A Catalogue of Books
Published by Adam & Charles Black
Edinburgh
ANDERSON (Rev. James). Light in Darkness, or Comfort to the Sick and Afflicted, being a series of Meditations and Prayers, and portions of Scripture for those visited with bereavement and distress. Second edition, fcap., cloth, antique, red edges, price 2s. 6d.
Sold also in Two Parts:—
Part I. Structural and Morphological Botany, 10s. 6d.
Part II. Vegetable Physiology, Classification Glossary, &c., 21s.
BEESLY (Rev. E. S.), and REYNOLDS (Rev. S. H.) System of History for the use of Students. By Rev. E. S. Beesly M.A., late of Wadham College, Oxford, Professor of History, University College, London; and Rev. S. H. Reynolds, Brazenose College, Oxford. [In preparation.]
BEGBIE (James, M.D.) Contributions to Practical Medicine. Contents—On Gout; on Rheumatism and Chorea; on the Connection of Erythema Nodosum with the Rheumatic Diathesis; on Anæmia and its Consequences; on Dyspepsia and Nervous Disorder; on Fatty Degeneration of the Heart; on Erysipelas; on Diphtheria and its Sequels; on the Physiological and Therapeutical Effects of Arsenic; on the Sedative Powers of the Datura Stramonii Demy 8vo, price 10s. 6d.
BENNETT (Professor). Clinical Lectures on the Principles and Practice of Medicine. New edition (the third), pp. 1005, with five hundred Illustrations, price 30s.
BLACK’S General Atlas of the World. New edition (1862), containing 56 maps, and Index of 65,000 names, &c., folio, half-bound morocco, gilt edges, price 60s.
—— School Atlas. 40 maps, and Index, 4to or 8vo, price 10s. 6d.
—— School Atlas for Beginners, 27 maps, oblong 12n price 2s. 6d.
BLACK’S Atlas of Australia, with all the Gold Regions, 6 maps, royal 4to, price 6s.
—— New Atlas of Scotland. A series of 12 Maps compiled from the best sources, on the scale of four miles to the inch. Imp. folio, cloth, price 30s.
—— New Large Map of Scotland. Scale, 4 miles to the inch, and measuring when complete 70 by 56 inches. Price, on rollers varnished, 52s. 6d.; mounted on linen, in case. 42s.; separate sheets coloured, each, 2s., or in cloth cases, each, 2s. 6d.
—— Guide Books for Tourists in Great Britain and Ireland, &c.
—— Guide to London. A Practical Guide to the Metropolis and its Vicinity. Illustrated by a large and accurate Plan of the City—Map of the Environs—Plans of the Public Buildings—Views, &c. In a portable Volume, price 4s. 6d.
—— New Plan of London. An Accurate Guide to the Streets and Public Buildings. In a neat Case for the Pocket, price 1s.
—— Map of Environs of London. Extending from Windsor to Gravesend, Crystal Palace, Richmond, Hampton Court, Epsom, &c. Price 1s.
—— Dorset, Devon, and Cornwall. With Maps, Plans, and numerous Illustrations. Price 5s.
—— Guide to Yorkshire. New and greatly enlarged Edition, illustrated with Maps, Plans, and Views. Price 5s.
—— Guide to Isle of Wight and Hampshire. With Maps, Plans, and Views. Price 2s. 6d.
—— Guide to Surrey. Including a full Description of the History, Antiquities, and Topography of the County. With Map and numerous Illustrations. Price 5s.
—— Guide to Kent. With Map and Numerous Illustrations. Price 3s. 6d.
—— Guide to Scotland. New Edition (the 15th) containing Map, and One Hundred Illustrations. Price 8s. 6d.
—— Guide to England. Third Edition, greatly enlarged and improved, with Maps and Woodcuts. Price 10s. 6d.
—— Guide to English Lakes. Eleventh Edition, with Maps and Illustrations. Price 5s.
—— Guide to Wales, North and South. Eleventh Edition, with Maps and Charts. Price 5s.
—— Guide to Ireland. Third Edition, with Maps, Charts, and Views. Price 5s.
BLACK’S Guide to Sussex. With Map and Illustrations. Price 2s. 6d.
