At the foot of p. 173, an unreferenced footnote appears, referring the reader to “Appendix A.” for the text of Rev. Beecher’s inaugural sermon. (The Appendix has no “A”, per se.) A reference to the footnote has been added.
On pp. 265, 276, 351, 362, 382 an asterisk appears right-justified at the end of a quoted passage. As explained on p. 366, this was used by Beecher as a signature. These are retained here, though merely with an extended space between the text and his ‘signature’.
The index entry for Beecher's remarks about the proposed compromise of 1864, refers to p. 445, should have been p. 446, Likewise, references to music and hymns on p. 367 should have been 368. Both were likely caused by the interpolation of a numbered full page illustration, and have both been corrected.
The format of the two-column index has been changed to single column, and the punctuation regularized.
Hyphenation of compound words is retained as printed. Where the hyphen appears on a line or page break, it is retained or removed depending on the preponderance of usage elsewhere.
Errors deemed most likely to be the printer’s have been corrected, and are noted here. The references are to the page and line in the original. The following issues should be noted, along with the resolutions.
| 20.18 | [‘/“]It has always been a shadow | Replaced. |
| 75.36 | Now decline he.[’] | Added. |
| 84.13 | the first electric shock of wonder and pleasure.[”] | Removed. |
| 96.27 | to improve the opportu[tu]nity and administer | Removed. |
| 101.1 | He shall be called a Nazarene.[”/’] | Replaced. |
| 162.22 | and declared the body dissolved[./,] | Replaced. |
| 190.8 | by no means confined to Indianapolis[.] | Added. |
| 263.8 | for my God is greater than their devil[.] | Added. |
| 305.36 | in spite of the popular vote[.] | Added. |
| 333.39 | but we are a-going to succeed in America.[’] | Removed. |
| 372.19 | was the eldest son of his father’s family[.] | Added. |
| 561.4 | from time to time during the two[ two] years past | Removed. |
| 649.15 | It has been in the house this two months.[”/’] | Replaced. |