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GAELIC GATHERINGS:

OR,

THE HIGHLANDERS AT HOME, ON THE HEATH, THE RIVER, AND THE LOCH:

A SERIES OF HIGHLY INTERESTING PLATES, REPRESENTING PICTURESQUE GROUPS, ENGAGED IN THEIR SOCIAL EMPLOYMENTS, THEIR SPORTS, AND PASTIMES.

By R. R. M'IAN, Esq., with Descriptive Letterpress, by
JAMES LOGAN, Esq., F. S. A., Sc., &c.

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THIS publication is devoted to illustrate the various domestic and out-door occupations of the Gael. These, so strikingly peculiar, afford subjects of great interest and pictorial effect, and as no existing Work has been hitherto appropriated to this object, the present will supply the desideratum in the most elegant and attractive form.

Complete in Eight Parts, each containing Three interesting subjects. Price, HIGHLY COLOURED

Do. PLAIN

16s. per Part.
10s. do.

SEPARATE PRINTS Coloured, each 5s.

LONDON: ACKERMANN & Co., 96 STRAND,

BY APPOINTMENT TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT, H. R. H. THE DUCHESS OF KENT, AND THE ROYAL FAMILY.

EDINBURGH: ADAM & CHARLES BLACK.

VIEWS

OF THE

GREAT EXHIBITION BUILDING FOR 1851.

PUBLISHED BY

ACKERMANN & Co., 96 STRAND.

1. THE NAVE OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION BUILDING, showing the Interior. From a Drawing submitted to Her Majesty's Commissioners by OWEN JONES, on Stone by E. WALKER. Size 39 inches long, by 281 high; in treble tint, 12s.; coloured 24s.

2. THE TRANSEPT-Internal View. By the same Artist as above. Size 25 inches long by 333 high; in treble tint, 9s. ; coloured 18s.

3. THE TRANSEPT-External View, from the Prince of Wales's Gate. Drawn on Stone by C. BURTON. Size 28 inches long, by 14 high; treble tint, 5s.; coloured 7s. 6d.

4. EXTERIOR VIEW OF THE WHOLE BUILDING-Southside. By GEO. HAWKINS. 38 inches long, by 13 high; treble tint, 7s. 6d.; coloured 15s.

5. BIRD'S-EYE VIEW, looking across the Serpentine and Hyde Park, showing the distant Hills. By C. BURTON. 38 inches long, by 161 high; treble tint, 7s. 6d.; coloured 15s.

6. EXTERIOR VIEW, surrounded by Vignettes of BUCKINGHAM PALACE, ST. PAUL'S, ROYAL EXCHANGE, HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, WESTMINSTER ABBEY, POST OFFICE. Drawn and Engraved in Line, by THOMAS FLEMMING. Size 27 inches long, by 17 high. Price, plain, 5s.; coloured 7s. 6d.

7. EXTERIOR VIEW, same as No. 4. Size 19 inches long, by 161 high; in treble tint, 1s. 6d.; coloured, 2s. 6d.

8. EXTERIOR VIEW, looking across the Serpentine.

Size 19

inches long, by 6 high; treble tint, 1s. 6d. ; coloured, 2s. 6d. FOUR VIEWS OF THE EXTERIOR. Drawn and Lithographed by E. LE BIHAN. 9. TAKEN FROM THE CASČADE, NORTH-EAST.-10. FROM THE NORTH-WEST. 11. FROM THE BRIDGE, HYDE PARK.-12. A WINTER SCENE. Size 18 inches, by 7 high; treble tint, 1s. 6d. each; coloured, 2s. 6d. each.

13. EXTERIOR VIEW. Drawn by E. WALKER. Engraved in Line by E. CHALLIS. Size 19 inches, by 6 high; plain, 1s.,

coloured, 2s.

14. SMALL VIEW, mounted,

with a Gold Border; a Plan of the Building on the Reverse. Size 9 long, by 3 high; printed in colours, 1s. each.

A VARIETY OF SMALL VIEWS.

(N. B. The above measurements do not include any margin).

B

HISTORY OF SCOTLAND. BY PATRICK FRASER TYTLER,

Esq. Third Edition; in 7 vols. 8vo, published at £4:4s. now reduced to £2:12: 6.

TYTLER'S SCOTLAND. Second Edition, stereotyped; in 9 vols. post 8vo, a very convenient size for reading, now reduced to £2:5s.

A very complete and elaborate Index to each of the Three Editions is now published in a separate half volume, price 5s. It is not only an Index of Matters, but refers to every name of Person or Place to be found in the work.

"It is with great satisfaction that we hail the appearance of Mr. Tytler's work. We venture to predict it will become, and long remain, the Standard History of Scotland."-Quarterly Review.

"The evidence of this very interesting fact will appear in the third volume of Mr. Tytler's History of Scotland. Like the tenor of the work in general, it reflects the highest honour on Mr. Tytler's talents and industry." -Sir Walter Scott's History of Scotland.

