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Transcriber's Notes:

Minor punctuation and typography inconsistencies have been corrected without comment.

Spelling Corrections: (Evolution, Text)

p. 80 FOOTNOTE 14: "Merz" to "Mertz" (As set out in the Index)

p. 99, "firstfruits" to "first-fruits" (the first-fruits of)

Spelling Corrections: (Publisher's Catalogue)

p. 25 of CATALOGUE - "County" to "Country" (--Country Gentleman.)

p. 29, "Deaconness" to "Deaconess" (2) (Deaconess Cecilia)

p. 33, "subtilty" to "subtlety" (2) (subtlety of its analysis)

In the Catalogue--

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WORD VARIATIONS:

"D.Litt." (4) and "Litt.D." (15)
"pre-supposition" (1) and "presupposition(s)" (2)
"Sc.D" (1) and "D.Sc" (4)

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