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34. Dickson and Mowbray's Poultry [85]-(12mo. Eng. Edi.) Their breeding, rearing, and general management. By WALTER B. DICKSON. A new edition, incorporating the treatise of Bonington Mowbray Edited with corrections and large additions by Mrs. LOUDON, with plain and coloured illustrations by HARVEY, including the Cochin-China fowl. Cloth, pp. xii.+263=275, hgb. Price $1.

35. Birds and Rabbits-(2 v. 12mo. Am. Edi.) Price for the

two volumes 75 cts., as follows:

(1.) Browne's [53]-The American Bird Fancier; considered

with reference to the breeding, rearing, feeding, management and peculiarities of Cage and House Birds; with remarks on their diseases and remedies; drawn from authentic sources and personal observation. By D. J. BROWNE. Illustrated. Cloth, pp. 107, cms. Price 38 cts.

(2.) Bement's Rabbit Fancier-A treatise upon the breeding,

rearing, feeding and general management of rabbits; with remarks upon their diseases and remedies. By C. N. BEMENT. Cloth, pp. 101, cms. Price 37 cts.

VII. BEES.

36. Quinby, &c.-(2 v. 12mo. Am. Edi.) Price for the two

volumes $1.10, as follows:

(1.) Quinby's Mysteries of Bee-Keeping [90]-Explained; being a complete analysis of the whole subject consisting of the natural history of Bees, directions for obtaining the greatest amount of pure surplus honey with the least possible expense, remedies for losses given, and the science of "luck" fully illustrated -the result of more than twenty years' experience in extensive apairies. By M. QUINBY. Cloth, pp. 379, cms. Price 75 cts.

(2.) The Cottage Bee Keeper [46]-Or suggestions for the practical management of Amateur, Cottage and Farm Apairies, on scientific principles. with an Appendix and Notes, chiefly illustrative. By a Country Curate. Cloth. pp. 119, cms. Price 38 cts.

37. Miner and Weeks-(2 v. 12mo. Am. Edi.) Price for the

two volumes $1.10, as follows:

(1.) Miner's Bee-Keeping [91]-The American Bee-Keeper's Manual; being a practical treatise on the history and domestic economy of the Honey-Bee, embracing a full illustration of the whole subject, with the most approved methods of managing this insect through every branch of its culture, the result of many years experience. By T. B. MINER. With illustrations. Cloth, pp. 349, cms. Price 75 cts.

(2.) Weeks' Bees-A Manual; Or, an easy method of

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ing bees in the most profitable manner to their owner; with infallible rules to prevent their destruction by the moth. By JOHN M. WEEKS. With an appendix, by W. A. FLANDERS. Cloth, pp. 119, cms. Price 38 cts.

VIII. MISCELLANEOUS.

37. Johnston and Stephens-(2 v. 8vo. Eng. Edi.) Price for

the two volumes $2.10, as follows:

(1.) Johnson's Experimental Agriculture-Being the results of past, and suggestions for future experiments in scientific and practical agriculture. By JAMES F. W. JOHNSTON. Cloth, pp. xv+265=280, wbs. Price $1.20.

(2.) Stephens' Practical Draining-A manual of practical draining. By HENRY STEPHENS, F. R. S. E. Cloth, pp. xiv+162=176, wbs. Price

90 cts.

39. Stephens and Johnston-(2 v. Eng. Edi.) Price for the

two volumes 70 cts., as follows:

(1.) Stephens' Practical Agriculture-(12mo.) Catechism of practical agriculture. By HENRY STEPHENS, F. R. S. E. Cloth, pp. 76, wbs. Price

30 cts.

(2.) Johnston's Analysis of Soils, &c.-(16mo.) Instructions for the analysis of soils, limestones, and manures. By JAMES F. W. JOHNSTON, Cloth, pp. 95, wbs. Price 40 cts.

