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NEW WORKS AND NEW EDITIONS.

WORKS ON

AGRICULTURE AND GARDENING.

ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BREEDS OF THE DOMESTIC ANIMALS OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS; consisting of a Series of Coloured Engravings of the

HORSE-the OX-the SHEEP-the GOAT-the HOG,

From a Series of Oil Paintings, executed for the Agricultural Museum of the University of Edinburgh, by Mr. Shiels, of the Royal Scotch Academy. With Descriptive Memoirs. By DAVID Low, Esq. F.R.S.E., Professor of Agriculture in the University of Edinburgh. To be completed in 14 Parts. Price 21s. each-each containing four beautifully coloured Plates.

Part I. the Ox, No. 1., atlas 4to.-The Wild, or White Forest, the Pembroke, and the West Highland Breeds.

Part II. The Sheep, No. 1.-The Zetland and Orkney, the Higher Welsh Mountain, the Welsh Soft Woolled, and the Wicklow Mountain Breeds.

Part III. The Hog-The Berkshire, Siamese, Old English, and Wild Breeds. Part IV. The Ox, No. 2.-The Polled Angus, Galloway, Kerry, and Zetland Breeds.

Part V. The Sheep, No. 2.-The Kerry, Cheviot, Exmoor, and Black-faced Heath Breeds..

Part VI. The Horse, No. 1.-A very full general History.

Part VII. The Sheep, No. 3.-The Old Norfolk, the Old Wiltshire, the Dorset, and the Merino Breeds.

Part VIII. The Ox, No. 3.-The Polled Suffolk, Devon, Sussex, and Glamorgan Breeds.

Part IX. The Sheep, No. 4.-The South Down, Ryeland, and Old Lincoln Breeds.

Part X. The Horse, No. 2.

Part XI. The Ox, No. 4.-The Ayrshire, Alderney, Fifeshire, and Somersetshire Breeds.

Part XII. The Sheep, No. 5 (Nov. 30).

Part XIII. The Ox, No. 5 (Jan. 31, 1842).

A Supplementary Number will contain THE GOAT.

Just published, by the same Author,

ELEMENTS OF PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE; comprehending the Cultivation of Plants, the Husbandry of Domestic Animals, and the Economy of the Farm. Third Edition, with Additions, and above 200 Woodcuts, one vol. 8vo. 18s. cloth lettered.

"No work on agriculture has appeared in our time which will bear a comparison with this excellent, and we would say classical work, of Professor Low. It will become the manual of practical agriculture for the British empire; and the judicious practical rules and sound views of our author will unquestionably prove beneficial to the agriculturists of other countries."-Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal.

BAYLDON'S ART OF VALUING RENTS AND TILLAGES, and the Tenant's Right of Entering and Quitting Farms, explained by several Specimens of Valuations; and Remarks on the Cultivation pursued on Soils in different Situations. Adapted to the Use of Landlords, Land Agents, Appraisers, Farmers, and Tenants. 5th Edition, re-written and enlarged, by JOHN DONALDSON. With a Chapter on the Tithe Commutation Rent-Charge, by a Gentleman of much experience on the Tithe Commission. 8vo. 10s. 6d. cloth lettered.

"May now be said to be re-written by one of the best practical agriculturists in the country. The excellent forms for account books which are given at the end of the volume are so superior to those generally published, that we consider them alone worth the price of the book."-Gardener's Magazine.

MESSRS. LONGMAN AND Co.'s LIST of

Agriculture and Gardening-continued.

THE ROSE AMATEUR'S GUIDE.

Containing

ample Descriptions of all the fine leading varieties of Roses, regularly classed in their respective Families; their History and Mode of Culture. By T. RIVERS, Jun. 2d Edition, greatly enlarged. One vol. foolscap, price 6s. cloth lettered.

Among the additions to the present edition will be found, full directions for raising New Roses from Seed, by modes never before published, appended to each family; Descriptions of the most remarkable New Roses lately introduced; an Alphabetical List of all the New Roses, and of the Show Roses.

