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Historical Works.

LORD MACAULAY’S WORKS. Complete and Uniform Library Edition. Edited by his Sister, Lady Trevelyan. 8 vols. 8vo. with Portrait, price £5 5s. cloth, or £8 8s. bound in tree-calf by Rivière.

The HISTORY of ENGLAND from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. By James Anthony Froude, M.A. late Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford. Vols. I. to X. in 8vo. price £7 2s. cloth.

Vols. I. to IV. the Reign of Henry VIII. Third Edition, 54s.

Vols. V. and VI. the Reigns of Edward VI. and Mary. Third Edition, 28s.

Vols. VII. and VIII. the Reign of Elizabeth, Vols. I. and II. Fourth Edition, 28s.

Vols. IX. and X. the Reign of Elizabeth, Vols. III. and IV. 32s.

The HISTORY of ENGLAND from the Accession of James II. Lord Macaulay.

Library Edition, 5 vols. 8vo. £4.

REVOLUTIONS in ENGLISH HISTORY. By Robert Vaughan, D.D. 3 vols. 8vo. 30s.

The GOVERNMENT of ENGLAND: its Structure and its Development. By William Edward Hearn, LL.D. Professor of History and Political Economy in the University of Melbourne. 8vo. 14s.

PLUTOLOGY; or, the Theory of the Efforts to Satisfy Human Wants. By the same Author. 8vo. 14s.

On PARLIAMENTARY GOVERNMENT in ENGLAND: Its Origin, Development, and Practical Operation. By Alpheus Todd, Librarian of the Legislative Assembly of Canada. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. 8vo. 16s.

The CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY of ENGLAND, since the Accession of George III. 1760–1860. By Sir Thomas Erskine May, C.B. Second Edition. 2 vols. 8vo. 33s.

CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY of the BRITISH EMPIRE from the Accession of Charles I. to the Restoration. By G. Brodie, Esq. Historiographer-Royal of Scotland. Second Edition. 3 vols. 8vo. 36s.

HISTORICAL STUDIES. By Henry Merivale, M.A. 8vo. price 12. 6d.

The OXFORD REFORMERS of 1498; being a History of the Fellow-work of John Colet, Erasmus, and Thomas More. By Frederic Seebohm. 8vo. 12s.

LECTURES on the HISTORY of ENGLAND. By William Longman. Vol. I. from the Earliest Times to the Death of King Edward II. with 6 Maps, a coloured Plate, and 53 Woodcuts. 8vo. 15s.

DEMOCRACY in AMERICA. By Alexis De Tocqueville. Translated by Henry Reeve, with an Introductory Notice by the Translator. 2 vols. 8vo. 21s.

The SPANISH CONQUEST in AMERICA, and its Relation to the History of Slavery and to the Government of Colonies. By Arthur Helps. 4 vols. 8vo. £3. Vols. I. and II. 28s. Vols. III. and IV. 16s. each.

HISTORY of the REFORMATION in EUROPE in the Time of Calvin. By J. H. Merle D’Aubigné, D.D. Vols. I. and II. 8vo. 28s. and Vol. III. 12s. Vol. IV. 16s.

HISTORY of FRANCE, from Clovis and Charlemagne to the Accession of Napoléon III. By Eyre Evans Crowe. 5 vols. 8vo. £4 13s.

LECTURES on the HISTORY of FRANCE. By the late Sir James Stephen, LL.D. 2 vols. 8vo. 24s.

The HISTORY of GREECE. By C. Thirlwall, D.D. Lord Bishop of St. David’s. 8 vols. fcp. 8vo. price 28s.

The TALE of the GREAT PERSIAN WAR, from the Histories of Herodotus. By George W. Cox, M.A. Fcp. 7s. 6d.

GREEK HISTORY from Themistocles to Alexander, in a Series of Lives from Plutarch. Revised and arranged by A. H. Clough. Fcp. with 44 Woodcuts, 6s.

CRITICAL HISTORY of the LANGUAGE and LITERATURE of Ancient Greece. By William Mure, of Caldwell. 5 vols. 8vo. £3 9s.