40. Weale's Agricultural Series-(6 v. 16mo. Eng. Edi.)

Price for the six volumes $1.45, as follows:

(1.) Donaldson on Clay Lands, &c.-[92-1] Rudimentary treatise on clay lands and loamy soils; containing the origin and chemical qualities of each variety of land-natural properties of the soils and mode of cultivation-cropping and value of the lands, and changes effected by mixing with hot lime. By Professor DONALDSON. Cloth, pp. iv+140-144, jw. Price 25 cts.

(2.) Dempsey on Drainage-[92-2.]

Rudimentary treatise

on the drainage of districts and lands. By G. DRYSDALE DEMPSEY, C. E. With numerous illustrations. Cloth, pp. 142, jw. Price 25 cts.

(3, 4, 5.) Andrews' Agricultural Engineering [92-3-4-5]Rudimentary treatise on agricultural Engineering. By G. H. ANDREWS, C. E. Vol. I. Buildings. Vol. II. Native Powers and Machinery of the Homestead. Vol. IIL Field Machines and Implements. Illustrated with numerous illustrations. Cloth, pp. vii+148+152+xii+132=451, ju. Price 70 cts.

(6.) Swindell on Well Digging, &c. [92-6.] Rudimentary

treatise on Well Digging, Boring, and Pump Work. With illustrations. By JOHN GEORGE SWINDELL. Revised by G. R. BROWNELL, C. E. Cloth, pp. xi+107+118, ju. Price 25 cts.

41. Miscellaneous-(4 v. Eng. Edi.)

$2.15, as follows:

Price for the four volumes

Honey Bee; reprinted Price 23 cts.

(1.) The Honey Bee-(16mo.) The
from the "Quarterly Review." Paper, pp. 100, jm.
(2.) Smith on Forest Trees [110]-(12mo.) A treatise on the
management and cultivation of forest trees. By JOHN SMITH. Cloth, pp. 164, bs. -

Price 58 cts.

(3.) How to choose a Milk Cow [93-2]-(16mo.) How to choose a good milk cow; Or, a description of all the marks by which the milking qualities of cows may be ascertained. By J. H. MAGNE. With a supplement, on the dairy cattle of Great Britain; their qualities, management and productive results; with hints for selecting. By JOHN HAXTON. Illustrated with seven lithographic plates and engravings. Cloth, pp. 184, bs. Price 65 cts.

(4.) Webb's Farmers' Guide [93-4]-(16mo.)-A treatise on the diseases of horses and black cattle; with a selection of proved prescriptions, and instructions for the management of breeding mares and cows. By JAMES WEBB. TO which is added a few practical remarks on the breeding and mangement of sheep. Cloth, pp. 224, bs. Price 70 cts.

42. Miscellaneous-(6 v. Eng. Edi.) Price for the six volumes

$3.50, as follows:

(1.) Farin and Garden Essays-16mo.) The farm and garden essays. Cultivation of arable land. Rearing and management of poultry, the garden frame, annus ls for the flower garden, fruit trees and fruit bearing shrubs. Cattle. The greenhouse-its construction and management. The horse. Cloth, pp. 178, gs. Price 65 cts.

(2.) Dickson on Flax [112]-(12mo.) The improved mode in the cultivation and management of flax. By J. H. DICKSON. Cloth, pp. 248, gs. Price 85 cts.

(3.) Donaldson's Cultivated Plants of the Farm [93-1]—(16mo.)

The legumes, the grains, and the esculents, comprising the scientific description and cultivated use of wheat, rye, barley, oats, vetches, beans, peas, turnips, cabbages, rape, carrots, parsnips, beetroot, and potato. By JOHN DONALDSON. Cloth, pp. 143, gs. Price 54 cts.

Or,

(4.) Taylor's Bee-keeper's Manual [93-7]-(16 mo.)
practical hints on the management and complete preservation of the honey. By
HENRY TAYLOR Revised, enlarged, and additionally illustrated. Cloth, pp. 184, gs.
Price 60 cts.

(5.) Blacklock on Sheep [93-9]-(18mo.) A treatise on sheep;

the best means for their improvement, general management, and the treatment of their diseases; with a chapter on wool, and history of the wool trade; and the management of sheep in Australia. By AMBROSE BLACKLOCK. Illustrated with eight steel plates. Cloth, pp. 236, gs. Price 45 cts.

