The Handy-Book of Bees, and their Profitable ManAGEMENT. By A. PETTIGREW, Rusholme, Manchester. Price 4s. 6d. "The author of this volume is evidently a practical man, and knows a great deal more about bees and their habits than most of the bee-keepers in England; indeed, he may be said to be a very master in the art of bee mysteries."-Bell's Life in London. "How to manage them properly, so as to make a profit, is so clearly and pleasantly told in this capital work, that we need not trespass on its pages longer."-Sherborne Journal. "We recommend this book to all who wish to spread a knowledge of this useful art amongst their neighbours and friends."-Land and Water. "A practical treatise on the profitable conduct of apiculture, by an author thorougly familiar with the theme. He writes largely for working men, emphatically urging on them the advantages, both in pocket and in habits, which the keeping of bees will confer; and the unpretentious, clear style, and exhaustive treatment of the subject, make the little volume a safe guide to a very interesting and self-rewarding recreation."-Daily Telegraph. On Seats and Saddles, Bits and Bitting, and the Pre VENTION AND CURE OF RESTIVENESS IN HORSES. BY FRANCIS DWYER, "We have both studied his arguments with attention and tested them by repeated experiments; and our conclusion certainly is, that they require nothing but publicity to effect a material change in the present practice of English horsemanship."-Fraser's Magazine. "In this work we have some of the soundest and most valuable suggestions we have read. No man who owns or rides a horse should leave this work unstudied."-Sunday Times. The Handy Horse-Book; or, Practical Instructions IN RIDING, DRIVING, AND THE GENERAL CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF HORSES. By "MAGENTA." A New Edition, with Six Engravings, 4s. 6d. "As cavalry officer, hunting horseman, coach proprietor, whip, and steeplechaserider, the author has had long and various experience in the management of horses, and he now gives us the cream of his information."-Athenæum. "He propounds no theories, but embodies in simple untechnical language what he has learned practically."-Sporting Gazette. Our Domesticated Dogs: Their Treatment in referENCE TO FOOD, DISEASES, HABITS, PUNISHMENT, ACCOMPLISHMENTS, &c. By the Author of 'The Handy Horse-Book.' 2s. 6d. bound in gilt cloth. "How frequently do we hear ladies complain that just when their favourites come to know and love them, they are sure to die.' If instead of constantly cramining them with unwholesome food, they would follow the directions given in the pages before us, not only would the mortality be less, but the appearance and even the dispositions of their pets would be marvellously improved."-Land and Water. NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION. Lord St Leonards' Handy-Book of Property Law, A New Edition, being the Eighth, price 5s. The Book of the Farm. By Henry Stephens, F.R.S.E. A New Edition, brought up to the present time. In Two Volumes, royal 8vo. Vol. I. is now published, price £1, 5s. “The best practical book I have ever met with."-Professor Johnston. The Book of Farm Buildings: Their Arrangement JAMES SLIGHT and R. S. BURN. Edited by HENRY STEPHENS, F.R.S.E. The Book of the Landed Estate. By Robert E. Brown, "It is impossible even to glance at a tithe of the useful information and advice contained in this volume, which will be certain to be the landlord and the agent's vade mecum."-Saturday Review. "Mr Brown's book offers minute and ample answers to every possible inquiry which the landowner's ingenuity can suggest." -Pall Mall Gazette. "Mr Brown is plain and practical in his remarks; he is evidently a cautious and sensible land agent, and his valuable work testifies to his having made good use of his opportunities, his observation, and his experience.”—North British Agriculturist. Farm Accounts:-A Practical System of Farm BookKEEPING; being that recommended in the Book of the Farm' by HENRY STEPHENS, F.R.S.E. Royal 8vo, price 2s. 6d. Also SEVEN FOLIO ACCOUNT-BOOKS, constructed in accordance with the System. Price 22s. "We have no hesitation in saying, that of the many systems of keeping Farm Accounts which are in vogue, there is not one which will bear comparison with this.”