HISTORY of the LITERATURE of ANCIENT GREECE. By Professor K. O. Müller. Translated by the Right Hon. Sir George Cornewall Lewis, Bart. and by J. W. Donaldson, D.D. 3 vols. 8vo. 21s.

HISTORY of the CITY of ROME from its Foundation to the Sixteenth Century of the Christian Era. By Thomas H. Dyer, LL.D. 8vo. with 2 Maps, 15s.

HISTORY of the FRENCH in INDIA, from the Founding of Pondichery in 1674 to its Capture in 1761. By Major G. B. Malleson, Bengal Staff Corps. 8vo. 16s.

CRITICAL and HISTORICAL ESSAYS contributed to the Edinburgh Review. By the Right Hon. Lord Macaulay.

Library Edition, 3 vols. 8vo. 36s.

Pocket Edition, 3 vols. fcp. 21s.

The PAPAL DRAMA: an Historical Essay, wherein the Story of the Popedom of Rome is narrated from its Origin to the Present Time. By Thomas H. Gill. 8vo. 12s.

GOD in HISTORY; or, the Progress of Man’s Faith in the Moral Order of the World. By the late Baron Bunsen. Translated from the German by Susanna Winkworth; with a Preface by Dean Stanley. In Three Volumes. Vols. I. and II. 8vo. 30s.

HISTORY of the RISE and INFLUENCE of the SPIRIT of RATIONALISM in EUROPE. By W. E. H. Lecky, M.A. Third Edition, revised. 2 vols. 8vo. 25s.

The HISTORY of PHILOSOPHY, from Thales to Comte. By George Henry Lewes. Third Edition. 2 vols. 8vo. 30s.

EGYPT’S PLACE in UNIVERSAL HISTORY; an Historical Investigation. By Baron Bunsen, D.C.L. Translated by C. H. Cottrell, M.A. With Additions by S. Birch, LL.D. 5 vols. 8vo. price £8 14s. 6d.

MAUNDER’S HISTORICAL TREASURY; comprising a General Introductory Outline of Universal History, and a series of Separate Histories. Latest Edition, carefully revised throughout and brought down by the Rev. G. W. Cox, M.A. late Scholar of Trinity College, Oxford. Fcp. 10s.

HISTORY of the CHRISTIAN CHURCH, from the Ascension of Christ to the Conversion of Constantine. By E. Burton, D.D. late Prof. of Divinity in the Univ. of Oxford. Eighth Edition. Fcp. 3s. 6d.

HISTORY of the EARLY CHURCH, from the First Preaching of the Gospel to the Council of Nicæa. A.D. 325. By Elizabeth M. Sewell, Author of ‘Amy Herbert.’ Fcp. 4s. 6d.

The ENGLISH REFORMATION. By F. C. Massingberd, M.A. Chancellor of Lincoln and Rector of South Ormsby. Fourth Edition, revised. Fcp. 8vo. 7s. 6d.


Biography and Memoirs.

Dictionary of GENERAL BIOGRAPHY; containing Concise Memoirs and Notices of the most Eminent Persons of all Countries, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time. Edited by W. L. R. Cates. 8vo. 21s.

MEMOIRS of Sir PHILIP FRANCIS, K.C.B. with Correspondence and Journals. Commenced by the late Joseph Parkes; completed and edited by Herman Merivale, M.A. 2 vols. 8vo. with Portrait and Facsimiles, 30s.

A MEMOIR of BARON BUNSEN, late Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary of the King of Prussia at the British Court. Extracted from Family Sources by his Widow, Baroness Bunsen. With Two Portraits and several Lithographic Views. 2 vols. 8vo. 42s.

EXTRACTS of the JOURNALS and CORRESPONDENCE of MISS Berry, from the Year 1783 to 1852. Edited by Lady Theresa Lewis. Second Edition, with 3 Portraits. 3 vols. 8vo. 42s.

Rome; its Rulers and its Institutions. By the same Author. New Edition nearly ready.

LIFE of PASTOR FLIEDNER, Founder of the Deaconesses’ Institution at Kaiserswerth. Translated from the German by Catherine Winkworth. Fcp. 8vo. with Portrait, 3s. 6d.

LIFE of FRANZ SCHUBERT, translated from the German of Keitzle Von Hellborn by Arthur Duke Coleridge, M.A. late Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge.

