of the miscellaneous department, did not receive its proper meed of reputation till disengaged and re-issued in a separate shape. A great portion of the Cyclopædia was, as it were, dug out of the ruins and re-issued in separate volumes by fresh publishers who acquired the property of the work, and thus distinctly recognised it as a mere quarry of valuable materials. The Metropolitana' ran to twenty-nine quarto volumes, and was finished in 1845." "Chambers's Encyclopædia," issued in ten royal octavo volumes between 1859-1868, is correctly described on the title-page as a "Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People." It was founded on the German "Conversations Lexicon" of Brockhaus; but, under the skilful editorship of Dr. Andrew Findlater, who gathered round him an excellent body of contributors, it turned out something much better than a mere adaptation. For profound or exhaustive information larger encyclopædias must be consulted; but even the possessors of these find "Chambers's" very convenient on account of the ease with which it may be consulted, and the terse way in which information on the subjects dealt with is summed up.

INDEX OF AUTHORS.