Punctuation and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in this book; otherwise they were not changed.

Simple typographical errors were corrected; occasional unbalanced quotation marks retained.

Ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines were retained; occurrences of inconsistent hyphenation have not been changed.

Index not checked for proper alphabetization or correct page references.

Page 16: “jeunesse d’oreÉ” was printed that way, but should be “_jeunesse dorÉe_”.

Page 183: “MoyenÂge” was printed that way, but should be “Moyen Âge”.