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MAUNDER’S BIOGRAPHICAL TREASURY. Thirteenth Edition, reconstructed, thoroughly revised, and in great part rewritten; with about 1,000 additional Memoirs and Notices, by W. L. R. Cates. Fcp. 10s. 6d.

LETTERS and LIFE of FRANCIS BACON, including all his Occasional Works. Collected and edited, with a Commentary, by J. Spedding, Trin. Coll. Cantab. Vols. I. and II. 8vo. 24s.


Criticism, Philosophy, Polity, &c.

The institutes of JUSTINIAN; with English Introduction, Translation, and Notes. By T. C. Sandars, M.A. Barrister, late Fellow of Oriel Coll. Oxon. Third Edition. 8vo. 15s.

The ETHICS of ARISTOTLE, illustrated with Essays and Notes. By Sir A. Grant, Bart. M.A. LL.D. Second Edition, revised and completed. 2 vols. 8vo. price 28s.

English Synonymes. Edited by Archbishop Whately. 5th Edition. Fcp. 3s.

BACON’S ESSAYS with ANNOTATIONS. By R. Whately, D.D. late Archbishop of Dublin. Sixth Edition. 8vo. 10s. 6d.

LORD BACON’S WORKS, collected and edited by R. L. Ellis, M.A. J. Spedding, M.A. and D. D. Heath. Vols. I. to V. Philosophical Works, 5 vols. 8vo. £4 6s. Vols. VI. and VII. Literary and Professional Works, 2 vols. £1 16s.

A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive. By the same Author. Seventh Edition. Two vols. 8vo. 25s.

Utilitarianism. By the same Author. Second Edition. 8vo. 5s.

Dissertations and Discussions, Political, Philosophical, and Historical. By the same Author. Second Edition, revised. 3 vols. 8vo. 36s.

Examination of Sir W. Hamilton’s Philosophy, and of the Principal Philosophical Questions discussed in his Writings. By the same Author. Third Edition. 8vo. 16s.

The ELEMENTS of POLITICAL ECONOMY. By Henry Dunning Macleod, M.A. Barrister-at-Law. 8vo. 16s.

A Dictionary of Political Economy; Biographical, Bibliographical, Historical, and Practical. By the same Author. Vol. I. royal 8vo. 30s.

SPEECHES on PARLIAMENTARY REFORM, delivered in the House of Commons by the Right Hon. B. Disraeli (1848–1866). Edited by Montagu Corry, B.A. Second Edition. 8vo. 12s.

A DICTIONARY of the ENGLISH LANGUAGE. By R. G. Latham, M.A. M.D. F.R.S. Founded on the Dictionary of Dr. S. Johnson, as edited by the Rev. H. J. Todd, with numerous Emendations and Additions. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. 4to. in Two Parts, price £3 10s. In course of publication, also, in 36 Parts, price 3s. 6d. each.

LECTURES on the SCIENCE of LANGUAGE, delivered at the Royal Institution. By Max Müller, M.A. Taylorian Professor in the University of Oxford. First Series, Fifth Edition, 12s. Second Series, 18s.

The DEBATER; a Series of Complete Debates, Outlines of Debates, and Questions for Discussion. By F. Rowton. Fcp. 6s.

A COURSE of ENGLISH READING, adapted to every taste and capacity; or, How and What to Read. By the Rev. J. Pycroft, B.A. Fourth Edition. Fcp. 5s.

HISTORICAL and CRITICAL COMMENTARY on the OLD TESTAMENT; with a New Translation. By M. M. Kalisch, Ph.D. Vol. I. Genesis, 8vo. 18s. or adapted for the General Reader, 12s. Vol. II. Exodus, 15s. or adapted for the General Reader, 12s. Vol. III. Leviticus, Part I. 15s. or adapted for the General Reader, 8s.

A Hebrew Grammar, with Exercises. By the same Author. Part I. Outlines with Exercises, 8vo. 12s. 6d. Key, 5s. Part II. Exceptional Forms and Constructions, 12s. 6d.

A LATIN-ENGLISH DICTIONARY. By J. T. White, D.D. of Corpus Christi College, and J. E. Riddle, M.A. of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford. Imperial 8vo. pp. 2,128, price 42s. cloth.

