SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL WORKS. 



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Tenth Annual Issue. Now Ready. 

 THE OFFICIAL YEAR-BOOK 



OF THE 



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Comprising (together with other Official Information] LISTS of the 

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 and EDINBURGH, the ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY, the BRITISH 

 ASSOCIATION, and all the LEADING SOCIETIES throughout the 

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IX. Medicine. 



12. Literature. 



13. Psychology. 



14. Archaeology. 



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