"In the original plan of the work, it was intended that Chinese characters should be followed by the Romanization in parentheses. In some instances, in the early pages of the book, this order has been inadvertently reversed, the Romanization standing first, followed by the Chinese characters in parentheses. This is especially true in the articles on Aconitum and Acorns. The names of the natural orders should appear in Roman letters; a few are in Italics. When used adjectivally, these should not begin with a capital letter."
The above is from Dr. Stuart's own pen. Would that he could have completed these Errata that they might have been more perfectly done.
A table of errors, excepting the ones mentioned here, is placed in the back of the book following the indexing.
Both words of Customs Lists; the first word in botanical names of more than one word; the first word in the Romanization of Chinese terms, and the word Appendix should always begin with capital letters.
A few other mistakes in the use or nonuse of capitals will be noticed. Szechuen should be Szechuan. Caret e should always be found in Li Shih Chên. Parentheses marks and punctuation marks are not invariably correct.
A. G. S.