"See Sir Walter Scott's Review (in the Quarterly) of Vol. I. and II. of Mr. Tytler's elaborate work; a work which he meant to criticise throughout in similar detail, for he considered it as a very important one."-Lockhart's Life of Scott.

In one very large vol. 8vo, with a portrait and Memoir of the Author, published at £1: 1s. now reduced to 12s.

JAMIESON'S SCOTTISH DICTIONARY, Abridged by JOHN

JOHNSTONE; Containing all the words in the Dictionary and Supplement, in four vols 4tc, incorporated in one alphabet; with the various meanings and etymons; and embodying the proverbial sayings, and a brief description of the usages and manners of Scotland.

"In this Abridgement every word contained in the Quarto Dictionary and Supplement is carefully incorporated; and the various meanings attached to each, along with the etymons, are given at much greater length than is usual in works of this kind. The charm of Dr. Jamieson's great work is the mass of antiquarian lore which his Dictionary and Supplement contain. In an Abridgement of four quarto volumes, comparatively little of this can be embodied in a single octavo volume. As far, however, as his limited space would allow, the Editor has endeavoured to incorporate a succinct account of. the old usages and manners of Scotland."-Preface.

EDINBURGH: ADAM & CHARLES BLACK.

HISTORY OF ST. ANDREWS,

With a full account of the Recent Improvements in the City, by the Rev. CHARLES ROGER, F.S.A., Scot.

One vol. post 8vo, cloth, lettered, and illustrated with a plan of the City, and 14 highly finished Engravings on Steel. Price 3s. 6d.

"This volume, we must in strict justice characterise as a model guide book. Its appearance will do a great deal to call attention to, and revive an interest in, the beauties and antiquities, as well as the mere physical amenities of St. Andrews, and add largely to the number of its casual and regular visitors."-Edinburgh Evening Post.

"This is a work which, whether in point of composition, typography, or illustration, may fairly challenge comparison with any production of the kind which we have seen."-Edinburgh News.

"The biographical sketches of distinguished men, natives, or connected with the University, is one of the most attractive features of the volume."Edinburgh Advertiser.

"Mr. Roger's History' is the best history of St. Andrews that has yet been written."-Fifeshire Journal.

Edinburgh: ADAM & CHARLES BLACK.

Will be ready in June, by the same Author,

In one vol. post 8vo, illustrated with numerous Engravings on steel, A WEEK AT BRIDGE OF ALLAN, Comprising an Account of the Airthrey Spa, and a Series of Six Excursions from that rising Watering-place.

Edinburgh: W. H. LIZARS, 3 St. James' Square.

Just published, price 7s. 6d., cloth, gilt; morocco, 12s. 6d.
Illustrated with Ten Engravings,

PERTH:

ITS ANNALS AND ITS ARCHIVES.

By DAVID PEACOCK,

Master of King James the Sixth's Hospital, Perth.

Perth:

T. RICHARDSON, 1 George Street.

Edinburgh: ADAM & CHARLES BLACK.

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

"This is a very tastefully got up publication, in letterpress and illustrations; and on that account, as well as from its authorship, we are disposed to think and write very favourably of it. We congratulate Mr. Peacock on his very creditable production."--Perthshire Courier.

"The intelligent stranger who wishes to carry with him a token of his visit to that city of the Tay, will not easily find a more appropriate memorial than Mr. Peacock's volume."-Edinburgh Evening Courant.

"Tourists and others visiting Scotland will find this work interesting and useful."

WORKS PUBLISHED

BY

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD & SONS,

EDINBURGH AND LONDON.

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, price 12s. 6d.

THE

HE 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.

LA

AYS of the DEER FOREST. A Selection from the Original Poems of JOHN SOBIESKI STUART and CHARLES EDWARD STUART. With an Essay on DeerStalking and Roe-Hunting, Notes of Remarkable Incidents in Forest Sports, Traditions of the Clans, and Notices of Natural History in the Deer-Forests.

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In two volumes, post 8vo, price 21s.

ECREATIONS

OF CHRISTOPHER

NORTH.

In three volumes, post 8vo, price £1:11:6. "Welcome, right welcome, Christopher North; we cordially greet thee in thy new dress, thou genial and hearty old man, whose Ambrosian nights' have so often in imagination transported us from solitude to the social circle, and whose vivid pictures of flood and fell, of loch and glen, have carried us in thought from the smoke, din, and pent-up opulence of London, to the rushing stream, or tranquil tarn, or those mountain ranges," &c.-Times.

L

AYS of the SCOTTISH CAVALIERS, and other

POEMS.

By WILLIAM E. AYTOUN.

Professor of Rhetoric in the University of Edinburgh.

With an Appendix; containing an Examination of the Statements in Mr. Macaulay's "History of England," regarding John Grahame of Claverhouse, Viscount of Dundee.

Fourth Edition, in small 8vo, 6s.

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