MESSRS BLACK WOOD'S PUBLICATIONS 15 MAPS FROM JOHNSTON'S PHYSICAL ATLAS, • SOLD SEPARATELY FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS AND LECTURE-ROOMS. "THE WANT OF SUCH AN ATLAS FOR SCHOOLS, &c., I HAVE FOR YEARS REGRETTED DURING MY COURSES OF LECTURES ON PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. Professor Jameson. "THE GREATEST BOON THAT HAS EVER BEEN CONFERRED UPON THE GEOGRAPHICAL EDUCATION OF THE EMPIRE." — Professor Pillans. "TO THE RISING GENERATION, IN WHOSE EDUCATION THESE SUBJECTS CANNOT WELL BE NEGLECTED, WHERE ANY PRETENSION IS MADE TO KEEP PACE WITH THE INTELLECTUAL PROGRESS OF THE TIMES, THESE MAPS WILL THROW NEW AND POWERFUL INTEREST INTO THE STUDY OF GEOGRAPHY."-Philosophical Magazine. "NO GOOD TEACHER COULD DESIRE A BETTER WORK TO LECTURE FROM."-Tait's Magazine. Mountain Systems of Europe, Mountain Chains in Europe and Asia, Mountain Chains in North America, Mountain Chains in South America, Phenomena of Volcanic Action, Comparative Views of remarkable Geological Phenomena, £0 7 6 0 10 6 6 1 1 0 0 7 Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Tidal Chart of the British Seas, River Map of Europe and Asia, River Map of America, 0 10 6 07 6 076 0 7 6 076 076 Map of Isothermal Lines, Chart of the Geographical Distribution of the Currents of Air, Mammiferous Animals of the Orders Quadrumana, 0 10 6 0 10 6 Animals of the Orders Rodentia and Ruminantia, 0 10 6 076 076 0 10 6 0 10 6 The Four Divisions of the Physical Atlas are sold separately, viz.: GEOLOGY, 10 Maps, and Letterpress, half-bound morocco, £4 14 6 16 MESSRS BLACKWOOD'S PUBLICATIONS THE MOOR AND THE LOCH; containing minute Instructions in all Highland Sports, with Remarks upon the Wild Birds and Beasts of the Scottish Mountain. By JOHN COLQUHOUN, Esq. Third Edition, with which is now incorporated, "ROCKS AND RIVERS," &c., by the same Author. In 8vo, with numerous Illustrations. THE ANGLER'S COMPANION TO THE RIVERS AND LOCHS OF SCOTLAND. By THOMAS TOD STODDART. In post 8vo, price 10s. 6d. With a Fishing Map of Scotland, and other Illustrations. "Indispensable in all time to come, as the very strength and grace of an Angler's Tackle and Equipment in Scotland, must and will be 'STODDART'S ANGLER'S COMPANION.""-Blackwood's Magazine. "Without a second's pause of hesitation, we pronounce the book the best extant as an angliug guide to the salmon and trout waters of Scotland, and particularly to the famous Tweed and its many tributaries. Every angler who has an ambition to become an adept in the art of killing trout and salmon by means of rod and line, should peruse assiduously Mr Stoddart's work."-Bell's Life. "Pleasant it is to wander by the loch and stream with such a guide and companion as Mr Stoddart."-At enæum. "The author is a perfect enthusiast in the gentle craft,' and the matter seems chiefly drawn from his own experience. A peculiar feature of the book is its detailed account of the Scottish lochs and rivers, with their tributaries. This feature renders The Angler's Companion a necessary volume to any one contemplating a piscatoral excursion in Scotland, independently of its general use as a book of instructions."— Spectator. LAYS OF THE DEER-FOREST. A Selection from the Original Poems of JOHN SOBIESKI STUART and CHARLES EDWARD STUART. With an Essay on Deer-stalking and Roe-Hunting, Notes of Remarkable Incidents in Forest Sports, Traditions of the Clans, and Notices of Natural History in the Deer-Forest. In Two Volumes, post octavo, price 21s. "This is, we have no hesitation in saying, the best work on deer-stalking which has yet been written; and the amount of information which it contains regarding the habits of the stag and roe, combined with the vivid pictures of which we have made such ample use, cannot fail to render it popular. In an antiquarian point of view it is also highly interesting, for it embodies a large amount of traditionary lore, sketches of the clans, and fragments of Highland song, of much superior merit to those which have hitherto come into our hands. The disquisitions, too, upon the disappearance of some animals once indigenous to Scotland-such as the wolf, the elk, the wild bull, and the beaver-exhibit a great amount of research, and supply a gap which has long been wanted in the page of natural history."