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PRINCIPAL CONTENTS.
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 }. 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
COFFEŘ-DAMS. DAVID STEVENSON, C.E.
COLEOPTERA. JOHN GIBSON, Industrial Mu-
seum, Edinburgh.
COLERIDGE. Rev. G. D. BOYLE, M.A.
COLOMBIA. H. A. WEBSTER.
COLOSSIANS. Rev. W. SAUMAREZ SMITH, Prin-
cipal, St. Aidan's College, Birkenhead.
COMÈT. J. Russell HIND, F.R.S., Superintend-
ent of the “ Nautical Almanac."
COMMERCE. ROBERT SOMERS, Author of
"Trade Unions."
COMMUNISM. Mrs. FAWCETT.
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. Prof. CLERK
MAXWELL.
CONTRABAND. W. C. SMITH, LL.B., Advocate.
CON VOCATION. Sir TRAVERS Twiss, Q.C.
COOKERY. J. C. BUCKMASTER, South Kensing-
ton Museum, London.
COOLIE. R. WILSON.
CO-OPERATION. R. SOMERS.
COPPER. JAMES PATON.
COPTS. S. Birch, LL.D., D.C.L.
COPYRIGHT. Prof. ED. ROBERTSON (AMERI-
CAN), E. S. DRONE.
CORALS. Prof. H. A. NICHOLSON.
COREA. H. A. WEBSTER.
CORINTH. Percy GARDNER, British Museum.
CORINTHIANS. Rev. W. SAUMAREZ Smith.
CORK. R. CAULFIELD, LL.D.
CORN LAWS. R. SOMERS.
CORNEILLE. GEORGE SAINTSBURY.
CORNELIUS. W. Cave THOMAS.
CORNWALL. R. J. KING.
CORONATION. Rev. S. H. REYNOLDS.
CORREGGIO. W. M. Rossetti.
COSMOGONY. Rev. Prof. CHEYNE.
COSTUME. A. STUART MURRAY and Rev.
CHARLES BOUTELL.
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. 0. 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.
DACCA. 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.
DANIEL. Rev. Prof. CHEYNE.
DANTE. Oscar BROWNING, M.A., Fellow of
King's College, Cambridge.
DANTON. John Morley, M.P.
DARIUS. Rev. Prof. SAYСE.
DAVID. Prof. W. ROBERTSON SMITH, LL.D.
Capitol, Washington, The....
Clocks (28 Descriptive Cuts).
Coal (Plate I)..
Coal (Plates II to V).
Coal (25 Descriptive Cuts).
Coblentz, Prussia, Plan of..
Cochin, China, Sketch Map of..
Cocoa Tree, Branch of..
Coffee (3 Descriptive Cuts).
Coffer-Dams (3 Descriptive Cuts).
Coke Oven, Coppée's .
Colchester, England, Arms of.
Coleoptera (Plates VI, VII and VIII).
Cologne, Prussia, Descriptive Plan of.
Columbus, Christopher.
Compass Card......
Congleton, England, Arms of.
Conic Sections (51 Diagrams)
Connecticut, Sketch Map of.
Constantinople, Descriptive Map of.
Copenhagen, Denmark, Plan of.
Corals (15 Descriptive Cuts).
Cordova, Spain, Plan of....
Corea, Eastern Asia, Sketch Map of..
Cork, Ireland, Plan of......
Corsica, Mediterranean, Island of.
Costume (52 Descriptive Cuts).
Cotton (14 Descriptive Cuts).
Coventry, England, Arms of.
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PAOB 240 Crabs (Plate X)..
476-477 13-35 Cracow, Austria, Plan of .
479 48–49 Crete, Mediterranean, Island of.
503 84-85 Cribbage Board..
509 47-72 Cricket-Field, Diagram of..
512 83 Cronstadt, Russia, Sketch Map of.
537 85 Croquet (3 Diagrams)....
538 93 Cross (16 Descriptive Cuts).
541,542 100-103 Crown (16 Descriptive Cuts).
547, 548 104, 105 Crustacea (86 Descriptive Cuts)...
559-590 108 Cuba and Adjacent Islands, Sketch Map of..... 600 113 Curling-Rink, Diagram of.
629 120-121 Curve, Diagrams of..
632,636 .:,. 136 Cuttle-Fish (6 Descriptive Cuts)..
849653 153 Cyprus, Mediterranean, Island of...
659 201, 203 | Dahomey, Africa, Chart of......
674 235
Dairy Farm-steading, Elevation and Plan of... 678 242–254 Dantzic, Prussia, Plan of...
720 255
Darmstadt, Plan of...
272 | Mosque of St. Sophia, Plan of..
273 305 Congressional Library
240 327-342 346
MAPS 347 Colorado ...
144-145 360 Connecticut
256-257 389 Cornwall
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377 400_424 Cumberland.
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