SIR

HUMPHRY

DAVY'S

AGRICULTURAL

CHEMISTRY. With Notes by Dr. John Davy. 6th Edition, 8vo. with 10 Plates, 15s. cloth lettered.

CONTENTS.-Introduction-The General Powers of Matter which Influence Vegetation-The Organization of Plants-Soils-Nature and Constitution of the Atmosphere, and its Influence on Vegetables-Manures of Vegetable and Animal Origin-Manures of Mineral Origin, or Fossil Manures-Improvement of Lands by Burning-Experiments on the Nutritive Qualities of different Grasses, &c.

THE VEGETABLE CULTIVATOR.

Containing

a Plain and Accurate Description of all the different Species and Varieties of Culinary Vegetables, with the most approved Methods of Cultivating and Cooking them. By J. ROGERS, Author of "The Fruit Cultivator." Foolscap 8vo. cloth lettered.

A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE CULTIVATION OF THE GRAPE VINE ON OPEN WALLS. By CLEMENT HOARE. New Edition, with Additions, Svo. 7s. 6d. cloth.

NEW EDITIONS OF MRS. MARCET'S CONVERSATIONS.

POLITICAL ECONOMY; in which the Elements of that Science are familiarly Explained. 7th Edition, revised and enlarged. One vol. foolscap 8vo. 7s. 6d. cloth lettered.

VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY; comprehending the Elements of Botany, with their Application to Agriculture. 3d Edit. one vol. fcap. 8vo. with 4 Plates, 9s. cloth lettered.

LAND AND WATER.

2d Edition, revised and corrected, with a coloured Map, showing the Comparative Altitude of Mountains. One vol. fcap. 8vo. 5s. 6d. cloth lettered.

NATURAL PHILOSOPHY; in which the Elements of that Science are familiarly Explained, and Adapted to the Comprehension of Young Pupils. 9th Edition, enlarged and corrected, with 23 Engravings, fcap. 8vo. 10s. 6d. cloth.

CHEMISTRY; in which the Elements of that Science

are familiarly Explained and Illustrated by Experiments. 13th Edition, enlarged and corrected, 2 vols. fcap. 8vo. with 18 Plates, 14s. boards.

NEW WORKS AND NEW EDITIONS.

POETICAL WORKS.

THE POETICAL WORKS OF JAMES MONTGOMERY, Author of "The Wanderer of Switzerland," etc. etc. With additional Poems, and Biographical Prefaces. Uniform with the New Editions of Moore's and Southey's Works. 4 vols. with engraved Frontispieces and vignette Titles, by GEO. JONES, ESQ. R.A. etc. price 20s. cloth. THE POETICAL WORKS OF THOMAS MOORE, ESQ. The first uniform Edition, collected and arranged by Mr. MOORE, with new Notes, Prefaces, etc. 10 vols. with Frontispieces and Vignettes by George Jones, Esq. R.A. and Daniel M'Clise, Esq. R.A. price 27. 10s., handsomely bound in fancy cloth, lettered.

MOORE'S LALLA ROOKH; an Oriental Romance. New Edition, one volume royal 8vo. with 13 highly-finished Engravings, executed under the superintendence of Mr. Charles Heath, from designs by Stephanoff, Meadows, E. Corbould, and Miss Corbaux. In fancy cloth, lettered, with ornamental gilding, One Guinea; or with India Proof Plates, 21. 2s. Also in fcp. 8vo. with four engravings after Westall, 10s. 6d. cloth.

MOORE'S IRISH MELODIES: with an Appendix, containing the Original Advertisements and the Prefatory Letter on Music. 13th Edition, fcp. 8vo. with engraved Title and Vignette, 10s. cloth lettered. POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT SOUTHEY, Esq. Collected by HIMSELF. 10 vols. fcp. 8vo. with Portrait, Frontispieces, and Vignettes, 21. 10s. cloth lettered.

