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CONTRIBUTORS. 



Col. Charles Chaille Long:, 



Formerly Chief of Staff to Gen. Gordon in Africa. 

 EGYPT. 



William F. MacLennan, 



of U. S. Treasury Department. 

 UNITED STATES, FINANCES OF THE. 



Frederic G. Mather. 

 ALBANY CELEBRATION, 

 FAITH-CUBE, 

 and other articles. 



E. S. Nadal, 



Author and Journalist. 



ANARCHISTS. 



Charles Alexander Nelson, 



of the Astor Library. 

 LIBRARY ECONOMY. 



Col. Charles Ledyard Norton. 

 CABLE-RAILWAYS, 

 GAME LAWS, 

 and other articles. 



Frank H. Norton. 

 FREE-TRADE LEAGUE, 

 MENNONITES, 

 and other articles. 



Rev. S. E. Ochsenford, D. D. 

 LUTHERANS. 



Joseph O'Connor, 



Editor of the Rochester (N. Y.) Post-Express. 

 HANCOCK, WINFIELD SCOTT, 

 TILDEN, SAMUEL J., 

 and other articles. 



Julius A. Palmer, 



Author of " Mushrooms of America." 

 MUSHROOMS AND TOADSTOOLS. 



James Ryder Randall, 



Editor of the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle. 



HAYNE, PAUL HAMILTON. 



T. O'Conor Sloane, Ph. D. 



ASSOCIATIONS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCI- 

 ENCE, 

 PATENTS. 



Rev. Jesse Ames Spencer, D. D. 

 LITERATURE, CONTINENTAL, 

 PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 



Lewis Swift, ILL. D., 



of Warner Observatory, Rochester, N. Y. 

 ASTRONOMICAL PROGRESS AND DISCOVERY. 



Prof. Louis von Eltz. 

 Music, RECENT PROGRESS OF. 



Arthur Dudley Vinton. 

 EARTHQUAKES, 



RAILROAD ACCIDENTS, LAW OF, 

 and other articles. 



Newell B. Woodworth. 



SNOW-SHOEING. 



William J. Youmans, M. D. 

 CHEMISTRY, 

 PHYSIOLOGY, 

 and other articles. 



The Illustrations were drawn ly JACQUES REICH AND EDWARD L. CHICHESTER. 



