limination of weakly attested readings--nature of inquiry.
Sec. 3. Smaller blemishes in MSS. unimportant except when constant. Sec. 4.
Most mistakes arose from inadvertency: many from unfortunate design. pp.
10-23

CHAPTER II.

Accidental Causes of Corruption. I. Pure Accident.

Sec. 1. St. John x. 29. Sec. 2. Smaller instances, and Acts xx. 24. Sec. 3. St.
Luke ii. 14. Sec. 4. St. Mark xv. 6; vii. 4; vi. 22. Sec. 5. St. Mark viii. 1;
vii. 14--St. John xiii. 37. pp. 24-35

CHAPTER III.

Accidental Causes of Corruption. II. Homoeoteleuton.

St. Luke ii. 15--St. John vi. 11; vi. 55--St. Matt. xxiii. 14; xix.
9--St. Luke xvi. 21. pp. 36-41

CHAPTER IV.

Accidental Causes of Corruption. III. From Writing in Uncials.

Sec. 1. St. John iv. 35-36. Sec. 2. St. Luke xv. 17--St. John v. 44. Sec. 3. Acts
xxvii. 14--St. John iv. 15--St. Luke xvii. 37--St. Matt. xxii. 23--and
other passages. Sec. 4. St. John v. 4--St. Luke xxiii. 11--St. Matt. iv.
23. Sec. 5. 2 St. Peter i. 31--Heb. vii. 1. Sec. 6. St. Matt. xxvii. 17. pp.
42-55

CHAPTER V.

Accidental Causes of Corruption. IV. Itacism.

Sec. 1. Various passages--St. John xii. 1, 2; 41. Sec. 2. Rev. i. 5--Other
passages--St. Mark vii. 19. Sec. 3. St. Mark iv. 8. Sec. 4. Titus ii. 5. pp.
56-66

CHAPTER VI.

Accidental Causes of Corruption. V. Liturgical Influence.

Sec. 1. Lectionaries of the Church--Liturgical influence--Antiquity of the
Lectionary System. Sec. 2. St. John xiv. 1--Acts iii. 1--Last Twelve Verses
of St. Mark. Sec. 3. St. Luke vii. 31; ix. 1--Other passages. Sec. 4. St. Mark
xv. 28. Sec. 5. Acts iii. 1--St. Matt. xiii. 44; xvii. 23. Sec. 6. St. Matt
vi. 13 (doxology in the Lord's Prayer). pp. 67-88

CHAPTER VII.

Causes of Corruption Chiefly Intentional. I. Harmonistic Influence.

Sec. 1. St. Mark xvi. 9. Sec. 2. St. Luke xxiv. 1--other examples. Sec. 3.
Chiefly intentional--Diatessarons--St. Matt. xvii. 25, 26--Harmonized
narratives--Other examples. pp. 89-99

CHAPTER VIII.

Causes of Corruption Chiefly Intentional. II. Assimilation.

Sec. 1. Transfer from one Gospel to another. Sec. 2. Not entirely
intentional--Various passages. Sec. 3. St. John xvi. 16. Sec. 4. St. John
xiii. 21-25. Sec. 5. St. Mark i. 1, 2--Other examples--St. Matt. xii. 10
(St. Luke xiv. 3)--and others. Sec. 6. St. Mark vi. 11. Sec. 7. St. Mark xiv.
70. pp. 100-122

CHAPTER IX.

Causes of Corruption Chiefly Intentional. III. Attraction.

Sec. 1. St. John vi. 71 an