(6.) Doyle's Rural Economy [93-8]-(18mo.) The Economic Library-I. Rural economy for cottage farmers and gardeners; a treasury of information on cow-feeding, sheep, pigs, poultry, the horse, pony, ass, goat, the honey-bee, &c. By MARTIN DOYLE and others. Cloth, pp. viii+303=311, gs. Price 44 cts. 43. Miscellaneous-(4 v.) Price for the four volumes $1.20,

as follows:

(1.) Agricultural Class Book [6]-(16mo. Eng. Edi.) Or, how

best to cultivate a small farm and garden. Together with hints on domestic economy. Cloth, pp. 317. (Irish National Series.) Price 28 cts.

(2.) Morfit's Manures [93-10]-(24mo. Am. Edi.) Their composition, preparation, and action upon soils; with the quantities to be applied; being a field companion to the farmer. From the French of standard authorities, by CAMPBELL MORFIT. Cloth, pp. 100, linb. Price 20 cts.

(3.) Pedder's Land Measure [18]-(18mo. Am. Edi.) The Farmer's land measure, or pocket companion; showing at one view the contents of any piece of land, from dimensions taken in yards, with a set of useful agricultural tables. By JAMES PEDDER. Cloth, pp. 144, cms. Price 35 cts.

(4.) Munn's Land Drainer-(12mo. Am. Edi.) The practical

land drainer; a treatise on draining land, in which the most approved systems of drainage and the scientific principles on which they depend, are explained and their comparative merits discussed, with full directions for cutting and making drains, &c. Numerously illustrated. By B. MUNN, Landscape Gardener. Cloth, pp. x+190=200, Price 37 cts.

cms.

XIV. NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.

1. Mayhew's Sciences and Philosophy-(2 v. 16mo. Am.

Edi.) Price for the two volumes $1.20, as follows:

(1.) Mayhew's Wonders of Science-The wonders of science; Or, young Humphry Davy (the Cornish Apothecary boy, who taught himself Natural Philosophy, and eventually became President of the Royal Society.) The life of a wonderful boy, written for boys. By HENRY MAYHEW. Cloth, pp. 452, hb. Price

60 cts.

(2.) Mayhew's Feasant Boy Philosopher-The story of the peasant boy philosopher; Or, a child gathering pebbles on the sea shore (founded on the early life of Ferguson, the Shepherd boy Astronomer, and intended to show how a poor lad became acquainted with the principles of natural sciences.) By HENRY MAYHEW. Cloth, pp. 500, hb. Price 60 cts.

2. Forrest's every Boy's Book-(12mo. Eng. Edi.) Every boy's book; a complete encyclopædia of sports and amusements, intended to afford recreation and instruction to boys in their leisure hours. By GEORGE FORREST, M. A. Cloth, pp. vi+626=632, grc. Price $1.70.

3. Miscellaneous-(4 v. Eng. Edi.) Price for the four volumes. $2, as follows:

(9.) Minerals and Metals [47-9]-(18mo.)

Their natural

history and uses in the arts; with incidental accounts of mines and mining. With illustrations. Cloth, pp. xii+285=297, jwp. Price 40 cts.

(2.) Easy Lessons in Mechanics [47-8]-With familiar illustra-
tions, showing the practical application of the various mechanical principles. With
numerous illustrations. Cloth, pp. vi+280=286, jwp. Price 40 cts.

(3.) Village Science [47-5]-(18mo. R. T. Soc.) Or, the laws
of nature explained by the author of " Peeps at Nature" "Nature's Wonders." With
numerous illustrations, &c. Cloth, pp. 285. Price 40 cts.

(4.) Tate's Little Philosopher-(18mo.) The little philosopher;
Or, the science of familiar things; in which the natural and experimental philosophy
are systematically developed from the properties and uses of familiar things. By
THOMAS TATE, F, R. A. S. Cloth, pp. xiii+261=274, lc. Price 80 cts.

