Transcriber’s Note

At 94.32, there is a paragraph preceding some verse which ends abruptly, without punctuation. It seems that the intent was to continue the thought with the first lines of the poem.

At 530.18, a closing quote mark occurs where there is no opening quote. The previous paragraph closes an extended quotation, which is not re-opened. It is difficult to say whether the ‘voice’ has shifted. In any case, the closing quote in question has been removed.

The word ‘bass-relief’ appears thirty-two times, while the more familiar ‘bas-relief’ appears only twice. Both versions have been retained.

Other 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.

9.18 an object must be seen[,] Removed.
26.17 rate of eight[y]-six feet an hour Added.
28.2 wholly disap[p]eared Inserted.
36.1 mottled with black and[ and] white spots Redundant.
82.17 Mauna Loa and Mauna [R/K]ea Replaced.
87.33 In many [y/p]arts of the precipice Replace.
126.23 by any sounding line[,/.] Replaced.
198.12 carried on in Colebrook[ ]dale Removed.
230.17 Earth’s universal family.[”] Added.
275.23 [‘/“]the waterfall mountain,” Replaced.
289.1 some of the savan[t]s Inserted.
317.17 or St. Helmo’s fires sic: Elmo’s.
324.28 I had thought a mere fable.[’/”] Replaced.
348.36 from such a[ ]surface Inserted.
421.6 four hund[d]red feet Removed.
427.27 it[s] extreme length Added.
446.21 fresh-water mus[cle/sel]s Replaced.
470.23 the name of E[d/l] Hedjeaz Probable.
470.24 the cities of Medi[an/na] and Taif Transposed.
511.15 PYRAMIDS OF MERO[E/Ë] Replaced.
516.3 so has it been forever!’[”] Added.
525.37 and quitted them forever.[”] Added.
610.15 in Agræ[./,] Replaced.
634.22 these ancient piles.[”] Added.
649.35 the f[ri/ir]th of Forth Transposed.
655.24 On the top is a bas[o/i]n Replaced.
710.37 [“]France, Belgium, Holland, Added.
798.27 closed by the operator at will[.] Restored.