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VOYAGES AND TRAVEL-continued.

FAYOUM; OR, ARTISTS IN EGYPT.
By J. Lenoir. Crown 8vo, cloth.
"A pleasantly written and very readable
book."-Examiner.

"The book is very amusing. . . . Who

A Tour with M. Gérôme and others.
Illustrated. 7s. 6d.

SPITZBERGEN THE GATEWAY

ever may take it up will find he has with him a bright and pleasant companion.". Spectator.

TO THE POLYNIA; OR, a VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN. By Captain John C. Wells, R.N.

In 8vo, cloth. Profusely Illustrated.

"Straightforward and clear in style, securing our confidence by its unaffected simplicity and good sense."—Saturday Review.

"A charming book, remarkably well written and well illustrated."-Standard. AN AUTUMN TOUR IN THE

Price 21s.

66

Blends pleasantly science with adventure, picturesque sketches of a summer cruise among the wild sports and fantastic scenery of Spitzbergen, with earnest advocacy of Arctic Exploration."-Graphic.

UNITED STATES AND

CANADA. By Lieut.-Colonel Julius George Medley.

8vo. Price 5s.

"Colonel Medley's little volume is a pleasantly written account of a two-months' visit to America."-Hour.

Crown

"May be recommended as manly, sensible, and pleasantly written."-Globe.

By Frederic Eden. 7s. 6d.

"It is a book to read during an autumn holiday."-Spectator.

THE NILE WITHOUT A DRAGOMAN.
Second Edition. In one vol. Crown 8vo, cloth.
"Should any of our readers care to
imitate Mr. Eden's example, and wish to
see things with their own eyes, and shift
for themselves, next winter in Upper Egypt,
they will find this book a very agreeable
guide."-Times.

ROUND THE WORLD IN 1870.

"Gives, within moderate compass, a suggestive description of the charms, curiosities, dangers, and discomforts of the Nile voyage."-Saturday Review.

A Volume of Travels, with Maps.

By A. D. Carlisle, B.A., Trin. Coll., Camb. Demy 8vo. 16s.

"Makes one understand how going round the world is to be done in the quickest and pleasantest manner."-Spectator.

"We can only commend, which we do very heartily, an eminently sensible and readable book."-British Quarterly Re

view.

IRELAND IN 1872. A Tour of Observation, with Remarks on Irish Public Questions. By Dr. James Macaulay. Crown 8vo.

""A careful and instructive book. Full of facts, full of information, and full of interest."-Literary Churchman.

"We have rarely met a book on Ireland which for impartiality of criticism and general accuracy of information could be OVER THE DOVREFJELDS. Ramble through Norway," &c.

"We have read many books of Nor-
wegian travel, but
we have seen

7s. 6d.

so well recommended to the fair-minded Irish reader."-Evening Standard.

"A deeply interesting account of what is called a tour of observation, and some noteworthy remarks on Irish public questions."-Illustrated London News.

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By J. S. Shepard, Author of "A Crown 8vo. Illustrated. Price 4s. 6d. 'As interesting a little volume as could be written on the subject. So interesting and shortly written that it will commend itself to all intending tourists.”—Examiner.

none so pleasantly narrative in its style,
and so varied in its subject."-Spectator.
"Is a well-timed book."-Echo.

A WINTER IN MOROCCO. By Amelia Perrier. Large crown 8vo.

Illustrated. Price 10s. 6d.

"Well worth reading, and contains
several excellent illustrations."-Hour.
"Miss Perrier is a very amusing writer.
She has a good deal of humour, sees the

oddity and quaintness of Oriental life with a quick observant eye, and evidently turned her opportunities of sarcastic examination to account."-Daily News.

65, Cornhill; & 12, Paternoster Row, London.

SCIENCE.

PRINCIPLES OF MENTAL PHYSIOLOGY. With their Applications to the Training and Discipline of the Mind, and the Study of its Morbid Conditions. By W. B. Carpenter, LL.D., M.D., F.R.S., &c. 8vo. Illustrated. [Immediately.