4. Hitchcock and Dick-(2 v. Am. Edi.)

volumes $1.70, as follows:

(1.) Hitchcock's Religious Truth-(12mo.)

Price for the two

Illustrated from

science, in addresses and sermons on special occasions. By EDWARD HITCHCOCK, D.
D., LL.D. Cloth, pp. 422, psc. Price 90 cts.

(2.) Dick's Christian Philosopher-(16mo.) Or, the connection
of science and philosophy with religion. By THOMAS DICK, LL.D. Illustrated with
upwards of one hundred and fifty engravings. Cloth, pp. 640, rcb. Price 80 cts.
5. Wells's Familiar Science-(12mo. Am. Edi.) Familiar
Science; or the scientific explanation of the principles of natural and physical
science, and their practical and familiar applications to the employments and neces
sities of common life. Illustrated with upwards of one hundred and sixty engravings.
By DAVID A. WELLS, A.M. Cloth, pp. 566, cpete. Price $1.20.

6. Miscellaneous-(3 v. 16mo. Am. Edi.) Price for the three

volumes $1, as follows:

(1.) Ewbank's World a Workshop; or the physical relationship
of man to the earth. By THOMAS EWBANK. Cloth, pp. 197, dac. Price 40 cts.
(2.) First Thoughts; or, beginning to think. By a Literary

Association. Cloth, pp. 115, dac. Price 40 cts.

(3.) Whewell's Intellectual Education-Influence of the history of science upon intellectual education; a lecture before the Royal Institution of Great Britain. By WILLIAM WHEWELL, D.D. Cloth limp, pp. 44, gl. Price 25 cts. 7. Miscellaneous-(4 v. 16mo. Eng. Edi.) Price for the four

volumes 95 cts., as follows:

(1.) Natural Philosophy for Beginners [47-2]-Being familiar

illustrations of the laws of motion and mechanics. Intended as a text-book for
schools and self-instruction, as a companion to the lecture room, or for model schools.
With illustrations. Cloth, pp. 10+134=144, jwp. Price 35 cts.

(2.) Chambers' Rudiments of Knowledge [32 man.]—Rudi

ments of knowledge. Cloth, pp. 88, wrch. Price 15 cts.

(3.) Chambers's Sciences [47-13]-An introduction to the
sciences of astronomy, natural philosophy, geology, physical geography, meteorology,
electricity, magnetism, chemistry, botany, zoology, physiology and mental philosophy.
With illustrations. Cloth, pp. 136, wrch. Price 20 cts.

(4.) Nicol's Sciences [13]-Introductory book to the sciences,

for schools and private students. In two parts. Part I, Physical Science. Part II,
Natural History. By JAMES NICOL. Illustrated by 106 engravings. Cloth, pp. 144,
ob. Price 25 cts.

8. Miscellaneous-(2 v. 16mo. Eng. Edi.) Price for the two

volumes $1.25, as follows:

(1.) Lardner's Natural Philosophy for Schools. By DIONYSIUS
LARDNER, D.C.L. With three hundred and twenty-eight illustrations. Cloth, pp.
xiv +241-255, twm. Price 67 cts.

(2.) Kemp's Natural History of Creation, and Wilson's Elec-
tricity (Traveller's Library)-The natural history of creation. By T. LINDLEY KEMP,
M.D. Electricity and the electric telegraph, together with the chemistry of the
stars; an argument touching the stars and their inhabitants. By GEORGE WILSON,
M.D. Cloth, pp. viii+123+50=181, lc. Price 58 cts.

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9. Miscellaneous-(3 v. 12mo. Eng. Edi.)

volumes $1.55, as follows:

Price for the three

(1.) Hogg's Natural Philosophy [27]-Elements of Experimental and natural philosophy: being a familiar and easy introduction to the study of the physical sciences; embracing animals, mechanics, pneumatics, hydrostatics, hydraulics, acoustics, optics, caloric, electricity, voltaism and magnetism. For the use of Youth and Schools. Illustrated with upwards of three hundred engravings. Edited by JABEZ HOGG, Surgeon. Cloth, pp. 357, ne. Price 80 cts.

