MENANDER. F. A. PALEY, LL.D., Author of "Short Treatise on
the Greek Particles."

MENCIUS, JAMES LEGGE, LL.D., Professor of Chinese, University
of Oxford.

MENDELSSOHN. W. S. ROCKSTRO, Author of "Life of Handel."
MENSURATION. WM. THOMSON, Professor of Mathematics,
Stellenbosch College, South Africa.

MERCURY. W. DITTMAR, F.R.S., Professor of Chemistry, Ander-
son's College, Glasgow.

THERAPEUTIC USES. D. J. LEECH, M.D., Professor of Materia
Medica, Owens College, Manchester.

MERGANSER. ALFRED NEWTON, F.R.S., Professor of Zoology,
University of Cambridge.

MERIMÉE. GEO. SAINTSBURY, M.A., Author of "Short History
of French Literature."

MERV. Major F. C. H. CLARKE, C.M.G., R.A.
MÉRYON. FREDERICK WEDMORE, Author of "Masters of Genre
Painting."

MESOPOTAMIA. Prof. ALBRECHT SOCIN, University of Tübingen.
MESSIAH. W. ROBERTSON SMITH, LL.D., Lord Almoner's Profes-
sor of Arabic, University of Cambridge.

METALLURGY. Prof. DITTMAR.

METALS. Prof. DITTMAR.

METAL-WORK. J. H. MIDDLETON, M.A., London.

METAPHYSIC. EDWARD CAIRD, LL.D., Professor of Moral Phi-
losophy, University of Glasgow.

METASTASIO. J. A. SYMONDS, Author of "Renaissance in Italy."
METEMPSYCHOSIS. F. A. PALEY, LL.D.

METEOR. HUBERT A. NEWTON, LL.D., Professor of Mathematics,
Yale College, Conn.

METEOROLOGY. A. BUCHAN, F.R.S.E., Secretary of the Meteor-
ological Society of Scotland, and BALFOUR STEWART, LL.D.,
F.R.S., Professor of Natural Philosophy, Owens College, Man-
chester.

METHODISM. Rev. J. H. RIGG, D.D., Author of "Churchman-
ship of John Wesley."

MINING. C. LE NEVE FOSTER, D.Sc., H.M. Inspector of Metalli-
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MINISTRY. ALEX. C. EWALD, Record Office, London.
MINK. Prof. W. H. FLOWER, LL.D., F.R.S.
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MINSTREL. Prof. MINTO.

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the Royal Mint, London.
MIRABEAU. H. MORSE STEPHENS.
MIRROR. JAMES PATON and A. S. MURRAY.
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MISSAL. Rev. J. SUTHERLAND BLACK, M.A.
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College, Canterbury.

MISSISSIPPI (RIVER). Col. H. L. ABBOT, U. S. Engineers, Author
of " Physics and Hydraulics of the Mississippi River.'
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sippi, Oxford, Miss.

MISSOURI. Prof. M. S. SNOW, Washington University, St. Louis,

Mo.

MITE. A. D. MICHAEL, F.R.M.S.

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MOAB. Prof. JULIUS WELLHAUSEN, University of Halle.
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Warwickshire, S. H. BURBURY, M.A., Lincoln's Inn, and Prof.
A. CRUM BROWN,

MOLIÈRE. ANDREW LANG, Author of " Helen of Troy."
MOLLUSCA. E. RAY LANKESTER, F.R.S., Professor of Zoology,
University College, London.

MOLOCH. Prof. W. ROBERTSON SMITH.

MONACHISM. Rev. R. F. LITTLEDALE, LL.D., D.C.L.
MONEY. C. F. BASTABLE, M.A., Professor of Political Economy,
Trinity College, Dublin.

MONGE. Prof. ARTHUR CAYLEY, LL.D., F.R.S.
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HISTORY. R. K. DOUGLAS, Professor of Chinese, King's College,
London.

LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE.

Innsbruck.

MONK. OSMUND AIRY.

Prof. B. JÜlg, University of

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MILL, JAMES. ALEXANDER BAIN, LL.D., Author of "The Emo-
tions and the Will."

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tory, University of Giessen.

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Letters of Hugh Miller."

MILLET, J. F. Mrs. E. F. S. PATTISON, Author of "Renaissance
of Art in France."

MILMAN. RICHARD GARNETT, LL.D., Author of "Idylls and
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MILTON. Prof. DAVID MASSON, LL.D., Author of "Life of John
Milton."

MILWAUKEE. J. JOHNSTON, Milwaukee.

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MINERAL WATERS. JOHN MACPHERSON, M.D., Author of
"Baths and Wells of Europe," and Prof. ALBERT R. LEEDS,
Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, N. J.
MINIATURE. E. MAUNDE THOMPSON, British Museum.

servatory, Washington.

MOORE, SIR JOHN. H. M. STEPHENS.
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of Divinity and Church History, Free Church College,
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St. Mary's College, St. Andrews.

MORE, THOMAS. Rev. MARK PATTISON, B.D., Rector of Lincoln
College, Oxford.

MORGAGNI. CHAS. CREIGHTON, M.D.

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MORPHOLOGY. PATRICK GEDDES, F.R.S.E.

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Law, University College, London.
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MOSES. Prof. WELLHAUSEN.

MOSES OF CHORENE. Prof. A. VON GUTSCHMID, University of
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