THE EXPANSE OF HEAVEN. A Series of Essays on the Wonders of the Firmament. By R. A. Proctor, B.A,, author of "Other Worlds,' &c. Small Crown 8vo. [Shortly. STUDIES OF BLAST FURNACE PHENOMENA. By M. L. Gruner, President of the General Council of Mines of France. Translated by L. D. B. Gordon, F.R.S.E., F.G.S., &c. Demy 8vo. Price 7s. 6d.

These are some important practical studies by one of the most eminent metallurgical authorities of the Continent.

A LEGAL HANDBOOK

FOR

ARCHITECTS.

By Edward

Jenkins and John Raymond, Esqrs., Barristers-at-Law. In I vol.
Price 6s.

The Publishers are assured that this book will constitute an invaluable and necessary companion for every architect's and builder's table, as well as a useful in

troduction for architects' pupils to the practical law of their profession.

Dedicated by special permission to the Royal Institution of British Architects.

CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH PSYCHOLOGY. From the French of Professor Th. Ribot. An Analysis of the Views and Opinions of the following Metaphysicians, as expressed in their writings

:

JAMES MILL, A. BAIN, JOHN STUART MILL, GEORGE H. LEWES, HERBERT SPENCER, SAMUEL BAILEY.

Large post 8vo.

PHYSIOLOGY FOR PRACTICAL USE. By various Eminent writers.

Edited by James Hinton. 2 vols.

These Papers have been prepared at great pains, and their endeavour is to familiarize the popular mind with those physio

Crown 8vo. With 50 illustrations. logical truths which are needful to all who desire to keep the body in a state of health.

[In the Press.

THE PLACE OF THE PHYSICIAN. The Introductory Lecture at Guy's Hospital, 1873-4; to which is added

ESSAYS ON THE LAW OF HUMAN LIFE AND ON THE RELATION

BETWEEN ORGANIC AND INORGANIC WORLDS.

By James Hinton, Author of "Man and His Dwelling-Place." Crown 8vo. Limp cloth.

65, Cornhill; & 12, Paternoster Row, London.

SCIENCE-continued.

THE HISTORY OF THE NATURAL CREATION, Being a Series of Popular Scientific Lectures on the General Theory of Progression of Species; with a Dissertation on the Theories of Darwin and Goethe; more especially applying them to the Origin of Man, and to other Fundamental Questions of Natural Science connected therewith. By Professor Ernst Hæckel, of the University of Jena. 8vo. With Woodcuts and Plates. [In the Press.

Second Edition.

CHANGE OF AIR AND SCENE. A Physician's Hints about Doctors, Patients, Hygiène, and Society; with Notes of Excursions for health in the Pyrenees, and amongst the Watering-places of France (Inland and Seaward), Switzerland, Corsica, and the Mediterranean. By Dr. Alphonse Donné. Large post Svo. Price 9s.

MISS

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YOUMANS' FIRST BOOK OF BOTANY.

Designed to cultivate the observing powers of Children. From the Author's latest Stereotyped Edition. New and Enlarged Edition, with 300 Engravings. Crown 8vo. 5s.

"It is but rarely that a school-book appears which is at once so novel in plan, so successful in execution, and so suited to the general want, as to command universal and unqualified approbation, but such has been

the case with Miss Youmans' First Book
of Botany.
It has been everywhere
welcomed as a timely and invaluable con-
tribution to the improvement of primary
education."-Pall Mall Gazette,

AN ARABIC AND ENGLISH DICTIONARY OF THE KORAN. By Major J. Penrice, B.A.

MODERN GOTHIC
Crown 8vo. Price 5s.

4to.

Price 21s.

ARCHITECTURE.

The reader will find some of the most important doctrines of eminent art teachers practically applied in this little book, which is well written and popular in style."-Manchester Examiner.

"Much clearness, force, wealth of illus

By T. G. Jackson.

tration, and in style of composition, which tends to commend his views."-Edinburgh Daily Review.

"This thoughtful little book is worthy of the perusal of all interested in art or architecture."-Standard.

A TREATISE ON RELAPSING FEVER.

By R. T. Lyons,

Assistant-Surgeon, Bengal Army. Small post 8vo. 7s. 6d.

"A practical work thoroughly supported in its views by a series of remarkable cases. ."-Standard.