(2.) Scott Burn's Mechanics and Mechanism [36]-Mechanics and Mechanism; being elementary essays and examples for the use of schools, students and artisans. By ROBERT SCOTT BURN, M.D. Illustrated with numerous engravings. Cloth, pp. 113, nc. Price 40 cts.

(3.) Imray's Practical Mechanics; including Mechanical Drawing, Strength of Material, and Sources of Mechanical Power. By JAMES IMRAY, M.A. Cloth. pp. 143, wsoc. Price 35 cts.

10. Miscellaneous-(3 v. Eng. Edi.) Price for the three

volumes $1.20, as follows:

(1.) Zornlin's Voltaic Battery [47-12]-(18mo.) What is a Voltaic Battery? By ROSINA M. ZORNLIN. With numerous illustrations. Cloth, pp. 119, jwp. Price 45 cts.

(2.) Schoedler's Natural Philosophy [47-1]-(12mo.) Elements of Natural Philosophy. By FREDRICH SCHOEDLER, M.D. Translated from the German by HENRY MEDLOCK, F.C.S. Illustrated with numerous engravings on wood. Cloth, pp. 119, rgc. Price 50 cts.

(3.) Abbott's Little Philosopher [47-4]-(18mo.) For Schools and Families; designed to teach children to think and to reason about common things; and to illustrate for parents and teachers methods of instructing and interesting children. By JACOB ABBOTT. Cloth, pp. 177, grc. Price 25 cts.

11. Joyce's Science-(2 v. 12mo. Eng. Edi.)

volumes $1.70, as follows:

Price for the two

(1.) Joyce's Arts and Sciences [24]-A familiar introduction to the arts and sciences, with original introductory essays upon the subject of each lesson. For the use of schools and young persons: containing a general explication of the fundamental principles and facts of the sciences, divided into lessons, with questions subjoined to each for the examination of pupils. By the Rev. J. JOYCE. Revised, corrected and enlarged. Illustrated with numerous wood engravings. Cloth, pp. 10+402 412, hgb. Price 70 cts.

(2.) Joyce's Scientific Dialogues [25]-For the instruction and

entertainment of young people; in which the first principles of natural and experimental philosophy are fully explained and illustrated. By the Rev. J. JOYCE. With questions for examination, and other additions, by WM. PINNOCK. Revised by J. W. GRIFFITH, M.D., F.L.S. &c. Cloth, pp. 10+575-585, hgb. Price $1.

12. Wesley's Natural Philosophy-(3 v. 16mo. Eng. Edi.)

A Survey of the Wisdom of God in the Creation; being from the Latin text of Professor J. F. BUDDEUS, of Germany: being a compendium of natural philosophy. By the Rev. JOHN WESLEY, A.M. Revised, corrected, and adapted to the present state of science. By ROBT. MUDIE. Cloth, pp. 384+376+374=1,124, wtc. Price $2.10. 13. Ennemoser's Magic--(2 v. 12mo. Eng. Edi.) The History

of Magic. By JOSEPH ENNEMOSER. Translated from the German by WILLIAM HOWITT. To which is added an appendix of the most remarkable and best authenticated stories of apparitions, dreams, second sight, somnambulism, predictions, divination, witchcraft, vampires, fairies, table-turning and spirit rapping. Selected by MARY HOWITT. Cloth, pp. average 470 each vol., hgb. Price $2.

14. Brewster's Magic [19]-(16mo. Eng. Edi.) Letters on Natural Magic; addressed to Sir Walter Scott, Bart. By Sir DAVID BREWSTER, K.H. Cloth, pp. 350, wtc. Price 68 cts.

15. Comte's Philosophy of the Sciences-(12mo. Eng. Edi.) The Philosophy of the Sciences; being an exposition of the principles of the corns de philosophie positive of AUGUSTE COMTE. By H. G. LEWES. Cloth, pp. vii +350-357, hgb. Price $1.

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