Transcriber’s Notes
Errors in punctuation and accentuation have been fixed.
Page 140: “Boras Godunoff” changed to “Boris Godunoff”
Page 255: “gobular forms of crystallization” changed to “globular forms of crystallization”
Page 281: “as it their price” changed to “as if their price”
Page 298: “Kasan was subjugated” changed to “Kazan was subjugated”
Page 343: “State of Gautemala” changed to “State of Guatemala”
Page 410: “a single speciimen” changed to “a single specimen”
In the Index, “Runjeet Sing” changed to “Runjeet Singh” and the page numbers for the turquoise references have been corrected.
The cover image was created by the transcriber from the original and has been placed in the public domain.