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The Earthward Pilgrimage, from the

Next World to that which now is. By MONCURE D. CONWAY. Crown 8vo, beautifully printed and bound, 7s. 6d.

Edgar Allan Poe's Prose and Poetical

Works; including Additional Tales and the fine Essays by this great Genius, now FIRST PUBLISHED IN THIS COUNTRY. With a Translation of CHARLES BAUDELAIRE'S "Essay on Poe." 750 pages, crown 8vo, with fine Portrait and Illustrations, cloth extra, 7s. 6d.

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Mrs. Ellis's Mothers of Great Men. A New Edition of this well-known Work, with numerous very beauful Portraits. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, over 500 pages, 7s. 6d.

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THE STANDARD WORK ON THE SUBJECT.

Emanuel on Diamonds and Precious Stones; Their History, Value, and Properties; with Simple Tests for ascertaining their Reality. By HARRY EMANUEL, F.R.G.S. With numerous Illustrations, Tinted and Plain. A New Edition, with the Prices brought down to the Present Time. Crown 8vo, full gilt, 6s.

"Will be acceptable to many readers."-Times.

"An invaluable work for buyers and sellers."-Spectator.

*The present, which is greatly superior to the first edition, gives the latest market value for Diamonds and Precious Stones of every size.

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The Englishman's House, from a Cottage to a Mansion. A Practical Guide to Members of Building Societies, and all interested in Selecting or Building a House. By C. J. RICHARDSON, Architect, Author of "Old English Mansions, &c. Second Edition, Corrected and Enlarged, with nearly 600 Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 550 pages, cloth, 7s. 6d.

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This Work might not inappropriately be termed "A Book of Houses.' It gives every variety of house, from a workman's cottage to a nobleman's palace. The book is intended to supply a want long felt, viz., a plain, non-technical account of every style of house, with the cost and manner of building.

Our English Surnames: Their Sources

and Significations. By CHARLES WAREING BARDSLEY, M.A. Crown 8vo, about 600 pages, cloth extra, 95.

INDISPENSABLE TO EVERY HOUSEHOLD.

Everybody Answered.

A Handy Book

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One [In preparation. Family Fairy Tales; or, Glimpses of Elf

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land at Heatherstone Hall. Edited by CHOLMONDELEY PENNELL, Author of "Puck on Pegasus,' &c. Adorned with beautiful Pictures of "My Lord Lion," "King Uggermugger," and other Great Folks, by M. ELLEN EDWARDS, and other artists. Handsomely printed on toned paper, in cloth, green and gold, price 4s. 6d. plain, 5s. 6d. coloured.

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Faraday's Chemical History of a

Candle. Lectures delivered to a Juvenile Audience.

A New Edition of this well-known volume, which has been so long out of print, Edited by W. CROOKES, Esq., F.S.A., &c. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, with all the Original Illustrations, price 4s. 6d.

Faraday's Various Forces of Nature.

A New Edition, with all the Original Illustrations, Edited by W. CROOKES, Esq., F.S.A., &c. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 4s. 6d. FLAGELLATION AND THE FLAGELLANTS.

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A History of the Rod in all Countries,

from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. The use of the Rod in the Church, Convent, Monastery, Prison, Army, Navy, in public and private; the use of the Birch in the Family, Ladies' Seminaries, Boys' Schools, Colleges, the Boudoir, Ancient and Modern. By the Rev. W. COOPER, B.A. Second Edition, revised and corrected, with numerous Illustrations. Thick crown 8vo, cloth extra gilt, 12s. 6d. "A remarkable, and certainly a very readable volume."-Daily Telegraph.

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The Fiend's Delight: A "Cold Collation"

of Atrocities. By DOD GRILE. New Edition, in illustrated wrapper, fcap. 8vo, Is. ; or crown 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d.

"A specimen of American Humour' as unlike that of all other American humourists, as the play of young human Merry-Andrews is unlike that of a young and energetic demon whose horns are well budded."-New York Nation.

The Finish to Life in and out of London; or, The Final Adventures of Tom, Jerry, and Logic. By PIERCE EGAN. Royal 8vo, cloth extra, with Spirited Coloured Illustrations by CRUIKSHANK, 21S.

An extraordinary picture of "LONDON BY NIGHT" in the Days of George the Fourth. All the strange places of amusement in the neighbourhood of Covent Garden and St. James's are fully described, and very queer places they were too!

WALK UP! WALK UP! AND SEE THE

Fools' Paradise ; with the Many Wonder

ful Adventures there, as seen in the strange, surprising PEEP-SHOW OF PROFESSOR WOLLEY COBBLE, Raree Showman these Five-and-Twenty Years.

Crown 4to, with nearly 200 immensely funny Pictures, all beautifully coloured, bound in extra cloth gilt, price 7s. 6d.

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A SECOND SERIES IS NOW READY, CALLED

Further Adventures in Fools' Paradise, with the Many Wonderful Doings, as seen in the

PEEP-SHOW OF PROFESSOR WOLLEY COBBLE. Crown 4to, with the Pictures beautifully Coloured, uniform with the FIRST SERIES, in extra cloth gilt, price 7s. 6d.

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Fun for the Million:

A Gathering of Choice
Wit and Humour, Good
Things, and Sublime Non-
sense, by DICKENS, JER-
ROLD, SAM SLICK, CHAS.
H. Ross, HOOD, THEO-
DORE HOOK, MARKTWAIN,
BROUGH, COLMAN, TITUS
A. BRICK, and a Host of
other Humourists. With
Pictures by MATT MOR-
GAN, GILBERT, NAST,
THOMPSON, CRUIKSHANK,
Jun., BRUNTON, &c.
fcap. 4to, profusely illus-
trated, with picture wrap-
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