A New Latin-English Dictionary, abridged from the larger work of White and Riddle (as above), by J. T. White, D.D. Joint-Author. Medium 8vo. pp. 1,048, price 18s. cloth.

An ENGLISH-GREEK LEXICON, containing all the Greek Words used by Writers of good authority. By C. D. Yonge, B.A. Fifth Edition. 4to. 21s.

A GREEK-ENGLISH LEXICON. Compiled by H. G. Liddell, D.D. Dean of Christ Church, and R. Scott, D.D. Master of Balliol. Fifth Edition. Crown 4to. 31s. 6d.

A SANSKRIT-ENGLISH DICTIONARY, the Sanskrit words printed both in the original Devanagari and in Roman letters. Compiled by T. Benfey, Prof. in the Univ. of Göttingen. 8vo. 52s. 6d.

Contanseau’s Pocket Dictionary, French and English, abridged from the above by the Author. New Edition, revised. Square 18mo. 3s. 6d.


Miscellaneous Works and Popular Metaphysics.

Short studies on GREAT SUBJECTS. By James Anthony Froude, M.A., late Fellow of Exeter Coll. Oxford. Second Edition. 8vo. 12s.

LORD MACAULAY’S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS.

Library Edition. 2 vols. 8vo. Portrait, 21s.

Elementary Sketches of Moral Philosophy, delivered at the Royal Institution. By the Rev. Sydney Smith, M.A. Fourth Edition. Fcp. 6s.

EPIGRAMS, Ancient and Modern; Humorous, Witty, Satirical, Moral, and Panegyrical. Edited by Rev. John Booth, B.A. Cambridge. Second Edition, revised and enlarged. Fcp. 7s. 6d.

The PEDIGREE of the ENGLISH PEOPLE; an Argument, Historical and Scientific, on the Ethnology of the English. By Thomas Nicholas, M.A. Ph.D. 8vo. 16s.

The ENGLISH and THEIR ORIGIN: a Prologue to authentic English History. By Luke Owen Pike, M.A. Barrister-at-Law. 8vo. 9s.

ESSAYS selected from CONTRIBUTIONS to the Edinburgh Review. By Henry Rogers. Second Edition. 3 vols. fcp. 21s.

The Eclipse of Faith; or, a Visit to a Religious Sceptic. By the same Author. Twelfth Edition. Fcp. 5s.

Defence of the Eclipse of Faith, by its Author; a rejoinder to Dr. Newman’s Reply. Third Edition. Fcp. 3s. 6d.

CHIPS from a GERMAN WORKSHOP; being Essays on the Science of Religion, and on Mythology, Traditions, and Customs. By Max Müller, M.A. Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. 2 vols. 8vo. 21s.

An INTRODUCTION to MENTAL PHILOSOPHY, on the Inductive Method. By J. D. Morell, M.A. LL.D. 8vo. 12s.

The SECRET of HEGEL: being the Hegelian System in Origin, Principle, Form, and Matter. By J. H. Stirling. 2 vols. 8vo. 28s.

The SENSES and the INTELLECT. By Alexander Bain, M.A., Professor of Logic in the University of Aberdeen. Third Edition. 8vo. 15s.

The EMOTIONS and the WILL. By Alexander Bain, M.A. Professor of Logic in the University of Aberdeen. Second Edition. 8vo. 15s.

On the Study of Character, including an Estimate of Phrenology. By the same Author. 8vo. 9s.

TIME and SPACE: a Metaphysical Essay. By Shadworth H. Hodgson. 8vo. price 16s.

CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS and SCHOLARS; or, Sketches of Education from the Christian Era to the Council of Trent. By the Author of ‘The Three Chancellors,’ &c. 2 vols. 8vo. 30s.

The PHILOSOPHY of NECESSITY; or, Natural Law as applicable to Mental, Moral, and Social Science. By Charles Bray. Second Edition. 8vo. 9s.

The Education of the Feelings and Affections. By the same Author. Third Edition. 8vo. 3s. 6d.

On Force, its Mental and Moral Correlates. By the same Author. 8vo. 5s.


Astronomy, Meteorology, Popular Geography, &c.