*** This Edition includes many pieces which either have never before been collected, or have remained unpublished. Preliminary notices are affixed to the long poems, the whole of the notes retained,-and such additional ones incorporated as the Author, since the first publication, has seen occasion to insert. The following Poems may be had separately:RODERICK, 1 vol. 5s.

JOAN OF ARC, 1 vol. 5s.

MADOC, 1 vol. 58.

THALABA, 1 vol. 5s.
CURSE OF KEHAMA, 1 vol. 5s.
BALLADS, etc. 2 vols. 10s.

POETICAL WORKS OF LETITIA ELIZABETH

LANDON (the late Mrs. Maclean). New Edition, 4 vols. foolscap 8vo. with Illustrations by Howard, &c. 28s. cloth lettered.

The following may be had separately:

THE IMPROVISATRICE, 10s. 6d.

THE VENETIAN BRACELET, 10s. 6d.

THE GOLDEN VIOLET, 10s. 6d.
THE TROUBADOUR, 10s. 6d.

JOANNA BAILLIE'S POEMS, &c. New DRAMAS,

3 vols. 8vo. 36s.-A SERIES of PLAYS, in which it is attempted to delineate the stronger Passions of the Mind. 3 vols. 8vo. 17. 11s. 6d.-MISCELLANEOUS PLAYS, 8vo. 9s.-METRICAL LEGENDS, 8vo. 14s.

FAMILY SHAKSPEARE; in which nothing is

added to the Original Text; but those Words and Expressions are omitted which cannot be read aloud in a Family. By T. BowDLER, Esq. F.R.S. New Edition, One large vol. 8vo. with 36 Illustrations, after Smirke, Howard, &c. 30s, cloth; with gilt edges, 31s. 6d. Or in large type, without Illustrations, 8 vols. 8vo. 4l. 14s. 6d. boards.

SELECT WORKS OF THE BRITISH POETS,

FROM BEN JONSON TO BEATTIE.

With Biographical and Critical

Prefaces, by Dr. AIKIN. One vol. 8vo. 18s. cloth; or neatly done up, gilt edges, 20s.

MESSRS. LONGMAN AND CO.'s list of

Poetry, &c.-continued.

SELECT WORKS OF THE BRITISH POETS FROM CHAUCER TO WITHERS. With Biographical Sketches, by R. SOUTHEY, LL.D. One vol. 8vo. uniform with "Aikin's Poets," 30s. cloth, or with gilt edges, 31s. 6d.

THE MORAL OF FLOWERS.

3d Edition, royal

8vo. with 24 beautifully coloured Plates, 30s. half-bound.

"Full of exquisite poetry."-Blackwood's Magazine.

By the same Author,

THE SPIRIT OF THE WOODS. 1 vol. royal 8vo.

with 26 beautifully coloured Plates, 36s. half-bound.

THEOLOGY,

DOMESTIC RELIGIOUS READING, ETC.

THE DOCTRINE OF THE DELUGE; vindicating the Scriptural Account from the Doubts which have recently been cast upon it by recent Geological Speculations. By the Rev. LEVESON VERNON HARCOURT. 2 vols. 8vo. 36s. cloth lettered.

THE SACRED HISTORY OF THE WORLD; Philosophically considered, in a Series of Letters to a Son. By SHARON TURNER, Esq. F.S.A. and R.A.S.L. New Edition, 3 vols. 8vo. 21. 2s. boards.

THE SUNDAY LIBRARY; a Selection of Sermons from Eminent Divines of the Church of England, chiefly within the last Half Century. With Notes, &c. by the Rev. T. F. DIBDEN, D.D. 6 vols. fcap. 8vo. with Portraits, 30s. cloth.

PRINCIPLES OF CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY; containing the Doctrines, Duties, Admonitions, and Consolations of the Christian Religion. By JOHN BURNS, M.D. &c. 5th Edition, 12mo. 7s. bds. LETTERS FROM AN ABSENT GODFATHER;

OR,

A COMPENDIUM OF RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION FOR YOUNG PERSONS. By the REV. J. E. RIDDLE, M.A., Author of "First Sundays at Church," &c. Foolscap 8vo. 6s. cloth.

