THE FERNLEY LECTURE OF 1887. BY W. H. DALLINGER, LL.D., F.R.S. Seventh Thousand. LONDON: T. WOOLMER, 2, Castle Street, City Road, E.C., and 66, Paternoster Row, E.C. 1887. TO JAMES S. BUDGETT, Esq. , IN REMEMBRANCE OF A FRIENDSHIP WHICH HAS INFLUENCED BENEFICENTLY MUCH OF HIS LIFE AND WORK; THIS LITTLE VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR....

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