— Bell's Messenger. The Forester. By James Brown, LL.D., Wood-Surveyor and Nurseryman, Stirling. Fourth Edition, enlarged and improved. Royal 8vo, with numerous Engravings on Wood. Price £1, 11s. 6d. half-bound. "The most useful guide to good arboriculture in the English language.”—Lindley's Gardeners' Chronicle. The Relative Value of Round and Sawn Timber, SHOWN BY MEANS OF TABLES AND DIAGRAMS. By JAMES RAIT, LandSteward at Castle Forbes. Royal 8vo, 8s. half-bound. Cattle and Cattle-Breeders. By William M'Combie, M.P., Tillyfour. A New and Cheaper Edition. 2s. 6d. cloth. Physiology at the Farm, in aid of Rearing and FeedING THE LIVE STOCK. BY WILLIAM SELLER, M.D., F.R.S. E., Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, formerly Lecturer on Materia Medica and Dietetics; and HENRY STEPHENS, F. R.S. E., Author of the Book of the Farm,' &c. Post 8vo, with Engravings, 16s. Occasional Papers on Veterinary Subjects. By WilLIAM DICK, late Professor of Veterinary Surgery to the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, Veterinary Surgeon to the Queen for Scotland, Founder of the Edinburgh Veterinary College, &c. With a Memoir and Portrait. 8vo, 12s. 6d. A Catechism of Practical Agriculture. By Henry STEPHENS, F.R.S. E., Author of the 'Book of the Farm,' &c. In crown 8vo, with Illustrations, 1s. PROFESSOR JOHNSTON'S WORKS. Experimental Agriculture: Being the Results of Past, and Suggestions for Future, Experiments in Scientific and Practical Agriculture. 8s. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry and Geology. Eighth Edition, 6s. 6d. A Catechism of Agricultural Chemistry and Geology. Sixty-third Edition. Edited by Dr VOELCKER. 1s. On the Use of Lime in Agriculture. 6s. Instructions for the Analysis of Soils. Fourth Edi tion. 2s. Villa Residences and Farm Architecture: a Series of Designs. By JOHN STARFORTH, Architect. 102 Engravings. Medium 4to, £2, 17s. 6d. Dairy Management and Feeding of Milch Cows: Be ing the Recorded Experience of Mrs AGNES SCOTT, Winkston, Peebles. Second Edition. Foolscap, ls. Italian Irrigation; a Report addressed to the Hon. the Court of Directors of the East India Company, on the Agricultural Canals of Piedmont and Lombardy; with a Sketch of the Irrigation System of Northern and Central India. By Lieut.-Col. BAIRD SMITH, C.B. Second Edition. Two Volumes, 8vo, with Atlas in Folio, 30s. Handbook of the Mechanical Arts concerned in the Construction and Arrangement of Dwellings and other Buildings; including Carpentry, Smith-work, Iron-framing, Brick-making, Columns, Cements, Well-sinking, Enclosing of Land, Road-making, &c. By R. SCOTT BURN. Crown 8vo, with 504 Engravings on Wood. 6s. 6d. Handy-Book of Meteorology. By Alexander Buchan, M.A., Secretary of the Scottish Meteorological Society. A New and Enlarged Edition. Crown 8vo, with Eight Coloured Charts and other Engravings, 8s. 6d. "In all other branches of meteorology Mr Buchan's book not only retains its previously high position, but in several respects materially surpasses it. The chapter on, and charts of, barometric pressure all over the world, are perhaps the most important contributions to the science since the publication of the kindred work by Dové ' On the Distribution of Heat,' &c.; and though not so likely to be popular, we shall not be surprised if Buchan's 'Isobars' are not really more important than Dové's 'Isotherms."" Meteorological Magazine. POPULAR WORKS ON NATURAL HISTORY. I. Text-Book of Zoology, for the Use of Schools. By HENRY ALLEYNE NICHOLSON, M.D., D.Sc., M.A., Ph.D. Gött., F.R.S.E., F.G.S., &c., Lecturer on Natural History in the Medical School of Edinburgh. Crown 8vo, with numerous Engravings on Wood, price 6s. "The author's Text-book, regarded from this point of view, is a decided success; it is just what was wanted. The subject has been treated in a scientific spirit, but at the same time so clearly and well as to be quite within the comprehension of any young student who will bring ordinary attention to his task."—Lancet. "Throughout the work the information is brought up to the most advanced state of our knowledge, and the explanations and descriptions are clear, and where necessary illustrated by diagrams and figures."-Educational Times. "If the book is solely intended for the use of schools, it is just such a book as a boy may find time to thoroughly master; a stepping-stone, as it were, to larger treatises on the same subject, and in this way will prove both acceptable and useful.”