172, 305), all of which are retained. The given name of Canadian Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier appears twice (pp 515–516) as ‘Wilfred’, and is retained.
The following table itemizes the various (and numerous) textual issues encountered in preparing this version of the text, and their resolutions. Corrections have been made, as noted, when it is obvious that a printer’s error has been made, or when other instances of a misspelled word appear correctly elsewhere. The words ‘indispensible’ or ‘indispensable’ appears once each as ‘indispensible’ or ‘indispensibly’ and were corrected here. ‘Dispatch’ and ‘despatch’ are used interchangeably, and are retained. Any errors appearing in quoted matter are retained as printed. The word ‘infectuous’, an obsolete form of ‘infectious’, appears on pp. 586–587. Although ‘infectious’ appears several times as well, the obsolete form is retained.
| p. 7 | General Hayna[n/u] | Corrected. |
| p. 8 | 2[59] | Page number completed. |
| Sir Arthur Wel[l]esley | Added. |
| p. 13 | AndrÉe[’]s Fatal Balloon Venture | Added. |
| p. 14 | a[min/nim]als | Transposed. |
| p. 24 | great continent of[,] America. | Removed. |
| p. 27 | ind[e/i]spensible | Corrected. |
| p. 49 | persist[a/e]nce | Corrected. |
| p. 51 | two forces[,/.] Decaen | Corrected. |
| p. 56 | D[e/i]vised | Corrected. |
| p. 58 | despa[i]ring | Added. |
| persist[a/e]nt | Corrected. |
| p. 66 | simultaneo[u]sly | Added. |
| Demor[i/a]lization | Corrected. |
| Generl Benni[n]gsen | Removed. |
| p. 68 | northe[r]ners] | Added. |
| p. 70 | Benni[n]gsen’s troops | Removed. |
| p. 71 | hind[e]red | Added. |
| p. 74 | sovereign[i]ty | Removed. |
| p. 76 | Austr[ai/ia]ns | Transposed. |
| p. 78 | more[o]ver | Added. |
| p. 88 | stubborn[n]ess | Added. |
| p. 107 | Westmin[i]ster | Removed. |
| Nap[a/o]leon | Corrected. |
| p. 117 | delib[e]rations | Added. |
| p. 122 | the absolute kings[.] | Added. |
| p. 124 | arbit[r]ary | Added. |
| p. 141 | their daring[s] keels | Corrected. |
| p. 142 | persist[a/e]nt | Corrected. |
| William of Norman[d]y | Added. |
| p. 143 | Dardanell[e]s | Added. |
| p. 145 | su[p/r]pass | Corrected. |
| Great Brit[ia/ai]n | Corrected. |
| p. 162 | perc[ie/ei]ved | Transposed. |
| p. 166 | persist[a/e]nt | Corrected. |
| p. 168 | di[s]missed | Added. |
| p. 174 | out[b]reak | Added. |
| p. 176 | desp[a/e]rate | Corrected. |
| p. 191 | enthusia[s]tic | Added. |
| p. 193 | engag[e]ments | Added. |
| p. 198 | sovereign[i]ty | Removed. |
| p. 204 | twice[d] rammed | Removed. |
| p. 205 | strengthened with a [a] new French | Removed. |
| p. 222 | [h/b]eheld | Corrected. |
| p. 239 | the various state[s] | Added. |
| p. 244 | state[s]manship | Added. |
| p. 248 | announ[c]ed | Added. |
| p. 250 | Gladstone[e] | Removed. |
| p. 260 | ac[i]tivity | Removed. |
| p. 261 | massacres on both sides[,/.] | Corrected. |
| p. 262 | occas[s]ion | Removed. |
| p. 264 | forstalled | Sic. |
| p. 265 | enthu[is/si]astic | Transposed. |
| p. 267 | gradual[ly] repayment | Removed. |
| p. 268 | Wellesl[e]y | Added. |
| Eve[r/n] there | Corrected. |
| p. 269 | A[l/f]ghans | Corrected. |
| Bri[s]tish | Removed. |
| p. 273 | he[or/ro]ic | Transposed. |
| p. 279 | Repu[b]lican gover[n]ment | Added. |
| p. 284 | Th[ei/ie]rs had just performed | Corrected. |
| p. 285 | fort[r]ess | Added. |
| p. 287 | streng[t]h | Added. |
| p. 288 | cause celÈbre | Sic. |
| p. 305 | for[e]seeing | Added. |
| p. 311 | I[t] indicates | Added. |
| p. 324 | re[gco/cog]nize | Transposed. |
