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MR BLACKWOOD

HAS JUST PUBLISHED THE FOLLOWING WORKS.

In Foolscap Octavo, price 10s. 6d. the Seventh Edition of
THE COURSE OF TIME:

A Poem, in Ten Books.

BY ROBERT POLLOK, A.M.

is Edition, Arguments are prefixed to each Book, which may also be had separately, Price 6d.

In Octavo, price 12s.

AN EXAMINATION OF THE HUMAN MIND.
BY THE REV. JOHN BALLANTYNE.

In Foolscap Octavo, price 8s. 6d. the Second Edition of
RECORDS OF WOMAN:

With other Poems.

BY FELICIA HEMANS.

BY THE SAME AUTHOR,

In Foolscap Octavo, price 8s. 6d. the Second Edition, with Additions, of THE FOREST SANCTUARY:

With other Poems.

In Octavo, with Portrait, price 12s.

MEMOIR OF THE LATE WILLIAM WRIGHT, M.D. F.R.SS. L. & E. &c. &c. &c.

With Extracts from his Correspondence, and a Selection of his Papers, on Medical, Botanical, and Miscellaneous Subjects.

In 12mo, price 5s.

LIFE OF JAMES WODROW, A.M.

Professor of Divinity in the University of Glasgow, from 1692 to 1707. WRITTEN BY HIS SON, ROBERT WODROW, A M. Minister of the Gospel at Eastwood.

In Post Octavo, with three Plates, price 7s.

A TREATISE ON THE DISEASES OF THE BONES. BY BENJAMIN BELL,

Fellow of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and London.

In Post 8vo, price 8s.

LETTERS FROM THE CONTINENT;

Written during a Residence of Eighteen Months, in 1826-7, containi
Sketches of Foreign Scenery and Manners. With Hints as to the
Different Modes of Travelling, and Expense of Living.
By the Rev. WEEVER WALTER, M.A. of St John's College, Caml

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1.

In octavo,

HISTORY OF THE PROGRESS AND SUPPRESSION OF THE REFORMATION IN SPAIN,

DURING THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.

By THOMAS M'CRIE, D.D.

II.

In 3 vols. 12mo,

HISTORY OF THE

CAMPAIGNS OF THE BRITISH ARMIES

IN SPAIN, PORTUGAL, AND THE SOUTH OF FRANCE.
FROM 1808 TO 1814.

BY THE AUTHOR OF "CYRIL THORNTON."

"Nunc igitur, nunc cœlo iterum victricia signa

(Res eget his armis et bellatoribus istis)

Eleva, et accelera pugiles armare Britannos."

III.

BAPTISTA MANTUANUS.

In Svo, with Plates from Original Drawings,

THE BOSCOBEL TRACTS:

BEING

NARRATIVES RELATING TO THE ESCAPE OF

CHARLES II. AFTER THE BATTLE OF WORCESTER.

WITH NOTES BY THE EDITOR,

J. HUGHES, Esq. A.M.

IV.

In 2 vols. 12mo,

THE SHEPHERD'S CALENDAR.

BY JAMES HOGG,

AUTHOR OF "THE QUEEN'S WAKE," &c.

1.

In one large Volume Octavo,

THE GREEK GRAMMAR

OF

DR FREDERICK THIERSCH,

TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN, WITH BRIEF REMARKS.

BY PROFESSOR SANDFORD.

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, EDINBURGH,

AND T. CADELL, LONDON.

DICTIONARIUM SCOTO-CELTICUM, A DICTIONARY OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE, COMPRISING AN AMPLE VOCABULARY OF GAELIC WORDS, AS PRESERVED IN VERNACULAR SPEECH, MANUSCRIPTS, OR PRINTED WORKS, WITH THEIR SIGNIFICATION AND VARIOUS MEANINGS IN ENGLISH AND LATIN, illustrated by suitable examples and phrases, and with etymological remarks, and voCABULARIES OF LATIN AND ENGLISH WORDS, with their translation into Gaelic. To which are prefixed AN INTRODUCTION, explaining the Nature, Objects, and Sources of the Work, and A COMPENDIUM OF GAELIC GRAMMAR. COMPILED AND PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE HIGHLAND SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND. In two large volumes, 4to, L.7, 7s. A few on large paper, 2 vols. Royal 4to, L.10, 10s. This great Work has occupied the attention of a Committee of the Society since 1814, and presents not only a fully illustrated view of the Gaelic of Scotland, but surpasses in extent any Lexicon of the Celtic Language ever offered to the public in this or any other country.

THE LIFE of MANSIE WAUCH, TAILOR in DALKEITH. Written by Himself. In 12mo, 7s.

LECTURES, EXPOSITORY and PRACTICAL, on SELECT PORTIONS of SCRIPTURE. BY ANDREW THOMSON, D.D., Minister of St George's Church, Edinburgh. In 12mo. Second Edition. 8s.

TALES OF THE MOORS; or, RAINY DAYS IN ROSSSHIRE. By the Author of "SELWYN IN SEARCH OF A DAUGHTER." Dedicated to Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Post 8vo, 10s. 6d.

