The primary additions to this new edition of The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary are: 1. Woodcut figures that were included in the German 1852 edition have been included. 2. Archaic word usage and all spelling has been revised to modern American English. 3. All place names and proper names have been updated to modern spelling norms. 4. Textual omissions of previous editions have been corrected. 5. German section titles, omitted by the English translator, have been translated and included. 6. Some new footnotes have been added.