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 CONTRIBUTORS. 



tThe Right Honourable Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH, M.P. 

 tThe Right Rev. The Lord Bishop of Cloyiie. 

 tSir WALTER SCOTT, Bart. 



tJOHN FREDERICK WILLIAM HERSCHEL, Esq. 

 tTHOMAS MOORE, Esq. 

 tJ- B. BIOT, Member of the French Institute. 

 tROBERT SOUTHEY, Esq. Poet Laureate. 

 tThe Baron CHARLES DUPIN, Member of the Royal Institute and Chamber 



of Deputies. 



THOMAS CAMPBELL, Esq. fDAVID BREWSTER, LL.D. 



tJ. C. L. SISMONDI, of Geneva. fT. B. MACAULEY, Esq. M.P. 

 Capt. HENRY KATER, Vice President of the Royal Society. 

 The ASTRONOMER ROYAL. S. T. COLERIDGE, Esq. 



tThe Right Hon. T. P. COURTENAY, M.P. 



DAVIES GILBERT, Esq., M.P. tJAMES MONTGOMERY, Esq. 

 J. J. BERZELIUS. of Stockholm, F.R.S., &C. 

 tThe Rev. G. R. GLEIG. 

 tT. PHILLIPS, Esq. Prof, of Painting, R.A. 

 tRev. C. THIRLWALL, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. 

 tANDREW URE, M.D. F.R.S., &c. &c. &c. &C. 



