CONTRIBUTIONS 



^TATUEAL HISTOEY 



AKD 



PAPERS ON OTHER SUBJECTS. 



BY JAMES .SIMSON. 



Beware 



Of entrance to a quarrel ; but, being in, 

 Bear it, that the opposer may beware of thee. 



This above all, to thine ownself be true." 



SHAKSPEARE. 



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JAMES MILLER, PUBLISHER, 

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1878. 

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