—— Where Shall We Go? New Edition. A Guide to the Healthiest and most Beautiful Watering Places in the British Islands. Illustrated by Maps and Engravings. Price 2s. 6d.
—— Map of Australia (size 39-1/2 by 40 inches). Fifth Edition. Containing the Routes of Stuart and Burke, and the Latest Discoveries. Price 10s. 6d. in sheets, 14s. in a case folded, and 2 on rollers varnished.
“This is a magnificent addition to geographical science, and must supersede all other Maps having reference to the Australian Colonies.”— Glasgow Daily Mail.
“One of the most perfect specimens which toe have ever met with.”— Australian and New Zealand Gazette.
—— The Arithmetic of Decimals, adapted to a Decimal Coinage. Second edition, price 1s. 6d.
The Poetical Reader, separately, price 1s. 6d.
BURGESS (Rev. Henry, LL.D., etc.) The Amateur Gardener’s Year Book, a Guide for those who Cultivate their Gardens on the Principles and Practice of Horticulture. Fcap. cloth, price 3s. 6d.
CANDLISH (Rev. Dr.) Life in a Risen Saviour. Being Discourses on the Resurrection. New Edition (the third). [In preparation.
CARSON (A.R., LL.D.) Phaedrus’ Fables of Æsop in Latin. New edition, with Vocabulary, edited by Rev. Wm. Veitch, 18mo, bound, price 2s.
CHRISTISON (Professor). A Dispensatory. New edition in preparation.
DAVIDSON (Rev. Dr.) On Biblical Criticism. 8vo, price 18s.
Or in Two Parts, price 2s. 6d. each.
—— Introduction to the History of English Literature. 12 mo, price 2s.
—— Elementary Reading Book. Illustrated, 18mo, cloth, price 1s.
—— Scripture Class Book. [In the Press.
DICK (William). Manual of Veterinary Science. Second Edition. 12 mo, price 5s.
Or Course I., price 1s. 9d.
Course II., price 2s.
—— Modern Greek Grammar, 12 mo, price 2s.
ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA. 21 vols., 4to (each vol. 24s., cloth). Complete, with Index, £25: 12s.
—— 21 vols, 4to, half bound, Russia extra, marbled edges, 30s. per vol., Complete £31: 10s.; with Index £32: 2: 6.
—— Index to Ditto, 4to, price 8s., cloth; or 12s. 6d. half russia.
FARRAR (Rev. F. W.) Julian Home: A Tale of College Life. Foolscap 8vo, second edition, price 5s.
—— Norway and its Glaciers. Followed by Journals of Excursions in the High Alps of Dauphiné, Berne, and Savoy. With two Maps, ten Coloured Lithographic Views, and twenty-two Wood Engravings. Royal 8vo, price 21s.
GRAHAM (G. F.) Musical Composition: its Theory and Practice. With numerous Engravings, and copious Musical Illustrations. 4to, price 9s.
JUKES (J. B.) School Boy’s Manual of Geology. [In preparation.
KITTO (Dr.) New Edition of Kitto’s Cyclopædia of Biblical Literature. Edited by William Lindsay Alexander, D.D., assisted by numerous Contributors. Now publishing in Monthly Parts, super-royal 8vo, price 2s. 6d. each, illustrated with numerous Engravings on Wood and Steel.
—— Popular Cyclopædia of Biblical Literature. In one volume, 8vo, illustrated by 336 Engravings, price 10s. 6d.
M’CULLOCH (J. R.) Principles of Political Economy. 8vo, price 15s.
—— A Treatise on Metallic and Paper Money and Banks, written for the Encyclopædia Britannica. 4to, 5s.
—— Economical Policy. Second edition, enlarged and improved, 8vo, price 10s. 6d.
—— On Taxation. 4to, price 3s. 6d.
MILLER’S (Hugh) Works, crown 8vo, each 7s. 6d.
* My Schools and Schoolmasters. 11,000.
Scenes and Legends in the North of Scotland. 6,000.
* First Impressions of England and its People. 7,000.
The Old Red Sandstone. 10,000.
Testimony of the Rocks. 29,000.
The Cruise of the Betsy. 4,000.
Sketch Book of Popular Geology. 2,000.
Foot-Prints of the Creator. 7,000.