Outlines of ASTRONOMY. By Sir J. F. W. Herschel, Bart. M.A. Ninth Edition, revised; with Plates and Woodcuts. 8vo. 18s.

SATURN and its SYSTEM. By Richard A. Proctor, B.A. late Scholar of St John’s Coll. Camb. 8vo. with 14 Plates, 14s.

Handbook of the Stars. By the same Author. With 3 Maps. Square fcp. 5s.

DOVE’S LAW of STORMS, considered in connection with the Ordinary Movements of the Atmosphere. Translated by R. H. Scott, M.A. T.C.D. 8vo. 10s. 6d.

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY for SCHOOLS and GENERAL READERS. By M. F. Maury, LL.D. Fcp. with 2 Charts, 2s. 6d.

A TREATISE on the ACTION of VIS INERTIÆ in the OCEAN; with Remarks on the Abstract Nature of the Forces of Vis Inertiæ and Gravitation, and a New Theory of the Tides. By William Leighton Jordan, F.R.G.S. With 12 Charts and Diagrams. 8vo. 14s.

M‘CULLOCH’S DICTIONARY, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical, of the various Countries, Places, and Principal Natural Objects in the World. New Edition, with the Statistical Information brought up to the latest returns by F. Martin. 4 vols. 8vo. with coloured Maps, £4 4s.

A GENERAL DICTIONARY of GEOGRAPHY, Descriptive, Physical, Statistical, and Historical: forming a complete Gazetteer of the World. By A. Keith Johnston, LL.D. F.R.G.S. Revised to July 1867. 8vo. 31s. 6d.

A MANUAL of GEOGRAPHY, Physical, Industrial, and Political. By W. Hughes, F.R.G.S. With 6 Maps. Fcp. 7s. 6d.

The STATES of the RIVER PLATE: their Industries and Commerce. By Wilfrid Latham, Buenos Ayres. Second Edition, revised. 8vo. 12s.

MAUNDER’S TREASURY of GEOGRAPHY, Physical, Historical, Descriptive, and Political. Edited by W. Hughes, F.R.G.S. With 7 Maps and 16 Plates. Fcp. 10s. 6d.


Natural History and Popular Science.

The elements of PHYSICS or NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. By Neil Arnott, M.D. F.R.S. Physician Extraordinary to the Queen. Sixth Edition, rewritten and completed. Two Parts, 8vo. 21s.

LIGHT: Its Influence on Life and Health. By Forbes Winslow, M.D. D.C.L. Oxon. (Hon.). Fcp. 8vo. 6s.

An ESSAY on DEW, and several Appearances connected with it. By W. C. Wells. Edited, with Annotations, by L. P. Casella, F.R.A.S. and an Appendix by R. Strachan, F.M.S. 8vo. 5s.

A TREATISE on ELECTRICITY, in Theory and Practice. By A. De la Rive, Prof. in the Academy of Geneva. Translated by C. V. Walker, F.R.S. 3 vols. 8vo. with Woodcuts, £3 13s.

The CORRELATION of PHYSICAL FORCES. By W. R. Grove, Q.C. V.P.R.S. Fifth Edition, revised, and followed by a Discourse on Continuity. 8vo. 10s. 6d. The Discourse on Continuity, separately, 2s. 6d.

MANUAL of GEOLOGY. By S. Haughton, M.D. F.R.S. Revised Edition, with 66 Woodcuts. Fcp. 7s. 6d.

A GUIDE to GEOLOGY. By J. Phillips, M.A. Professor of Geology in the University of Oxford. Fifth Edition, with Plates. Fcp. 4s.

VAN DER HOEVEN’S HANDBOOK of ZOOLOGY. Translated from the Second Dutch Edition by the Rev. W. Clark, M.D. F.R.S. 2 vols. 8vo. with 24 Plates of Figures, 60s.

Professor OWEN’S LECTURES on the COMPARATIVE ANATOMY and Physiology of the Invertebrate Animals. Second Edition, with 235 Woodcuts. 8vo. 21s.

The COMPARATIVE ANATOMY and PHYSIOLOGY of the VERTEBRATE Animals. By Richard Owen, F.R.S. D.C.L. 3 vols. 8vo. with above 1,200 Woodcuts. Vols. I. and II. price 21s. each. Vol. III. just ready.

