LIST OF COLLABORATORS 
EDITOR-IN-CHIKF, 
WILLIAM IX WHITNEY, PH. D., LL. D. 
MANAGING EDITOR, 
BENJAMIN E. SMITH, A. M. 
EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS, 
FRANKLIN H. HOOPER, A. B. JOHN W. PALMER, M. D. 
ROBERT LILLEY, M. R. A. S. CHARLES P. G. SCOTT, PH. D. 
THOMAS W. LUDLOW, A. M. FRANCIS A. TEALL, A. M. 
KATHARINE B. WOOD. 
AUSTIN ABBOTT, LL. D. 
Law; Legal and Political Institutions. 
LYMAN ABBOTT, D. D. 
Theology; Liturgies; Ecclesiastical 
History. 
CHARLES BARNARD, 
Tools and Machines. 
ALBERT S. BOLLES, PH. D. 
Professor of Mercantile Law and Practice 
in the Wharton School of Finance and 
Economy, University of Pennsylvania. 
Commerce; Finance. 
ELLIOTT COUES, M. D., PH. D. 
Late Professor of Anatomy in the National 
Medical College. 
General Zoology; Biology; Compar- 
ative Anatomy. 
EDWARD S. DANA, PH. D. 
Assistant Professor of Natural Philosophy 
in Yale University. 
Physics; Mineralogy. 
ISAAC W. DRUMMOND, E. M., PH. D. 
Pigments; Dyes; Dyeing, etc. 
THEODORE N. GILL, M. D., PH. D. 
Professor of Zoology in the Columbian Uni- 
versity. 
Ichthyology; Conchology. 
FRANCIS M. GREEN, COM'R U. S. N. 
Naval and Nautical Terms. 
JAMES A. HARRISON, LlTT. D., LL. D. 
Professor of English and Modern Languages 
in Washington and Lee University. 
Contributions to the Etymologies (in 
the last Quarter of the Alphabet). 
]. FRANKLIN JAMESON, PH. D. 
Professor of History in Brown University. 
History of the United States. 
EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS, 
EDWARD H. JENKINS, PH. D. 
Vice-Director of the Connecticut Agricultural 
Experiment Station. 
Chemistry. 
FRANK H. KNOWLTON, S. M. 
Professor of Botany in the Columbian Uni- 
versity and Assistant Curator of Botany, 
U. S. National Museum. 
Cryptogamic Botany, H-Z. 
GEORGE F. KUNZ, 
Gems; Lapidary Work. 
THOMAS R. LOUNSBURY, A. M. 
Professor of English in the Sheffield Scientific 
School, Yale University. 
Middle English (Chaucer). 
THOMAS W. LUDLOW, A. M. 
Architecture; Sculpture; Greek and 
Roman Archaology. 
DAVID A. LYLE, CAPT. U. S. A. 
Military Terms. 
THOMAS C. MENDENHALL, 
PH. D..LL. D. 
President of Rose Polytechnic Institute. 
Electricity. 
CHARLES S. PEIRCE, S. B., A. M. 
Late Lecturer on Logic at the Johns Hop- 
kins University, and of the U. S. Coast 
and Geodetic Survey. 
Logic; Metaphysics; Mathematics; 
Mechanics; Astronomy; Weights 
and Measures. 
CHARLES C. PERKINS, A. B. (Deceased.) 
Painting; Engraving; Etching. 
WALDO S. PRATT, A. M. 
Professor of Worship, Hymnology, and 
Sacred Music in the Hartford Theo- 
logical Seminary. 
Music. 
CHARLES P. G. SCOTT, PH. D. 
Etymologies. 
ARTHUR B. SEYMOUR, S. M. 
Assistant in the Cryptogamic Herbarium, 
Harvard University. 
Cryptogamic Botany, A-G. 
RUSSELL STURGIS, A. M. 
Late Professor of Architecture and the Arts 
of Design in the College of the City of 
New York. 
Decorative Art; Ceramics; Medie- 
val Archaology; Heraldry; Cos- 
tumes. 
JAMES K. THACHER, M. D. 
Professor of Physiology and Clinical Medi- 
cine in Yale University. 
Physiology; Medicine; Surgery; 
Human Anatomy; Histology. 
ROBERT H. THURSTON, 
A. M., Doc. ENG. 
Director of Sibley College, Cornell Uni- 
versity. 
General Technology. 
LESTER F. WARD, A. M., LL. B. 
Geologist, U. S. Geological Survey; Honor- 
ary Curator of Botany and Fossil Plants, 
U. S. National Museum. 
Botany, H-Z. 
SERENO WATSON, PH. D. 
Curator of the Herbarium, Harvard Uni- 
versity. 
Botany, A-G. 
HENRY M. WHITNEY, A. M. 
Professor of English Literature in Beloit 
College. 
Synonyms. 
JOSIAH D. WHITNEY, LL. D. 
Professor of Geology, Harvard University. 
Geology; Lithology; Mining; Metals 
and Metallurgy; Physical Geogra- 
phy; Fossil Botany. 
WILLIAM D. WHITNEY, PH. D., LL. D. 
Professor of Comparative Philology and San- 
skrit in Yale University. 
Spelling; Pronunciation; Gram- 
mar; Comparative Philology; 
Ethnology; Anthropology. 
DEPARTMENT OF ILLUSTRATIONS, 
WILLIAM LEWIS FRASER. 