| remar[k]able | Added. |
| p. 326 | possesses[s] | Removed. |
| p. 329 | impor[t]ant | Added. |
| its innumerable affluents | Sic. |
| p. 331 | Egyptian[s] troops | Removed. |
| p. 335 | The S[ei/ie]ge of Sontay | Transposed. |
| p. 337 | h[re/er]oic | Transposed. |
| p. 341 | the ruined fort[r]ess | Added. |
| enterp[r]ise | Added. |
| p. 345 | inaptitude | Sic. |
| p. 347 | Right of Suff[e]rage | Removed. |
| p. 348 | Massac[h]usetts | Added. |
| which the[,] crushing | Removed. |
| p. 350 | in hundreds [of] libraries | Added. |
| p. 353 | eno[u]rmously | Removed. |
| p. 354 | Mer[r]iwether Lewis | Sic. |
| p. 356 | Actio[h/n] | Corrected. |
| p. 370 | proc[c]eed | Removed. |
| p. 381 | concentration of [d/p]ower | Corrected. |
| p. 384 | suc[c]eeded | Added. |
| p. 388 | war-[w/v]essels | Corrected. |
| p. 412 | and he did force it.["] | Added. |
| p. 418 | I decline [acceeding] to your request | Sic. |
| p. 421 | [batallions/battalions] | Corrected. |
| irresist[a/i]ble | Corrected. |
| p. 429 | Lou[i]siana | Added. |
| disfellowship[p]ed | Added. |
| p. 435 | orator has a [a] special significance | Removed. |
| p. 441 | Assas[s]ination | Added. |
| p. 457 | Virginia Campai[g]n | Added. |
| p. 460 | with [t]he utmost | Added. |
| p. 461 | resis[t]ance | Added. |
| p. 464 | cap[ti/it]al | Transposed. |
| p. 469 | d[i/e]spite | Corrected. |
| p. 473 | Indian Territor[r]y | Removed. |
| came [n/u]pon them | Corrected. |
| p. 474 | commis[s]ion | Added. |
| p. 479 | unin[i]tiated | Added. |
| p. 481 | responsibilit[i]es | Added. |
| p. 486 | CuraÇoa | Sic. |
| p. 491 | Hampton R[h]oads | Removed. |
| p. 504 | while hundreds[,] of their crews | Removed. |
| p. 506 | a yell f[or/ro]m the sentinel | Transposed. |
| p. 507 | [u/i]neffectively | Corrected. |
| p. 511 | suprema[n]cy | Removed. |
| p. 514 | commer[ic/ci]al | Transposed (twice). |
| p. 518 | mount[ia/ai]n | Transposed. |
| ac[c]ross | Removed. |
| fr[ie/ei]ght | Transposed. |
| p. 519 | vis[i]tor | Added. |
| p. 532 | Robe[r]t E. Peary | Added. |
| near the 81st parallel[,/.] | Corrected. |
| p. 533 | walrusses | Sic. |
| unsuc[c]essful | Added. |
| p. 536 | Del[a]ware | Added. |
| p. 543 | compet[it]ion | Added. |
| p. 546 | telegrap[h]y | Added. |
| p. 552 | millionairs | Sic. |
| p. 554 | For a centur[e/y] | Corrected. |
| p. 564 | to prevent its[,] ever | Removed. |
| p. 565 | conspira[r/c]y | Corrected. |
| F[r]ance | Added. |
| p. 574 | signifi[c]ance | Added. |
| p. 578 | pheno[n/m]e[m/n]a | Transposed. |
| d[e/i]stinction | Corrected. |
| p. 581 | Subsid[u/i]ary | Corrected. |
| p. 582 | pal[a/Æ]ontology | Corrected. |
| p. 585 | ever[y]where | Added. |
| p. 592 | the people in all lands[,/.] | Corrected. |
| p. 593 | “Scarlet Letter,[’/”] | Corrected. |
| p. 594 | “New South[”] | Added. |
| p. 595 | “Genius of Christianity.[’]” | Removed. |
| p. 597 | the poets [a/o] Norway | Corrected. |
| p. 598 | Litera[t/r]ure | Corrected. |
| ninete[e]nth | Added. |
| Sienkiewi[e/c]z | Corrected. |
| p. 599 | sc[ei/ie]ntific | Transposed. |
| p. 600 | Th[e/o]se who cannot read | Corrected. |
| p. 609 | insist[a/e]nce | Corrected. |
| p. 618 | the selectmen[t] of Newburyport | Removed. |
| p. 620 | prop[a/o]rtions | Corrected. |
| p. 621 | eco[m/n]omic | Corrected. |
| p. 628 | possibilit[i]es | Added. |
| p. 635 | persist[a/e]nt | Corrected. |
| accum[m]ulation | Removed. |
| sati[s]fy | Added. |
| p. 636 | phenom[en]a | Added. |
| a[r]bitrament | Added. |
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