— Examiner. The in "This is an excellent treatise for its purpose. Dr Nicholson's style is singularly intelligent; he conveys much information in a small space, and is especially clear in his explanations of the various zoological classes and their characteristics. troductory chapter is a model of lucid writing on a difficult point, the distinctions between plants and animals. We have only to add that Christian teachers and the adherents of a spiritual philosophy may safely put this book into the hands of their pupils. There is nothing theological in the book, but on the other hand, there is nothing anti-theological."-Nonconformist. II. In the press, BY THE SAME AUTHOR, Introductory Text-Book of Zoology, for the Use of JUNIOR CLASSES. With numerous Illustrations. Price 3s. 6d. III. BY THE SAME AUTHOR, A Manual of Zoology, for the Use of Students. With a General Introduction on the Principles of Zoology. Crown 8vo, pp. 622, with 222 Engravings on Wood, price 12s. 6d. "We thank Dr Nicholson heartily for having so ably placed within the reach of students of zoology an excellent outline of that which is known or believed in the scientific world about the invertebrate animals, and we shall look forward with pleasure to the appearance of a second volume containing the zoology of the Vertebrata." -British Medical Journal. "A work which in point of accuracy far surpasses most of the manuals which of late years have issued from the press."-Popular Science Review. "It is, indeed, worthy of very high praise. In completeness and accuracy, as to the parts of the science of zoology of which it treats-the structure and classification of animals-it excels every work of the same kind with which we are acquainted, and is admirably suited for guiding the student either in the examination of animals which come under his notice, or in the prosecution of his studies in larger works and in those which are limited to special groups of the animal kingdom."-Courant. The Second Part of the above, Vertebrate Animals, may be had separately by Purchasers of the First, price 6s. 6d. 7 WORKS ON GEOLOGY AND PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. BY DAVID PAGE, LL.D., &c. Introductory Text-Book of Geology. With Engravings on Wood and Glossarial Index. Eighth Edition. 2s. "It has not been our good fortune to examine a text-book on science of which we could express an opinion so entirely favourable as we are enabled to do of Mr Page's little work."-Athenæum. Advanced Text-Book of Geology, Descriptive and Industrial. With Engravings, and Glossary of Scientific Terms. Fourth Edition, revised and enlarged. 7s. 6d. "We have carefully read this truly satisfactory book, and do not hesitate to say that it is an excellent compendium of the great facts of Geology, and written in a truthful and philosophic spirit."-Edinburgh Philosophical Journal. Geology for General Readers. Popular Sketches in Geology and Palæontology. A Series of Third Edition, con "Few of our handbooks of popular science can be said to have greater or more decisive merit than those of Mr Page on Geology and Palæontology. They are clear and vigorous in style, they never oppress the reader with a pedantic display of learning, nor overwhelm him with a pompous and superfluous terminology; and they have the happy art of taking him straightway to the face of nature herself, instead of leading him by the tortuous and bewildering paths of technical system and artificial classification."-Saturday Review. "This is one of the best of Mr Page's many good books. It is written in a flowing popular style. Without illustration or any extraneous aid, the narrative must prove attractive to any intelligent reader."-Geological Magazine. Chips and Chapters. and Young Geologists. Price 5s. A Book for Amateur The Past and Present Life of the Globe. Being a Sketch in Outline of the World's Life-System. With numerous Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 6s. Handbook of Geological Terms, Geology, and PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. Second Edition, enlarged. 7s. 6d. PHY. Introductory Text-Book of Physical GeograWith Sketch-Maps and Illustrations. Third Edition. 2s. Advanced Text-Book of Physical Geography. With Engravings. 5s. The Geological Examinator. A Progressive Series of Questions adapted to the Introductory and Advanced TextBooks of Geology. Third Edition. 9d. Examinations on Physical Geography. A Progressive Series of Questions, adapted to the Introductory and Advanced Text-Books of Physical Geography. Price 9d. |