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LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

PARSONS, FREDERICK GYMER, F.R.C.S., F.Z.S. (F. G. P.)

Anatomy; Brain, Anatomy; Eye, Anatomy; Heart, Anatomy, Joints, Anatomy; Nervous System; Skeleton; Skull; Teeth; and other anatomical articles.

PARSONS, WILLIAM BARCLAY, C.E, LL.D. (W. B. P.)

Railways, Intra-Urban Railways.

PASTOR, LUDWIG VON, Ph.D. (L. v. P.)

Papacy, History, 1305-1590.

PATERSON, PROF. JAMES ALEXANDER, M.A, D.D. (J. A. P.*)

Deuteronomy; Numbers, Book of.

PATON, PROF. DIARMID NOEL, M.D., F.R.C.P. (Edin.) (D. N. P.)

Fever; Metabolic Diseases; Nutrition.

PATON, JAMES, F.L.S. (J. Pa.)

Feather (in part).

PATTISON, REV. MARK, LL.D. (M. P.)

Casauboa, Isaac; Erasmus (in part); Grotiu»J Macanlayl More, Sir Thomas.

PAUES, ANNA C, Ph.D. (A. C. P.)

Bible, English.

PAUL, ALFRED WALLIS, CLE. (A. W. P.)

Sikkim.

PAULI, REINHOLD. (R. P.)

Lubeck (in part).

PAYNE, REV. ARNOLD HILL, M.A. (A. H. P.)

Deaf and Dumb.

PAYNE, EDWARD JOHN, M.A. (E. J. P.)

Grey, and Earl.

PAYNE, JOSEPH FRANK, M.A., M.D., F.R.C.P. (J. F. P.)

Medicine, History (in part); Plague (in part).

PEELE, PROF. ROBERT. (R. P.*)

Blasting; Boring; Shaft-sinking.

PELHAM, PROF. HENRY FRANCIS, M.A., LL.D. (H. F. P.)

Rome, Ancient History (in part); Augustus; Livy (in part); Nero; Nerva; Otho, Marcus S.; Polybius (in part).

PENDEREL-BRODHURST, JAMES G. J. (J. P.-B.)

Adam, Robert; Chippendale; Hepplewhite; Sheraton; &c. Furniture; Bookcase; Chair; Desk; &c. Pawnbroking.

PERCIVAL, PROFESSOR JOHN, M.A. (J. Pe.)

Soil.

PETERS, JOHN PUNNETT, Ph.D., D.D. (J. P. Pe.)

Bagdad; Euphrates (in part); Hillah; Khorsabad; Larsa; Nippur; Tigris; &c.

PETERSON, PROF. FREDERICK, M.D., Ph.D. (F. P.*)

Insanity, Hospital Treatment.

PETRIE, WILLIAM MATTHEW FLINDERS, D.LItt., Ph.D., D.C.L., F.R.S. (W. M. F. P.)

Abydos; Egypt, Art and Archaeology; Pyramid; Sinai, The Peninsula; Weights and Measures, Ancient Historical.

PETTIGREW.PROF. JAMES BELL, LL.D.,M.D.,F.R.C.P^Kdin.), F.R.S.(Edin.) (J.B. P.)

Flight and Flying {in part).

PFISTER, PROF. CHRISTIAN, D. fes L. (C. Pf.)

Germanic Laws, Early ; Salic I .aw ; Franks ; Capitulary ; Austrasia ; &c. Alcuin ; Charles Martel ; Clovis ; Gregory of

Tour^, and other Fran lush biographies.

PHILBRICK, FRANCIS SAMUEL, A.M., Ph.D. (F. S. P.)

Cuba; Hamilton, Alexander (in part); Independence, Declaration, of; Jefferson, Thomas; United States, Population and Social Conditions , Industries and Commerce, Finance and Army.

PHILIP, ALEXANDER J. (A. J. P.)

Dene-holes.

PHILLIMORE, GEORGE GRENVILLE, M.A., B.C.L. (G. G. P.*)

Burial and Burial Acts; Fishery, Law of; Tithes, English; Wreck (in part).

PHILLIMORE, SIR WALTER GEORGE FRANK, BART., LL.D., D.C.L. (W. G. F. P.)

Admiralty, High Court of; Admiralty Jurisdiction; Canon Law, Anglican; Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction.

PHILLIPS, CATHERINE BEATRICE (Mrs W. Alison Phillips). (C. B. P.)