65, Cornhill; & 12, Paternoster Row, London.

SCIENCE-continued.

FOUR WORKS BY DR. EDWARD SMITH.

I. HEALTH AND DISEASE, as influenced by the Daily, Seasonal and other Cyclical Changes in the Human System. A New Edit, 7s. 6d.

II. FOODS. Second Edition Profusely Illustrated.

Price 5s.

III. PRACTICAL DIETARY FOR FAMILIES, SCHOOLS, AND THE LABOURING CLASSES. A New Edit. Price 35. 6d.

IV. CONSUMPTION IN ITS EARLY AND REMEDIABLE STAGES. A New Edit. 7s. 6d.

THE PORT OF REFUGE; OR, COUNSEL AND AID TO SHIPMASTERS IN DIFFICULTY, Doubt, or DistresSS. By Manley Hopkins, Author of "A Handbook of Average," "A Manual of Insurance," &c. Cr. 8vo. Price 6s.

SUBJECTS:-The Shipmaster's Position and Duties.-Agents and Agency.-Average.Bottomry, and other Means of Raising Money.-The Charter-Party, and Bill-of-Lading. Stoppage in Transitu; and the Shipowner's Lien.-Collision.

"Combines in quite a marvellous manner a fullness of information which will make it perfectly indispensable in the captain's bookcase, and equally suitable to the gentleman's library. This synopsis of the law of shipping in all its multifarious ramifications and the hints he gives on a variety of topics must be invaluable to the master

mariner whenever he is in doubt, difficulty, and danger."-Mercantile Marine Magazine.

"A truly excellent contribution to the literature of our marine commerce,"-Echo.

"Those immediately concerned will find it well worth while to avail themselves of its teachings."-Colburn's U.S. Magazine.

LOMBARD STREET. A Description of the Money Market. By Walter Bagehot. Large crown 8vo. Third Edition. 7s. 6d.

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TREAT IT.

CHOLERA: HOW TO AVOID AND
Practical Notes by Henry Blanc, M.D. Crown 8vo.

Popular and 4s. 6d.

65, Cornhill; & 12, Paternoster Row, London.

SCIENCE-continued.

THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SERIES.

Although these Works are not specially designed for the instruction of beginners, still, as they are intended to address the non-scientific public, they are, as far as possible, explanatory in character, and free from technicalities; the object of each author being to bring his subject as near as he can to the general reader.

The Volumes already Published are:

Third Edition.

THE FORMS OF WATER IN RAIN AND RIVERS, ICE AND GLACIERS. By J. Tyndall, LL.D., F.R.S. With 26 Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 5s.

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PHYSICS AND POLITICS; OR, THOUGHTS ON THE APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF "NATURAL SELECTION AND "INHERITANCE TO POLITICAL SOCIETY. By Walter Bagehot. Crown 8vo. 45. "Able and ingenious."-Spectator. "A work of really original and interest

"On the whole we can recommend the book as well deserving to be read by thoughtful students of politics."-Saturday Review.

Second Edition.

FOODS. By Dr. Edward Smith. Profusely Illustrated. Price 5s.

"A comprehensive résumé of our present chemical and physiological knowledge of the various foods, solid and liquid, which go so far to ameliorate the troubles and vexations of this anxious and wearying existence."-Chemist and Druggist.

"Heads of households will find it considerably to their advantage to study its contents."-Court Express.

"A very comprehensive book. Every page teems with information. Readable throughout."-Church Herald.

Second Edition.

MIND AND BODY: THE THEORIES OF THEIR RELATIONS. By Alexander Bain, LL.D., Professor of Logic at the University of Aberdeen. Four Illustrations. 4s.

THE STUDY OF SOCIOLOGY. By Herbert Spencer. Crown 8vo.
Price 5s.

ON THE CONSERVATION OF ENERGY. By Professor Balfour
Stewart. Fourteen Engravings.
Price 5s.

ANIMAL MECHANICS; or, Walking, Swimming, and Flying. By Dr.
J. B. Pettigrew, M.D., F.R.S.

65, Cornhill; & 12, Paternoster Row, London.

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