ORIENTAL CUSTOMS; applied to the Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures. By SAMUEL BURDER, A.M. &c. foolscap 8vo. 8s. 6d. cloth lettered.

New Edition,

DISCOURSES ON THE PRINCIPAL POINTS OF THE SOCINIAN CONTROVERSY.-The Unity of the God, and the Trinity of Persons in the Godhead; the Supreme Divinity of Jesus Christ; the Doctrine of Atonement; on the Christian Character, &c. By RALPH WARDLAW, D.D. Fifth Edition, 8vo. 15s. cloth lettered.

NEW WORKS AND NEW EDITIONS.

WORKS OF UTILITY AND AMUSEMENT.

NEW GENERAL ATLAS OF FIFTY-THREE MAPS, ON COLOMBIER PAPER; with the Divisions and Boundaries carefully coloured. Constructed entirely from New Drawings, and engraved by SIDNEY HALL. Corrected to 1840. Folded in half, half-bound in russia, 91. 9s.; in the full extended size of the Maps, 107.

Three of the Maps, viz. Ireland, Southern Africa, and Turkey in Asia, have been re-engraved from new designs.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF THE NAMES CONTAINED IN THE ABOVE ATLAS, with References to the Number of the Maps, and to the Latitude and Longitude in which the Places are to be found. Royal 8vo. 21s. cloth.

TREATISE ON THE STEAM - ENGINE; Historical, Practical, and Descriptive. By JOHN FAREY, Engineer. 4to. illustrated by numerous Wood-cuts, and 25 Copper-plates, engraved by Wilson Lowry, from Drawings by Messrs. Farey, 51. 5s. bds.—Vol. II. in the press.

ILLUSTRATIONS OF PRACTICAL MECHANICS. By the Rev. H. MOSELEY, M.A., Professor of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy in King's College, London; being the First Volume of Illus trations of Science by the Professors of King's College. One vol. fcp. 8vo. with numerous Wood-cuts, 8s. cloth lettered.

A TREATISE ON ROADS: wherein the Principles on which Roads should be made are explained and illustrated, by the Plans, Specifications, and Contracts, made use of by THOMAS TELFORD, Esq. on the Holyhead Road. By the Rt. Hon. SIR HENRY PARNELL, Bart., Hon. Mem. Inst. Civ. Engin. London. 2d Edit. greatly enlarged, with nine large Plates (two of which are new), 21s. cloth lettered.

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PRACTICAL TREATISE ON RAILROADS AND INTERIOR COMMUNICATION IN GENERAL. Containing the Performances of the Improved Locomotive Engines; with Tables of the Comparative Cost of Conveyance on Canals, Railways, and Turnpike Roads. By NICHOLAS WOOD, Colliery Viewer, Mem. Inst. Civ. Engin., &c. 3d Edit. very greatly enlarged, with 15 large Plates (several of which are new, and the rest have been re-drawn and re-engraved), and several new Wood-cuts, price 31s. 6d. cloth.

A POPULAR LAW DICTIONARY; Familiarly Explaining the Terms and Nature of English Law; adapted to the compre. hension of persons not educated for the Legal Profession, and affording Information peculiarly useful to Magistrates, Merchants, Parochial Officers, and others. By THOMAS EDLYNE TOMLINS, Attorney and Solicitor. One thick volume, 8vo. 18s. cloth lettered.

"We have examined several subjects on which we happen to have some of the knowledge of experience, and the sharpness of interest; and in these we find the work full, clear, and to the point."-Spectator.

A PRACTICAL TREATISE

ON

BILLS

OF

EXCHANGE, particularly as relating to the Customs of Merchants; with the French Code relating to Bills of Exchange. By F. HOBLER, Jun. Attorneyat-Law; Author of "Familiar Exercises between an Attorney and his Articled Clerk." Foolscap 8vo. 6s. cloth lettered.

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