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Report on Animal Magnetism: +++ +++++s++eeeeeeeees 127 
Election of Bailly into the Academy of Inscriptions.... 155 
Report on the Hospitals- eT rrr Te cst ee 157 
Report on the Slfughter-Houses-+++++++++++erreeseee 165 
Biographies of Cook and of Gresset:++++++++++++++ee5 167 
Assembly of the Notables.—Bailly is named First Deputy 
of Paris; and soon after Dean or Senior of the Depu- 
ties of the Communes-++-++e+eeeereeee creer eeeeens 169 
Bailly becomes Mayor of Paris—Scarcity—Marat de- 
clares himself inimical to the Mayor.—Events of the 
Pr 6 a aD Se eR IACI GI < 179 
A Glance at the Posthumous Memoir of Bailly----- «++ 198 
Examination of Bailly’s Administration as Mayor-:----- 195 
The King’s Flight.—Events on the Champ de Mars: ---- 206 
Bailly quits the Mayoralty the 12th of November, 1791. 
—The Eschevins—Examination of the Reproaches 
that might be addressed to the Mayor: --++-++++++++ 211 
Bailly’s Journey from Paris to Nantes, and then from 
Nantes to Mélun.—His Arrest in this last Town.—He 
is transferred to Paris----- as ob a's OA 5 c0.0'o hea ee hee 217 
Bailly is called as a Witness in the Trial of the Queen.— 
His own Trial before the Revolutionary Tribunal.— 
His Condemnation to Death—His Execution.—Imag- 
inary Details added by ill-informed Historians to what 
that odious and frightful Event already presented..... 225 
Portrait of Bailly —His Wife. ---++-+++++eesresseees 250 
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HERSCHEL. — 
Personal History Se Se Sel CIS eee eee 958 
Chronological Table of the Memoirs of William Herschel 266 
Improvements in the Means of Observation-+++++++++: 271 
Labours in Sidereal Astronomy~++-+++++++seerseeeees 285 
