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PRINCIPAL

CLIMATE. ALEX. BUCHAN, Secretary, Scottish
Meteorological Society.

CLIVE. G. SMITH, LL.D., Editor of "Annals

of Indian Administration, 1868-69."

CLOCKS. Right Hon. Lord GRIMSTHORPE, Q.C.

CLUB. Rev. Canon J. S. NORTHCOTE, and J.

CLAUDE WEBSTER, Athenæum Club.

COAL. H. BAUERMAN, F.G.S., Royal School of

Mines.

COBDEN. HENRY RICHARD, M.P.

COCHIN CHINA. C. MAUNOIR, Société de Geog-
raphie.

COFFEE. JAMES PATON, Corporation Galleries,

Glasgow.

COFFER-DAMS.

DAVID STEVENSON, C.E.

COMPANY. EDMUND ROBERTSON, LL.D., M.P.,
Professor of Roman Law, University College,

COMPASS. F. H. BUTLER, M.A.

[London.

COMTE. JOHN MORLEY, M.P., Editor of the
"Men of Letters" Series.

CONDILLAC. Rev. D. BALSILLIE, M.A.
CONDORCET. ROBERT FLINT, D.D., Professor
of Divinity, University of Edinburgh.

CONFUCIUS. Rev. JAMES LEGGE, Professor of

Chinese, University of Oxford.

CONGRESS. HENRY REEVE, C.B.
CONGREVE. A. C. SWINBURNE.

CONIC SECTIONS. H. M. TAYLOR, Fellow of

Trinity College, Cambridge.

CONNECTICUT. W. G. ABBOT, Hartford, Conn.
CONSTANTINE. W. BROWNING SMITH.

CONSTANTINOPLE. Rev. C. G. CURTIS, Chap-
lain to British Embassy, Pera.

CONSTITUTION OF BODIES.

MAXWELL.

Prof. CLERK

CONTENTS.

COTTON.

ISAAC WATTS, Chairman of Cotton

Supply Association, Manchester.

COUNCIL. D. PATRICK.

COURT-MARTIAL. W. C. SMITH, LL.B.
COUSIN. JOHN VEITCH, LL.D., Professor of
Logic and Rhetoric, University of Glasgow.

COWLEY. EDMUND W. Gosse, Author of "New

Poems."

COX. W. B. SCOTT.

CRANACH. J. A. CROWE, Author of "Painting

in Italy.'

CRANMER. W. BROWNING SMITH.

CREEDS. Very Rev. Principal TULLOCH.

CREMATION. W. C. SMITH, LL.B.

CRETE. E. H. BUNBURY, Author of "History of

Ancient Geography."

CRIBBAGE. HENRY JONES.

CRICKET. H. F. WILKINSON.

CRIME. L. O. PIKE, Author of "History of
Crime in England."

CRIMEA. Commander J. B. TELFER, R.N.

CRIMINAL LAW. Prof. ED. ROBERTSON.

CROMWELL, OLIVER. ALEX. NICOLSON,

LL.D.

CROMWELL, THOMAS.

T. M'K. WOOD.

CROQUET. HENRY JONES.
CROSS. Rev. CHARLES BOUTELL.
CROUP. Dr. J. O. AFFLECK.

CRUSADES. Rev. Sir GEO. W. Cox, Bart.
CRUSTACEA. HENRY WOODWARD, F. R.S., Brit-
ish Museum.

CRYPT. Rev. Canon VENABLES.

CRYPTOGRAPHY. J. E. BAILEY.

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY. JAMES NICOL, late Pro-
fessor of Natural History, University of Aber-
deen.

CUBA. KEITH Johnston.

CUCKOO. ALFRED NEWTON, Professor of Zoöl-

ogy, etc., University of Cambridge.

CUDWORTH. Prof. R. FLINT, D.D.

CUMBERLAND. H. I. JENKINSON and J. C.

WARD.

CUMBERLAND (BISHOP). Prof. FLINT.

CUMBERLAND (DRAMATIST). A. W. WARE,

Professor of English Literature, Owens College,

Manchester.

CURVE. ARTHUR CAYLEY, LL.D., F.R.S., Sad-

lerian Professor of Mathematics, Cambridge.

CUTTLEFISH. Prof. H. A. NICHOLSON.

CUYP. J. A. CROWE, Author of "Painting in

Italy."

CYPRUS. E. H. BUNBURY.

CYRUS. Rev. Prof. A. H. SAYCE, Queen's Col-
lege, Oxford.

DACČA. Hon. W. W. HUNTER, LL.D., Director-
General of Indian Statistics.

DAHOMEY. Col. W. K. ELLES, C.B.

DALHOUSIE. GEORGE SMITH, LL.D., Editor of
"Annals of Indian Administration."

DALLING. CHARLES Kent.

DALTON. F. H. Butler.

DAMASCUS. J. L. PORTER, D.D., LL.D., Profes-

sor of Biblical Criticism, Belfast.

DANCE. W. C. SMITH, LL.B.