FALCONRY. Col. E. DELMÉ RADCLIFFE, author of "Falconidae in India."

FALKLAND ISLANDS. Sir WYVILLE THOMSON, author of "The Challenger Expedition." FAMILY. Andrew Lang, M. A.

FAMINES. CORNELIUS WALFORD, author of "Famines of the World, Past and Present."

FARADAY. J. CLERK MAXWELL, late Prof. of Experi mental Physics, Cambridge.

FARNESE. T. M'K. WoOD.

FARQUHAR. R. CARRUTHERS, LL.D.

FARRAGUT. J. K. LAUGHTON, Royal Naval College
Greenwich.

FASTING. Rev. J. SUTHERLAND BLACK, M.A.
FAUSTUS. RICHARD GARNETT, LL.D.

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. Prof. DANIEL WILSON,
Toronto.

FEHMIC COURTS. H. J. E. FRASER, M.A.
FÉNELON. Very Rev. Principal TULLOCH.

FENIANS. W. K. SULLIVAN, President of Queen's
College, Cork.

FERGHANA. COUTTS TROTTER.

FERMENTATION. Prof. DITTMAR, Glasgow.

FERNS. W. T. THISELTON DYER and J. G. BAKER. FEUDALISM. Sir J. H. RAMSAY, Bart., of Bamff. FEUERBACH, L. A. R. GARNETT.

FEUERBACH, P. J. A. W. L. R. CATES, joint editor of "Dictionary of Chronology."

FEVER. J. O. AFFLECK, M. D.

FEZ. O. B. NORMAN.

FEZZAN. KEITH JOHNSTON.

FICHTE. Prof. ADAMSON, Owens College, Manchester. FICINO. J. A. SYMONDS, author of "Renaissance in Italy."

FIELDING. Prof. W. MINTO, author of "Characteristics of the English Poets."

FIESOLE. W. M. ROSSETTI, author of "Fine Art, chiefly Contemporary.'

FIFE (COUNTY), T. F. HENDERSON.

FIG. C. PIERPOINT JOHNSON, editor of Sowerby's "Wild Flowers."

FIJI ISLANDS. COUTTS TROTTER,
FILELFO. J. A. SYMONDS.

FILIGREE. J. H. POLLEN, author of "Furniture and
Woodwork."

FILLMORE, MILLARD. G. E. ELLIS, D.D., Boston.
FILTER. A. B. MACDOWALL.

FINANCE. J. E THOROLD ROGERS, M. P., Professor
of Economic Science, King's College, London.
FINE ARTS. SIDNEY COLVIN, Slade Professor of Fine
Art, Cambridge.

FINLAND. J. S. KELTIE.

FIR. C. PIERPOINT JOHNSON.

FIRDOUSI. E. H. PALMER, late Lord Almoner's Professor of Arabic, Cambridge.

FIRE. ELIE RECLUS.

CONTENTS.

FLINT (COUNTY). Rev. Prebendary DAVIES. FLORENCE. Misses HORNER, authors of "Walks through Florence."

"

FLORIDA. S. A. DRAKE,"

FLOUR. JAMES PATÓN.

FLYING FISH. ALBERT GÜNTHER, M.D., Ph.D., F.R.S., British Museum.

FOOTBALL. H. F. WILKINSON, one of the editors of the "Field."

FOOTE. A. W. WARD, Professor of English Litera ture, Owens College, Manchester.

FORAMINIFERA. Dr W. B. CARPENTER, C. B.
FORBES, J. D. A. ADAMS REILLY

FORD, JOHN. Prof. A. W. WARD.

FORESTS. Dr H. CLEGHORN, author of "Forests and Gardens of South India."

-FORGE. D. A. AIRD, editor of the "Forge and Lathe." FORTIFICATION. Col. Sir CHARLES NUGENT, R.E.

Ordnance Committee.

FOSCOLO. J. MONTGOMERY STUART.
FOSTER. T. F. HENDERSON.

FOUNDLING HOSPITALS. W. C. SMITH, LL.B.
FOUQUÉ. Miss FLORA MASSON.

FOX. J. GIBSON, Industrial Museum, Edinburgh.
FOX, CHARLES JAMES. W. FRASER RAE.
FRANCE-

GEOGRAPHY. HENRI GAUSSERON.

HISTORY. Very Rev. Dean KITCHIN, author of

FRANCKEN. J. A. CROWE, author of "Painting in Italy."

FRANKFORT. H. A. WEBSTER.

FRANKINCENSE. F. H. BUTLER, M.A.

FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. Hon. JOHN BIGELOW, New
York.

FRANKLIN, SIR JOHN. J. S. KELTIE
FRANKS. Very Rev. Dean KITCHIN.

FRAUD: EDMUND ROBERTSON, LL.D., M.P., Professor of Roman Law, University College, London. FREDERICK THE GREAT. JAMES SIME, M.A., author of "History of Germany."

FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. Rev. J. SUTHER
LAND BLACK, M. A.

FREEMASONRY. W. C. SMITH, LL.B.
FREE TRADE. Prof. THOROLD ROGERS.
FREILIGRATH. Miss F. MASSON.

FRESCO. C. HEATH WILSON, author of "Life and
Works of Michelangelo."

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.

E. W. BRABROOK.

FROEBEL. Rev. R. H. QUICK, author of "Essays on Educational Reformers."

FROG. JOHN GIBSON.

FROISSART. WALTER BESANT, author of French
Humorists from 12th to 19th Century."

FUEL. H. BAUERMAN, Royal School of Mines.
FULLER, THOMAS. J. E. BAILEY.

FUNCTION. A. CAYLEY, Sadlerian Professor of Pure
Mathematics, Cambridge.

FUNERAL RITES, JOHN RAE.

FUNGUS. GEORGE MURRAY, Botanical Department,
British Museum.

FUR. M. M. BACKUS, New York.
FURNACE. H. BAUERMAN.
FURNITURE. J. H. POLLEN.
FUST. Rev. PONSONBY A. LYONS,

1