: : THE LIFE OF I I 

 SIR JOSEPH BANKS 



PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY 

 WITH SOME NOTICES OF HIS 

 FRIENDS AND CONTEMPORARIES 

 & BY EDWARD SMITH, F.R.H.S. 

 WITH A PHOTOGRAVURE FRONTISPIECE 

 AND SIXTEEN OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS 



LONDON : JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD 



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