THE HEBREW; a SKETCH in the NINETEENTH CENTURY. With the DREAM of ST KEYNA. Foolscap 8vo, 5s. 6d.

CLASSIFICATION and DESCRIPTION of the WINES of BORDEAUX. To which are prefixed, Notices of the Culture of the Vine, the Process of making Wine, &c. By M. PAGUIERRE, Ancien Courtier de Vins. 12mo, with Map. 5s.

A TREATISE on the LAW OF SCOTLAND, RELATIVE TO THE POOR. By ALEXANDER DUNLOP, Esq. Advocate. THE SECOND EDITION, WITH ADDITIONS. 68. 6d.

ILLUSTRATIONS OF ZOOLOGY, being Representations of New, Rare, or otherwise Remarkable Subjects of the Animal Kingdom, drawn and coloured after Nature; with Descriptive Letter-press. By JAMES WILSON, F. R. S. E. Member of the Wernerian Natural History Society. In Atlas Quarto, price 168., No. VI.

This Work, which is splendidly printed in Atlas Quarto, is published at intervals of three or four months, and every Number contains Four Plates, each representing one or more subjects, according to their size and importance, and is accompanied by ample details of the Natural History of the Animals delineated. The Plates are Engraved, and the Impressions coloured, by Mr LIZARS, in the best style of the art, and from drawings chiefly by the Author. No. VII. will be published on the 1st of April.

The SUBALTERN. Originally published in Blackwood's Magazine. Third Edition, 12mo, 75.

4 BOOKS PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, EDINBURGH.

The YOUTH and MANHOOD of CYRIL THORNTON. 3 vols. post 8vo, L.1, 11s. 6d.

SOLITARY HOURS; by the Authoress of "Ellen FitzArthur," and "The Widow's Tale." Foolscap 8vo, 6s. 6d.

An ESSAY on the EXTENT of HUMAN and DIVINE AGENCY in the PRODUCTION of SAVING FAITH. Fscap. 8vo, 4s. 6d. MARRIAGE. By the Author of "The Inheritance." Third Edition, 2 vols. post 8vo, L.1, 1s.

The INHERITANCE. By the Author of "Marriage." 3 vols. post 8vo, Second Edition, L. 1, 11s. 6d.

VITTORIA COLONNA; a Tale of Rome in the Nineteenth Century. 3 vols. foolscap 8vo, 18s.

ELIZABETH DE BRUCE. By the Author of "ClanAlbin." 3 vols. post 8vo, L.1, 11s. 6d.

OBSERVATIONS on ITALY; by the late JOHN BELL, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, &c. Edited by his WIDOW. Dedicated by Permission to the KING. Elegantly printed, in post 4to, with Nine Plates, L.1, 7s.

A COLLECTION, in PROSE and VERSE, for the use of Schools. By the Rev. ANDREW THOMSON, D.D., Minister of St George's Church, Edinburgh. Fourth Edition, 12mo, 3s.

ABSTRACT, Alphabetically arranged, of the SUBSTANCE of the ACT 4 GEORGE IV. C. 49. Entitled, " An ACT for REGULATING TURNPIKE ROADS in that Part of GREAT BRITAIN called SCOTLAND." BY A COUNTRY GENTLEMAN. 8vo, 3s.

DR THOMSON'S EDITION OF CULLEN. The WORKS OF WILLIAM CULLEN, M.D., Professor of the Practice of Physic in the University of Edinburgh. Containing his Physiology, Nosology, and First Lines of the Practice of Physic; with numerous Extracts from his Manuscript Papers, and from his Treatise of the Materia Medica. Edited by JOHN THOM SON, M.D., F.R.S.L. and E., Lecturer on the Practice of Physic, Consulting Physician to the New Town Dispensary, and late Regius Professor of Military Surgery in the University of Edinburgh. In Two large Volumes Svo. L.1, 14s.

An INQUIRY into the STRUCTURE and AFFINITY of the GREEK and LATIN LANGUAGES, with occasional comparisons of the Sanscrit and Gothic; and an Appendix, in which the Derivation of the Sanscrit from the Greek is endeavoured to be established. By GEORGE DUNBAR, F.R.S.E. and Professor of Greek in the University of Edinburgh. Post 8vo, Ss. HISTORY of the PROGRESS and SUPPRESSION of the REFORMATION in ITALY during the SIXTEENTH CENTURY; including a Sketch of the History of the Reformation in the Grisons. THOMAS M'CRIE, D.D. 8vo, 10s. 6d.

By the same Author,

By

1. The LIFE of JOHN KNOX. Fifth Edition, 2 vols. 8vo. (A new edition preparing.)

2. The LIFE of ANDREW MELVILLE. Second Edition, 2 vols. 8vo, L.1, 4s.

ELEMENTS of GREEK GRAMMAR. By ANDREW ALEXANDER, A. M. Professor of Greek in the University of St Andrews. Svo, 78.

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