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Men and Manners in America.

By Captain Thomas Hamilton. With Portrait of the Author. Fcap., 7s. 6d.

The Operations of War Explained and Illustrated.

By Edward Bruce Hamley, Colonel in the Royal Artillery, Companion of the Bath, Commandant of the Staff College, &c. 3d Edition, 4to, with numerous Illustrations, 30s.

'Colonel Hamley's treatise on the 'Operations of War' is, we do not hesitate to say, the best that has been written in the English language.”—The Times.

On all matters relating to the practice of the profession it forms the most perfect book of reference that has been published,”—United Service Magazine.

The Story of the Campaign of Sebastopol.

Written in the Camp. By Col. E. Bruce Hamley. With Illustrations drawn in Camp by the Author. 8vo, 215.

"We strongly recommend this 'Story of the Campaign' to all who would gain a just comprehension of this tremendous struggle. Of this we are perfectly sure, it is a book unlikely to be ever superseded. Its truth is of that simple and startling character which is sure of an immortal existence; nor is it paying the gallant Author too high a compliment to class this masterpiece of military history with the most precious of those classic records which have been bequeathed to us by the great writers of antiquity who took part in the wars they have described."-The Press.

Wellington's Career;

A Military and Political Summary. By Col. E. Bruce Hamley. Crown 8vo, 2s.

Lady Lee's Widowhood.

By Col. E. Bruce Hamley. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d.

"A quiet humour, an easy, graceful style, a deep, thorough, confident knowledge of human nature in its better and more degrading aspects, a delicate and exquisite appreciation of womanly character, an admirable faculty of description, and great tact, are the qualities that command the reader's interest and respect from beginning to end of 'Lady Lee's Widowhood.'"-The Times.

Our Poor Relations.

A Philozoic Essay. By Col. E. Bruce Hamley. With Illustrations, chiefly by Ernest Griset. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.

"This is a charming little book, such as may be read through in half an hour; nor would it be easy to spend half an hour more pleasantly, or indeed to more profit. Slowly, very slowly indeed, but still by a sure progress, we are struggling out of the merely selfish and masterful view of the relations between ourselves and the lower animals; and Colonel Hamley's Essay, with its wide, kindly sympathies and delicate fancy, will help it on."—Spectator.

The Position on the Alma.

In Seven Sketches from the Field on the Day after the Battle. By Col. E.
Bruce Hamley. Cloth, 5s.

A New Sea and an Old Land;

Being Papers suggested by a Visit to Egypt at the end of 1869. By General W. G. Hamley. 8vo, with coloured Illustrations, 10s. 6d.

"Such are the contrasts the book deals with, handling them in a style that is not only pleasant but picturesque; and those who care to have ancient Egypt made easy will attain their object with the smallest possible expenditure of temper and trouble by placing themselves under his guidance."—Saturday

Review.

Handy Book of Laws

CHIEFLY AFFECTING SCOTLAND. Abridged and plainly stated for general use. By an Ex-Sheriff-Substitute. Sewed, 6d.

The Handy Horse-Book;

Or, Practical Instructions in Riding, Driving, and the General Care and Management of Horses. By "Magenta." A New Edition, with 6 Engravings, 4s. 6d.

"As cavalry officer, hunting horseman, coach-proprietor, whip, and steeplechase-rider, 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.

A Glossary of Navigation.

Containing the Definitions and Propositions of the Science, Explanation of Terms, and Description of Instruments. By the Rev. J. B. Harbord, M.A., Assistant Director of Education, Admiralty. Crown 8vo. Illustrated with Diagrams, 6s.

Definitions and Diagrams in Astronomy and

Navigation. By the Rev. J. B. Harbord, M.A.

IS. 6d.

Short Sermons for Hospitals and Sick Seamen.

By the Rev. J. B. Harbord, M.A. Fcap. 8vo, cloth, 4s. 6d.

Scenes and Adventures in Central America.
Edited by Frederick Hardman. Crown 8vo, 6s.

Poems.

By the Lady Flora Hastings.

Edited by Her Sister, the late Marchioness of Bute. Second Edition, with a Portrait. Fcap., 7s. 6d.

Works of D. R. Hay, F.R.S.E.

A Nomenclature of Colours applicable to the Arts and Natural Sciences, to Manufactures, and other purposes of General Utility. 228 examples of Colours, Hues, Tints, and Shades. 8vo, £3, 35. The Laws of Harmonious Colouring. Adapted to Interior Decorations; with Observations on the Practice of House - Painting. Post 8vo, 6s. 6d.

The Geometric Beauty of the Human Figure Defined. Το which is prefixed a System of Esthetic Proportion. Applicable to Architecture and the other Formative Arts. 16 Plates.

Royal 4to, 30s.

The Harmonic Law of Nature applied to Architectural Design. 8 Plates. Royal 8vo, boards, 2s. 6d.

The Orthographic Beauty of the Parthenon referred to a Law of Nature. 12 Plates. Royal 8vo, sewed, 5s.

The Natural Principles of Beauty, as developed in the Human Figure. 5 Plates. Royal 8vo, sewed, 5s.

The Science of Beauty, as developed in Nature, and applied in Art. 23 Plates. Royal 8vo, cloth, 10s. 6d.

The Natural Principles and Analogy of the Harmony of Form. 18 Plates and numerous Woodcuts. 4to, 15s.

Proportion, or the Geometric Principle of Beauty analysed.
17 Plates and 38 Woodcuts. 4to, 255.
Original Geometrical Diaper Designs.
Attempt to develop and elucidate the true
Design, as applied to the Decorative Arts.
Woodcuts. Oblong folio, 42s.

