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DEAD SEA. J. L. PORTER, LL.D., D.D., Professor of Biblical Criticism, Belfast. DEAF AND DUMB. ALFRED LARGE. DECALOGUE. Prof. ROBERTSON SMITH. DEFOE. GEORGE SAINTSBURY. DEISM. D. PATRICK DELHI. W. AV. HUNTER, LL.D. DELUGE. Rev. T. K. CHEYNE, M.A. DEMONOLOGY. E. B. TYLOR, LL.D. DE MORGAN. W. S. JEVONS, F.R.S., Professor of Political Economy, University College, London. DEMOSTHENES. Prof. R. C. JEBB. DENMARK. E. W. GOSSE, Translator, H.M. Board of Trade, London. DENTISTRY. Dr JOHN SMITH. DE QUINCEY. J. R. FINDLAY. DERBY, EARL OF. W. BROWNING SMITH. DESCARTES. WILLIAM WALLACE, LL.D. DEVONSHIRE. R. J. KING. DIAGRAMS. Prof. J. CLERK MAXWELL. DIALLING. H. GODFRAY, late Fellow of St John s College, Cambridge. DIAMOND. Prof. JAMES NICOL. DIATOMACE^E. Rev. EUGENE O MEARA, M.A. DICKENS. Prof. MINTO, Aberdeen University. DICTIONARY. Rev. PONSONBY A. LYONS. DIDEROT. JOHN MOIILEY. DIETETICS. Dr T. K. CHAMBERS, Author of &quot;Manual of Diet&quot; DIFFUSION. Prof. CLERK MAXWELL. DIGESTIVE ORGANS. Prof. WILLIAM TURNER. DIPLOMATICS. E. A. BOND, Principal Librarian of the British Museum. DIPTERA. E. C. RYE, Fellow of the Zoological Society. DIPHTHERIA. Dr J. 0. AFFLECK. DISTILLATION. Prof. DITTMAR and JAMES PATON. DISTRIBUTION. A. R. WALLACE and W. T. T. DYER. DIVING. DAVID STEVENSON, C.E. DIVORCE. Prof. ED. ROBERTSON. DOCKYARDS. F. W. ROWSELL. DODO. Prof. ALFRED NEWTON. DOG. JOHN GIBSON. DOGMATIC. J. S. CANDLTSH, D.D., Professor of Divinity, Free Church College, Glasgow. DOME. Sir EDMUND BECKETT, Bart., Q.C. DOMESDAY BOOK. A. C. EWALD, Public Record Office, London. DORIANS. Rev. Sir GEORGE W. Cox, Bart DRAGON FLY. R. M LACHLAN, F.R.S. DRAMA. A. W. WARD, Professor of English Literature, Owens College, Manchester. DRAUGHTS. HENRY JONES. DRAWING. P. G. HAMERTON, Author of &quot;Thoughts about Art.&quot; DREAM. JAMES SULLY, M.A. DREDGE. Prof. Sir WYVILLE THOMSON, Author of &quot;The Voyage of the Challenger.&quot; DREDGING. DAVID STEVENSON, C.E. DROWNING. Dr HENRY D. LITTLEJOHN. DRUIDISM. JAMES MACDONALD, LL.D. DRUNKENNESS. Dr GEORGE W. BALFOTTR. DRUSES. H. A. WEBSTER. DRYDEN. Prof. MINTO. DUBLIN. E. T. LEFROY, late of Freeman s Journal, DUDEVANT. FRANCIS STORR, M. A. [Dublin. DUEL. FRANCIS STORR, M.A. DUMAS. PERCY FITZGERALD, Author of &quot; Romance of the English Stage.&quot; DUNDONALD. W. BROWNING SMITH. DURER. Prof. SIDNEY COLVIN. DURHAM. Rev. J. T. FOWLER, M.A., Hebrew Lecturer, University of Durham. DWARF. JOHN DORAN, Ph.D. DYCE. W. M. ROSSETTI. DYEING. CHARLES O NEILL, Author of &quot; Chemistry of Calico Printing and Dyeing.&quot; DYNAMICS. WM. GARNETT, M.A., St John s College, Cambridge. EAGLE. Prof. ALFRED NEWTON, F.R.S. EAR. J. G. M KENDRICK, Professor of Institutes of Medicine, University of Glasgow. EARTH (FIGURE OF). Col. A. R, CLARKE, R.E., F.R.S. EARTHQUAKE. F. W. RUDLER. EASTER. Rev. Canon VENABLES. ECART& HENRY JONES. ECCLESIASTES. Rev. C. D. GINSBTJRO, LL.D., Author of &quot; Commentary on Ecclesiastes. &quot; ECHINODERMATA. F. H. BUTLER, M.A. ECUADOR. H. A. WEBSTER. EDGE WORTH. THOMAS GILRAY, M.A. EDINBURGH. Prof. DANIEL WILSON. EDMUND, ST. W. L. R. GATES. EDUCATION. OSCAR BROWNING, M.A., Fellow of King s College, Cambridge. EFFIGIES. Rev. CHARLES BOUTELL. EGYPT. REGINALD STUART POOLE, British Museum. EISTEDDFOD. RICHARD WILLIAMS. ELASTICITY. Sir WM. THOMSON, F.R.S., Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Glasgow.