Louis XVIII.; Marie Antoinette; Robes; Unicorn.

PHILLIPS. PROF. REGINALD WILLIAM, M.A., D.Sc., F.L.S. (R. W. P.)

Algae.

PHILLIPS, WALTER ALISON, M.A. (W. A. P.)

Diplomacy; Titles of Honour; Gentleman; &c. Mehomet Ali; Metternich; &c. Europe, History, 1815-1870; Templars (in part); Jacobins; Vestments; Niebelungenlied; Faust; &c.

PITMAN, CHARLES MURRAY. (C. M. P.)

Rowing.

PITT, WALTER, M.Inst.C.E., M.I.M.E. (W. P.*)

Cranes.

PLATT, PROF. JOHN ARTHUR, M.A. (J. A. Pl.)

Sappho.

PLUMMER, REV. CHARLES, M.A. (C. Pl.)

Alfred the Great; Anglo-Saxon Chronicle; Bede.

POCOCK, REGINALD INNES, F.Z.S., F.L.S. (R. I. P.)

Centipede; Earwig; Hibernation; Mimicry; Mite; Scorpion; Spiders; Trilobites; &c.

PODMORE, FRANK, M.A. (F. P.)

Automatic Writing; Premonition; Retro-cognition; Table turning.

POLLARD, PROF. ALBERT FREDERICK, M.A., F.R.Hist.S. (A. F. P.)

English History, VII. and XIII. (Bibliography); Elizabeth, Queen; Henry VIII.; Edward VI.; Burghley, Lord; Cranmer; Cromwell, Thomas; Parker, Matthew; Somerset, Duke of; Wolsey, Cardinal, and other biographies of the period.

POLLARD, ALFRED WILLIAM, M.A. (A. W. Po.)

Bibliography and Bibliology; Book; Book-Collecting; Chaucer; Colophon; Incunabula; Polyglott

POLLEN, PROF. JOHN HUNGERFORD, M.A. (J. H. P.*)

Fan.

POLLOCK, SIR FREDERICK, BART., LL.D., D.C.L. (F. Po.)

Contract; Maine, Sir Henry; Stephen, Sir J. F., Bart.; Sword; Tort.

POLLOCK, WALTER HERRIES, M.A. (W. H. P.) Musset, Alfred de ; Thackeray.

POOLE, EDWARD STANLEY. (E. S. P.)

Egypt, History, II. {in part).

POOLE, REGINALD LANE, M.A., Ph.D., LL.D. (R. L. P.)

Wycliffe (in part).

POOLE, REGINALD STUART. (R. S. P.)

Egypt, History, I. (in part) ; Numismatics (in part).

POPE, FRANK GEORGE. (F. G. P.*)

Diazo Compounds; Purin; Terpenes.

POPPLEWELL, WILLIAM CHARLES, M.Sc, A.M.I.C.E., (W. C. P.)

Bellows and Blowing Machines.

PORTER, W. HALDANE. (W. H. Po.) Ireland, Economics and Administration.

POSTGATE, PROF. JOHN PERCIVAL, M.A., D.LItt. (J. P. P.)

Juvenal (in part); Latin Literature (in part); Lucan (in part); Phaedrus; Propertius, Sextus; Textual Criticism; Tibullus, Albius.

POULTON, PROF. EDWARD BAGNALL, M.A., D.Sc, LL.D., F.R.S. (E. B. P.)

Colours of Animals, Bionomics; Darwin.

POUPARDIN, RENE, D. ès L. (R. Po.)

Aries, Kingdom of; Burgundy; Charles the Bold; Franche-Comte; Lorraine; Philip the Bold; Philip the Good; Provence; &c.

POWELL, FREDERICK YORK, LL.D., D.C.L. (F. Y. P.)

Iceland, History and Ancient Literature; Vigfusson, Gudbrandr.

POYNTING, PROF. JOHN HENRY, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S. (J.H.P.)

Acoustics; Gravitation (in part); Sound.

PRESTAGE, EDGAR. (E. Ph.)

Portugal, Literature; Bocage; Camoens; Garett; Gonzaga; Lopes, Femao; Manuel de Mello; Ribeiro, Bernwiini; SA de Miranda, Francisco de; Vicente, Gil; and other Portuguese literary biographies.

PRIEBSCH, PROF. ROBERT, Ph.D. (R. Pk.)

German Language.