Accompanied by an Principles of Ornamental 57 Plates and numerous

The Principles of Beauty in Colouring Systematised. 14 Coloured Diagrams. 2d Edition. 8vo, 155.

First Principles of Symmetrical Beauty. 100 Plates. Post

8vo, 6s.

On the Science of those Proportions by which the Human Head and Countenance, as represented in ancient Greek Art, are distinguished from those of ordinary Nature. 25 Plates. Royal 4to, 36s.

The Works of the Right Rev. Bishop Hay,

of Edinburgh. Together with a Memoir of the Author, and Portrait engraved from the Painting at the College of Blairs. Edited under the supervision of the Right Rev. Bishop Strain. A New Edition, in 5 vols. Crown 8vo, 21s.

"Able and original work."—London Scotsman.

"There is a good deal of original thought in this work.

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hardly a chapter which does not contain something that may be termed suggestive."-John Bull.

Bishop Hay on Miracles.

The Scripture Doctrine of Miracles Displayed, in which they are impartially examined and explained, according to the Light of Revelation and the Principles of Sound Reason. By the Right Rev. Dr George Hay, Bishop of Edinburgh. 2 vols. crown 8vo, 10s. 6d.

The Poems of Felicia Hemans.

Complete in One Volume, Royal 8vo, with Portrait by Finden, Cheap Edition, 5s. Another Edition, with Memoir by her Sister, Seven Volumes, fcap., 35s. Another Edition, in Six Volumes, cloth, gilt edges, 15s. The same 6 vols. bound in 3, 12s. 6d., or cloth, extra gilt edges, 155. The following Works of Mrs Hemans are sold separately, bound in cloth, gilt edges, 4s. each :

RECORDS OF Woman.
FOREST SANCTUARY.

SONGS OF THE AFFECTIONS.

DRAMATIC Works.

TALES AND HISTORIC SCENES.
MORAL AND RELIGIOUS POEMS.

Select Poems of Mrs Hemans.

In One Vol., fcap. 8vo, 3s.

Memoir of Mrs Hemans.

By her Sister. With a Portrait, fcap. 8vo, 5s.

The Practice in the Several Judicatories of the

Church of Scotland. By Alexander Hill, D.D. Sixth Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Fcap. 8vo, 4s.

A Book about Roses,

HOW TO GROW AND SHOW THEM. By S. Reynolds Hole, Author of ' A Little Tour in Ireland.' Fourth Edition, Enlarged. Crown 8vo, 7s. 6d. "It is the production of a man who boasts of thirty all England' cups, whose Roses are always looked for anxiously at flower-shows, who took the lion's share in originating the first Rose-show pur et simple, whose assistance as judge or amicus curiæ is always courted at such exhibitions. Such a man 'ought to have something to say worth hearing to those who love the Rose,' and he has said it."-Gardeners' Chronicle.

"We cordially recommend the book to every amateur who wishes to grow Roses as at once the pleasantest and the best yet written on the subject.' The Field,

"A very captivating book, containing a great deal of valuable information about the Rose and its culture, given in a style which cannot fail to please. Journal of Horticulture.

The Six of Spades:

A Book about the Garden and the Gardener. By the Rev. S. Reynolds Hole, Author of 'A Book About Roses,' &c. Crown 8vo, 56.

Homer's Odyssey and Iliad.

Translated into English Verse in the Spenserian Stanza. By P. S. Wors ley, M.A., Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford; and John Conington, M.A., Corpus Professor of Latin in the University of Oxford. 4 vols. crown 8vo, 39s.

"If the translator has produced a work which, having caught the spirit of the poem, can delight those to whom the original is a sealed book, he can desire no higher praise: and this praise belongs justly to Mr Worsley.

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He has placed in the hands of English readers a poem which deserves to outlive the present generation."-Edinburgh Review.

"We assign it, without hesitation, the first place among existing English translations.'

- Westminster Review.

The Odes and Epodes of Horace,

A Metrical Translation into English, with Latin Text, Introduction, and Commentaries. By Lord Lytton. Crown 8vo, 145.

Mary Queen of Scots

AND HER ACCUSERS. By John Hosack, Barrister-at-Law. This work contains the 'Book of Articles' produced against Queen Mary at Westminster, which has never hitherto been printed. A New and Enlarged Edition, with a Photograph from the Bust on the Tomb in Westminster Abbey. Vol. I., 8vo, 15s.

"A careful study of Mr Hosack's book will show that he has explicitly or implicitly answered every one of the fifteen arguments in the famous Note L. of Hume's History of this reign."—Quarterly Review.

"Whatever surmises may be formed about Mary's knowledge or assent, there can now be no doubt that the murder was contrived, not by Mary, but by her accusers. "-Scotsman.

"He has confuted those who, by brilliant writing and a judicious selection of evidence, paint the Queen of Scots as an incarnate fiend, and who are dramatic poets rather than historians."-The Times.

A Treatise on the Conflict of Laws of England

and Scotland. By John Hosack, of the Middle Temple, Barrister-atLaw. 8vo, Ios. 6d.

Decisions of the Court of Session, 1781-1822.

Collected by David Hume, Esq., Professor of the Law of Scotland in the University of Edinburgh. 4to, boards, £3, 35.

Ballads from the German.

By Henry Inglis. Fcap. 8vo, 5s.

Marican, and other Poems.
By Henry Inglis. 8vo, 8s.

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