MODERN METHUSELAHS

OR,

SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

OF

A few advanced Nonagenarians or actual Centenarians who were
distinguished in Art, Science, Literature, or Philanthropy.

ALSO,

BRIEF NOTICES OF SOME INDIVIDUALS REMARKABLE
CHIEFLY FOR THEIR LONGEVITY.

BY

JOHN BURN BAILEY.

With an Entroductory Chapter on "Long-Lasting."

LONDON: CHAPMAN AND HALL,

LIMITED.

1888.

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This Dolume is dedicated,

WITHOUT PERMISSION,

TO THE

LORD MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF LONDON

IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE OCCASIONAL

HELP WHICH ITS COMPILER DERIVED FROM THE GUILDHALL LIBRARY

A NOBLE INSTITUTION,

TESTIFYING TO THE ENLIGHTENED LIBERALITY OF THE CORPORATION.