Essays, Historical and Critical. 2,000.
The Headship of Christ. 2,000.
Essays, Historical, Biographical, and Critical. 2,000.
Tales and Sketches.
MILLER (Professor). Principles and Practice of Surgery. Numerous Illustrations. New edition. [In the press.
MUNCHAUSEN (Baron). Numerous Illustrations. 18mo, gilt edges, price 1s. 6d.
MURRAY (Andrew and Robert). Shipbuilding in Iron and Wood. New Edition. Illustrated with Plates and Woodcuts, 4to, price 14s.
OSWALD (Rev. John). Etymological Dictionary of the English Language. Seventh edition, 18mo, bound, 5s.
PATERSON (James, M.A., Barrister at Law). Compendium of English and Scotch Law. Royal 8vo, price 28s.
PILLANS (Professor). Eclogæ Ciceronianæ. 18mo, price 3s. 6d.
PORTEOUS (Bishop). Evidences of the Truth, and Divine Origin of the Christian Revelation, with Definitions and Analysis by James Boyd, LL.D. 18mo, price 1s.
—— Waverley Novels. The latest editions with the Author’s Notes—
| New Illustrated Edition of 1860, 48 vols., fcap. 8vo, | |||
| cloth, 96 Plates, and 1700 Illustrations | £10 10 | 0 | |
| Library Edition, 25 vols. demy 8vo, with 204 Engravings | |||
| after Wilkie, Landseer | 12 12 | 0 | |
| Author’s Favourite Edition of 1847, in 48 vols., fcap. | |||
| 8vo, with Frontispiece and Vignette to each vol. | 7 4 | 0 | |
| Cabinet Edition, 25 vols., fcap 8vo, each vol. containing | |||
| Steel Frontispiece and Woodcut Vignette | 3 10 | 0 | |
| People’s Edition, 5 vols. royal 8vo, with Illustrations | 2 | 2 0 | |
| Railway Edition, 25 vols., fcap. 8vo, Illustrated Covers | 1 | 17 6 |
Separately, 1s. 6d. each, or in cloth, 2s.
Vol. 1 Waverley, or “’Tis Sixty Years Since.”
2. Guy Mannering, or The Astrologer.
3. Antiquary
4. Rob Roy.
5. Old Mortality.
6. Black Dwarf, and Legend of Montrose.
7. Heart of Mid-Lothian.
8. Bride of Lammermoor.
9. Ivanhoe.
10. Monastery.
11. Abbott.
12. Kenilworth.
13. Pirate.
14. Fortunes of Nigel.
15. Peveril of the Peak.
16. Quentin Durward.
17. St. Ronan’s Well.
18. Redgauntlet.
19. The Betrothed.
20. The Talisman.
21. Woodstock.
22. Fair Maid of Perth.
23. Anne of Geierstein, or the Maiden of the Mist.
24. Count Robert of Paris.
25. Surgeon’s Daughter—Castle Dangerous.
—— Poetical Works. Various editions, from 5s. to 36s.
SCOTT (Sir Walter). Miscellaneous Prose Works. Various editions, from 26s. to 84s.
—— Tales of a Grandfather. Various editions, 6s. to 15s.
—— Life of, by J. G. Lockhart. Various editions, 7s. 6d. to 30s.
SIMPSON (Professor). Obstetric Memoirs and Contributions, including those on Anaesthesia. Edited by C. W. Priestly, M.D., and H. R. Storer, M.D. 2 vols. 8vo, profusely Illustrated, 36s.
—— ON THE DISEASES OF WOMEN. 8vo. [In preparation.
SMITH (Adam, LL.D.) The Wealth of Nations: an Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. Edited, and with Life of the Author, by J. R. M’Culloch, Esq. Fourth edition, corrected throughout, and greatly enlarged. 8vo, 16s.
STEVENSON (David). Canal and River Engineering. Small 8vo, 4s. 6d.
THOMAS (Dr. Robert). The Modern Practice of Physic. Eleventh edition, edited by Dr. Frampton. 2 vols. 8vo, price 28s.
YOUNG (Andrew). The Angler and Tourist’s Guide to the Northern Counties of Scotland, with Instructions to Young Anglers. 18mo, price 2s.