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The Rose Garden of Persia.

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By Louisa Stuart Costello, Author of "Specimens of the Early Poetry of France," "A Summer amongst the Bocages and the Vines,' &c. &c.

8vo. with Borders printed in Gold and Colours.

[In May.

VII.

Memoirs of the Life of John Constable,

Esq. R.A. Composed chiefly of his Letters. By C. R. Leslie, R.A.
"Heaven and earth, advantages and obstacles, conspire to educate genius."

Second Edition, with further Extracts from his Correspondence.
Small 4to. with a New Portrait, from a Picture by Mr. Leslie.

FUSELI.

[In May.

VIII.

Physical Description of New South Wales

And Van Dieman's Land. By P. E. De Strzelecki.

8vo. with Maps by Arrowsmith, Plates, &c. &c.

This work is divided into Eight Sections, as follow:

1. Hydrography and Topography.
2. Terrestrial Magnetism.
3. Geology and Mineralogy.

4. Climatology, or prevailing Consti

tution of the Atmosphere, in rela-
tion to Winds, Currents, Rain,
Radiation, Evaporation, &c. &c.,
computed from 130,000 numerical
elements, recorded simultaneously
at seven stations, during five
years.

5. Botany, Recent and Fossil.
6. Zoology, Recent and Fossil.

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7. The Aborigines, the original Possessors of the Country: their Physical and Moral, Social and Political State; Manners and Customs; Causes of the Decrease, and final Annihilation of the Race.

8. Agriculture: Classification of Soils; their Physical and Chemical Examination; Analysis of the Crops produced; Power of reproduction; Principles on which it ought to be conducted; advantages of introducing easy and accessible Improvements.

The whole interspersed with illustrative notes, comparing the countries treated of with other parts of the world, from the author's personal observation.

*** This work is the result of five years' personal observations, collected during a journey of 7,000 miles on foot. The author's labours have been noticed in various Parliamentary Papers, and in the last address of the President of the Geographical Society; they also met with the most cordial approbation of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, of their Ex. Ex. the Governors Sir George Gipps and Sir John Franklin, and of the Colonists themselves.

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The Mission; or, Scenes in Africa.

By Captain Marryat, C.B. Author of "Peter Simple,” “Masterman
Ready,'
""The Settlers in Canada," &c.

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The History of Fiction:

Being a Critical Account of the most celebrated Prose Works of
Fiction, from the earliest Greek Romances to the Novels of the Present
Age. By John Dunlop. A New Edition, in One Volume.

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Mrs. Bray's Novels and Romances,

Revised and corrected, with a general Preface written by Herself.

In 10 vols. fcp. 8vo.

Vol. 1, with Portrait of the Author, after W. Patten, 6s.

(To be continued Monthly.)

[On May 1.

**Each volume will contain an entire work, as originally published in three volumes; printed uniformly with the "Standard Novels," with engraved title and frontispiece, from Designs and Sketches by the late Thomas Stothard, R.A., C. A. Stothard, F.S.A., Henry Warren, Esq. &c.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

The White Hoods.-May 1.
De Foix.-June 2.

The Protestant.—July 1.
Fitz of Fitzford.-August 1.
The Talba.-September 1.

Warleigh.-October 1.
Trelawney.-November 1.

Trials of the Heart.-December 1.
Henry de Pomeroy.-January 1.
Courtenay of Walreddon.-February 1.

XII.

Letters from the Mountains.

By Mrs. Grant, of Laggan. A New Edition.

2 vols. post 8vo.

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XIII.

The Lady's Country Companion;

Or, How to Enjoy a Country Life rationally. By Mrs. Loudon,
Author of "Gardening for Ladies," &c.

Fcp. 8vo. with an Engraving on Steel and Illustrations on Wood.

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PRINCIPAL CONTENTS.

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Self-Instruction for Young Gardeners,

Foresters, Bailiffs, Land Stewards, and Farmers-in Arithmetic, Book-keeping, Geometry, Mensuration, Practical Trigonometry, Mechanics, Land-Surveying, Levelling, Planning and Mapping, Architectural Drawing, and Isometrical Projection and Perspective; with Examples shewing their applications to Horticultural and Agricultural Purposes. By the late J. C. Loudon, F.L.S.H.S. &c. With engravings on wood, and Portrait of Mr. Loudon, and a Memoir, by Mrs. Loudon.

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Sir James Mackintosh's Miscellaneous Works;

Including his Contributions to The Edinburgh Review. Collected and edited by his Son.

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XVI.

A Treatise on the Knowledge necessary to

Amateurs of Pictures. Translated and abridged from the French of
M. Francis Xavier De Burtin, First Stipendiary Member of the
Royal Academy of Brussels in the Class of Sciences, &c. By
Robert White, Esq.
[In a few days.

8vo. with Four Lithographic Engravings.

XVII.

The Horse, and "How to choose him."

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The Horse, and "How to use him."

By Centaur.

Fcp. 8vo.

XIX.

Scriptural Conversations

Between Charles and his Mother. By Lady Charles Fitzroy.

"Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven."-St. Matthew, xix. 14.

Fcp. 8vo. 4s. 6d.

XX.

ברשית ברא אלהים את השמים ואת הארץ :

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Five Discourses

On Genesis iii. 15-ix. 25-27-xvii. 18, &c. &c. By the Rev.
John Jervis White Jervis.

12mo.

"The works were finished from the foundation of the world.”

The Doctrine of a Resurrection.
The Times of the Gentiles.
The Establishment of El-Islam.

CONTENTS.

The Name Yahaweh.
The Glory of Israel.

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Lady Mary; or, Not of the World.

By the Rev. C. B. Tayler, M.A. Author of "Margaret, or the Pearl," "Tractarianism not of God," &c. &c.

Fcp. 8vo.

XXII.

[In April.

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The Female Disciple of the First Three

Centuries of the Christian Era-Her Trials and her Mission.
By Susette Harriett Smith.

Fcp. 8vo.

XXIII.

[In May.

Italy:

A Poem, in Four Cantos; with Notes. By John Edmund Reade,
Author of "The Deluge, a Dramatic Poem ;"" Catiline," &c.

A New Edition, revised. 8vo.

[Ready.

XXIV.

Richard III.:

A Poem. By Sharon Turner, Esq. F.S.A. & R.A.S.L. Author of "The History of the Anglo-Saxons," "The Sacred History of the World," &c.

Fcp. 8vo.

XXV.

[In April.

England Won:

A Poem. By John G. H. Bourne, Esq. formerly Fellow of Magdalen
College, Oxford.

XXVI.

The Bridal of Salerno:

A Romance, in Six Cantos.
John Lodge Ellerton, M.A.

8vo.

[In April.

With other Poems, and Notes. By

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