THE RE-ISSUE OF 
The Dictionary 
of 
National Biography 
Edited by Sir LESLIE STEPHEN and Sir SIDNEY LEE. 
ON THIN PAPER 
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THE Dictionary contains 30,378 separate Articles, in 30,500 
Pages, all, whether short or long, prepared by Specialists of 
literary experience in very varied branches of knowledge. 
The exhaustive character of the work may be judged from the 
fact that it contains Biographies of 199 persons bearing the 
surname Smith (Smith, Smyth, or Smythe), and of 135 persons bearing 
the surname Jones. Stewart (Steuart, Steward, Stewart, or Stuart) is the 
title of 113 Memoirs; Hamilton of 107 Memoirs; Brown (Broun, 
Brown, or Browne) of 114; Clark (Clarke, Clerk, or Clerke) of 106 ; 
Moore (Moor, Moore, or More) of 89 ; Taylor (or Tayler) of 86 ; 
Douglas (or Douglass) of 85 ; Scott (or Scot) of 83 ; Greyjor Gray) 
of 81 ; Williams of 81 ; Gordon of 80; Wilson (or Willson) of 80; 
Thompson (or Thomson, Tomson, and Tompson) of 79 ; Campbell of 
76 ; Murray of 72 ; Davies (or Davis) of 73 ; Howard of 67 ; and 
Robinson of 65. There are 407 names beginning with the prefix Mac-; 
222 names beginning with the prefix O* ; and 1 37 beginning with the 
prefix Fitz-. 
In 22 Volumes, instead of 66. Every Word Reprinted. 
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For Contents of the Volumes see next page. 