The PRIMITIVE INHABITANTS of SCANDINAVIA: an Essay on Comparative Ethnography, and a Contribution to the History of the Development of Mankind. Containing a description of the Implements, Dwellings, Tombs, and Mode of Living of the Savages in the North of Europe during the Stone Age. By Sven Nilsson. Translated from the Third Edition; with an Introduction by Sir J. Lubbock. With 16 Plates of Figures and 3 Woodcuts. 8vo. 18s.

The LAKE DWELLINGS of SWITZERLAND and other parts of Europe. By Dr. F. Keller. Translated and arranged by J. E. Lee, F.S.A. F.G.S. With Woodcuts and nearly 100 Plates of Figures. Royal 8vo. 31s. 6d.

BIBLE ANIMALS; being an Account of the various Birds, Beasts, Fishes, and other Animals mentioned in the Holy Scriptures. By the Rev. J. G. Wood, M.A. F.L.S. Copiously illustrated with Original Designs, made under the Author’s superintendence and engraved on Wood. In course of publication monthly, to be completed in 20 Parts, price 1s. each, forming One Volume, uniform with ‘Homes without Hands.’

HOMES WITHOUT HANDS: a Description of the Habitations of Animals, classed according to their Principle of Construction. By Rev. J. G. Wood, M.A. F.L.S. With about 140 Vignettes on Wood (20 full size of page). Second Edition. 8vo. 21s.

MANUAL of CORALS and SEA JELLIES. By J. R. Greene, B.A. Edited by Joseph A. Galbraith, M.A. and Samuel Haughton, M.D. Fcp. with 39 Woodcuts, 5s.

Manual of Sponges and Animalculæ; with a General Introduction on the Principles of Zoology. By the same Author and Editors. Fcp. with 16 Woodcuts, 2s.

Manual of the Metalloids. By J. Apjohn, M.D. F.R.S. and the same Editors. Revised Edition. Fcp. with 38 Woodcuts, 7s. 6d.

The HARMONIES of NATURE and UNITY of CREATION. By Dr. George Hartwig. 8vo. with numerous Illustrations, 18s.

The Sea and its Living Wonders. By the same Author. Third (English) Edition. 8vo. with many Illustrations, 21s.

The Tropical World. By the same Author. With 8 Chromoxylographs and 172 Woodcuts. 8vo. 21s.

The POLAR WORLD; a Popular Account of Nature and Man in the Arctic and Antarctic Regions By the same Author. 8vo. with numerous Illustrations.

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A FAMILIAR HISTORY of BIRDS. By E. Stanley, D.D. F.R.S. late Lord Bishop of Norwich. Seventh Edition, with Woodcuts. Fcp. 3s. 6d.

CEYLON. By Sir J. Emerson Tennent, K.C.S. LL.D. Fifth Edition; with Maps, &c. and 90 Wood Engravings. 2 vols. 8vo. £2 10s.

The Wild Elephant, its Structure and Habits, with the Method of Taking and Training it in Ceylon. By the same Author. Fcp. 8vo. with 22 Woodcuts, 3s. 6d.

MAUNDER’S TREASURY of NATURAL HISTORY, or Popular Dictionary of Zoology. Revised and corrected by T. S. Cobbold, M.D. Fcp. with 900 Woodcuts. 10s.

The TREASURY of BOTANY, or Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; including a Glossary of Botanical Terms. Edited by J. Lindley, F.R.S. and T. Moore, F.L.S. assisted by eminent Contributors. Pp. 1,274, with 274 Woodcuts and 20 Steel Plates. 2 Parts, fcp. 20s.

The ELEMENTS of BOTANY for FAMILIES and SCHOOLS. Tenth Edition, revised by Thomas Moore, F.L.S. Fcp. with 154 Woodcuts, 2s. 6d.

The ROSE AMATEUR’S GUIDE. By Thomas Rivers. Twelfth Edition. Fcp. 4s.

LOUDON’S ENCYCLOPÆDIA of PLANTS; comprising the Specific Character, Description, Culture, History, &c. of all the Plants found in Great Britain. With upwards of 12,000 Woodcuts. 8vo. 42s.