-Blackwood's Magazine. "Rich with a thousand excellencies, with traits of natural history in its most attractive department, and poetised by the ardent language of keen and hereditary sportsmen."-Morning Chronicle. THE BARONIAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL ANTIQUITIES OF SCOTLAND. Illustrated by ROBERT WILLIAM BILLINGS and WILLIAM BURN, Architects. Publishing in Monthly Parts. Each containing Four large Engravings on Steel, by J. H. LE KEUX, and other Artists; and one or more Woodcuts, with Descriptive Letterpress. Price, in Medium Quarto, 2s. 6d. each. The Work will be completed in Sixty Parts, of which forty-nine are published, forming Three Volumes, each containing Sixty large Engravings on Steel, with Letterpress Descriptions, and numerous Vignette Engravings on Wood. Price-In Medium Quarto, cloth, £2. Imperial Quarto, £3, 4s. India Proofs, £4, 14s. "The Baronial and Ecclesiastical Antiquities' of Mr Billings is the first work which, either in point of extent or of style, has any claim to be regarded as a collection worthy of the remains yet spared to Scotland."-Quarterly Review. "The book is altogether one which cannot fail to interest thousands. The architect will find in it examples of his art surpassed by few in the United Kingdom; the lover of picturesque sufficient to gratify the most fastidious taste; while the antiquarian and literary traveller, who are in search of those places and objects which are associated with many of the most important events narrated in Scottish history, will find in these pages a certain guide to their identity."-Art-Union. "We certainly have never known an instance where these qualities, apparently incompatible-undeviating accuracy and picturesque effect-have been so rarely united as they have been in Mr Billings. The accuracy and precision with which he introduces every detail, down to the minutest chipping of the chisel, are truly marvellous. We can only say that, as before he commenced his labours, our masonic antiquities had received less justice from pictorial art than those of any other civilised country, when his work has been finished, we shall be able to boast that no other nation possesses so complete, and, at the same time, effective and artistically pleasing a record of its notable antiquities."-Blackwood's Magazine. THE NEW STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF SCOTLAND. In Fif teen large Volumes Octavo, price £16, 16s. The COUNTIES may be had separately, at the following prices: Aberdeen, 25s.; Argyle, 15s.; Ayr, 18s.; Banff, 9s.; Berwick, 8s. 6d. ; Bute, 3s.; Caithness, 4s. 6d.; Clackmannan, 3s. 6d. ; Dumbarton, 6s. ; Dumfries, 12s. 6d.; Edinburgh, 16s. 6d. ; Elgin, 6s.; Fife, 21s.; Forfar, 15s.; Haddington, 8s, 6d. ; Inverness, 11s. 6d.; Kinross, 2s.; Kincardine, 8s.; Kirkcudbright, 8s. 6d.; Lanark, 21s.; Linlithgow, 4s. 6d.; Nairne, 1s. 6d. ; Orkney, 5s. 6d.; Peebles, 4s. 6d.; Perth, 27s.; Ross and Cromarty, 10s. 6d.; Renfrew, 12s. 6d. ; Roxburgh, 10s. 6d.; Selkirk, 2s. 6d.; Shetland, 4s. 6d; Stirling, 10s. ; Sutherland, 5s. 6d.; Wigtown, 5s. 6d. "Forming by far the most valuable repertory of statistics at the command of any country in Europe."-Quarterly Review. "As a statistical book of reference, the work is valuable-more so, in our estimation, than many works which make a greater parade of scientific forms. To sum up more specifically, there are no fewer than 876 articles, each furnishing a complete monograph of a parish, or united group of parishes. The parishes of every county are classed together; to each a full index of matter is added, and to the whole work is appended a general index, compiled on the same principle. There is also an alphabetical index of parishes, giving their population as shown by the last census, and referring to the volume and page where each is described. Thus the New Statistical Account of Scotland unites, with the massive character and readableness of a systematic view of Scottish statistics and geography, the utility of a geographical and statistical dictionary of Scotland."-Spectator. 18 MESSRS BLACK WOOD'S PUBLICATIONS CHEAP EDITIONS OF POPULAR WORKS Lights and Shadows of Scottish Life. Foolscap 8vo, 2s. 6d. The Trials of Margaret Lyndsay. By the Author of "Lights and Shadows of Scottish Life." Foolscap 8vo, 2s. 6d. The Foresters. 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