Loudon’s Encyclopædia of Trees and Shrubs; containing the Hardy Trees and Shrubs of Great Britain scientifically and popularly described. With 2,000 Woodcuts. 8vo. 50s.

MAUNDER’S SCIENTIFIC and LITERARY TREASURY. New Edition, thoroughly revised and in great part re-written, with above 1,000 new Articles, by J. Y. Johnson, Corr. M.Z.S. Fcp. 10s. 6d.

A DICTIONARY of SCIENCE, LITERATURE, and ART. Fourth Edition, re-edited by W. T. Brande (the Author), and George W. Cox, M.A. assisted by contributors of eminent Scientific and Literary Acquirements. 3 vols. medium 8vo. price 63s. cloth.


Chemistry, Medicine, Surgery, and the Allied Sciences.

A Dictionary of CHEMISTRY and the Allied Branches of other Sciences: founded on that of the late Dr. Ure. By Henry Watts, F.C.S. assisted by eminent Contributors. Vol. I. 31s. 6d. Vol. II. 26s. Vol. III. 31s. 6d. Vol. IV. 24s. and Vol. V. 30s. Complete in 5 vols. medium 8vo. £7 3s.

ELEMENTS of CHEMISTRY, Theoretical and Practical. By William A. Miller, M.D. LL.D. F.R.S. F.G.S. Prof. of Chemistry, King’s Coll. London. 3 vols. 8vo. £3. Part I. Chemical Physics, 15s. Part II. Inorganic Chemistry, 21s. Part III. Organic Chemistry, 24s.

A MANUAL of CHEMISTRY, Descriptive and Theoretical. By William Odling, M.B. F.R.S. Part I. 8vo. 9s. Part II. just ready.

The DIAGNOSIS, PATHOLOGY, and TREATMENT of DISEASES of Women; including the Diagnosis of Pregnancy. By Graily Hewitt, M.D. Second Edition, enlarged; with 116 Woodcut Illustrations. 8vo. 24s.

LECTURES on the DISEASES of INFANCY and CHILDHOOD. By Charles West, M.D. &c. Fifth Edition, revised and enlarged. 8vo. 16s.

EXPOSITION of the SIGNS and SYMPTOMS of PREGNANCY: with other Papers on subjects connected with Midwifery. By W. F. Montgomery, M.A. M.D. M.R.I.A. 8vo. with Illustrations, 25s.

A SYSTEM of SURGERY, Theoretical and Practical. In Treatises by Various Authors. Edited by T. Holmes, M.A. Cantab. Assistant-Surgeon to St. George’s Hospital. 4 vols. 8vo. £4 13s.

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Vol. IV. Diseases of the Organs of Digestion, of the Genito-Urinary System, and of the Breast, Thyroid Gland, and Skin; with Appendix and General Index. 30s.

On the SURGICAL TREATMENT of CHILDREN’S DISEASES. By the same. With 9 Plates and 95 Woodcuts. 8vo. 21s.

LECTURES on the PRINCIPLES and PRACTICE of PHYSIC. By Thomas Watson, M.D. New Edition in preparation.

LECTURES on SURGICAL PATHOLOGY. By J. Paget, F.R.S. Edited by W. Turner, M.B. New Edition in preparation.

A TREATISE on the CONTINUED FEVERS of GREAT BRITAIN. By C. Murchison, M.D. 8vo. with coloured Plates, 18s.

ANATOMY, DESCRIPTIVE and SURGICAL. By Henry Gray, F.R.S. With 410 Wood Engravings from Dissections. Fourth Edition, by T. Holmes, M.A. Cantab. Royal 8vo. 28s.

PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY and PHYSIOLOGY of MAN. By the late R. B. Todd, M.D. F.R.S. and W. Bowman, F.R.S. of King’s College. With numerous Illustrations. Vol. II. 8vo. 25s.

Vol. I. New Edition by Dr. Lionel S. Beale, F.R.S. in course of publication; Part I. with 8 Plates, 7s. 6d.

COPLAND’S DICTIONARY of PRACTICAL MEDICINE, abridged from the larger work and throughout brought down to the present State of Medical Science. 8vo. 36s.

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