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NOVEMBER, 1873.

A CLASSIFIED CATALOGUE OF HENRY S. KING & CO.’S PUBLICATIONS.

CONTENTS.

PAGE

HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY 1

VOYAGES AND TRAVEL 5

SCIENCE 7

ESSAYS, LECTURES, AND COLLECTED PAPERS 12

MILITARY WORKS 15

INDIA AND THE EAST 19

BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG, &C. 21

POETRY 24

FICTION 26

THEOLOGICAL 31

CORNHILL LIBRARY OF FICTION 36

_HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY._

=THE NORMAN PEOPLE=, AND THEIR EXISTING DESCENDANTS IN THE BRITISH DOMINIONS AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. One handsome vol. 8vo. Price 21s. [_In the Press._

This work is the result of many years of research into the
history of the Norman race in England. It is generally supposed
to have become extinct; but careful study has shown that it
exists and forms a large part of the English people. In the
course of the work the early history of the whole aristocracy
is revised, reconstructed, and very many thousands of families
are shown to be Norman which have never before been accounted
for.

=A MEMOIR OF THE LATE REVEREND DR. ROWLAND WILLIAMS=, With selections from his Note-books and Correspondence. Edited by =Mrs. Rowland Williams=. With a Photographic Portrait. [_In the Press._

=THE RUSSIANS IN CENTRAL ASIA.= A Critical Examination, down to the present time, of the Geography and History of Central Asia. By =Baron F. Von Hellwald=, Member of the Geographical Societies of Paris, Geneva, Vienna, &c., &c. Translated by =Lieut.-Col. Theodore Wirgman, LL.B.=, late 6th Inniskilling Dragoons; formerly of the Austrian Service; Translator into English verse of Schiller’s “Wallenstein’s Camp.” [_Nearly ready._

=THE GOVERNMENT OF THE NATIONAL DEFENCE.= From the 30th June to the 31st October, 1870. The Plain Statement of a Member. By =Mons. Jules Favre=. 1 vol. Demy 8vo. 10s. 6d.

=BOKHARA: ITS HISTORY AND CONQUEST.= By =Professor Arminius Vàmbèry=, of the University of Pesth, Author of “Travels in Central Asia,” &c. Demy 8vo. Price 18s.

“We conclude with a cordial recommendation of this valuable
book. In the present work his moderation, scholarship, insight,
and occasionally very impressive style, have raised him to the
dignity of an historian”—_Saturday Review._

“Almost every page abounds with composition of peculiar
merit, as well as with an account of some thrilling event
more exciting than any to be found in an ordinary work of
fiction.”—_Morning Post._

=THE RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF IRELAND=: PRIMITIVE, PAPAL, AND PROTESTANT; including the Evangelical Missions, Catholic Agitations, and Church Progress of the last half century. By =James Godkin=, Author of “Ireland, her Churches,” &c. 1 vol. 8vo. Price 12s.

“For those who shun blue books, and yet desire some of the
information they contain, these latter chapters on the
statistics of the various religious denominations will be
welcomed.”—_Evening Standard._

“Mr. Godkin writes with evident honesty, and the topic on
which he writes is one about which an honest book is greatly
wanted.”—_Examiner._

=’ILÂM ĔN NÂS.= Historical Tales and Anecdotes of the Times of the Early Khalifahs. Translated from the Arabic Originals. By =Mrs. Godfrey Clerk=, Author of “The Antipodes and Round the World.” Crown 8vo. Price 7s.

“But there is a high tone about them, a love of justice, of
truth and integrity, a sense of honour and manliness, and a
simple devotion to religious duty, which however mistaken
according to our lights, is deserving of every respect. The
translation is the work of a lady, and a very excellent and
scholar-like translation it is, clearly and pleasantly written,
and illustrated and explained by copious notes, indicating
considerable learning and research.”—_Saturday Review._

“Those who like stories full of the genuine colour and
fragrance of the East, should by all means read Mrs. Godfrey
Clerk’s volume.”—_Spectator._

“As full of valuable information as it is of amusing
incident.”—_Evening Standard._

=ECHOES OF A FAMOUS YEAR.= By =Harriet Parr=, Author of “The Life of Jeanne d’Arc,” “In the Silver Age,” &c. Crown 8vo. 8s. 6d.

“A graceful and touching, as well as truthful account of the
Franco-Prussian War. Those who are in the habit of reading
books to children will find this at once instructive and
delightful.”—_Public Opinion._

“Miss Parr has the great gift of charming simplicity of style;
and if children are not interested in her book, many of their
seniors will be.”—_British Quarterly Review._

=ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE.= Correspondence and Conversations with NASSAU W. SENIOR from 1833 to 1859. Edited by =Mrs. M. C. M. Simpson=. In 2 vols., large post 8vo. 21s.

“Another of those interesting journals in which Mr. Senior has,
as it were, crystallized the sayings of some of those many
remarkable men with whom he came in contact.”—_Morning Post._

“A book replete with knowledge and thought.”—_Quarterly Review._

“An extremely interesting book.”—_Saturday Review._

=JOURNALS KEPT IN FRANCE AND ITALY.= From 1848 to 1852. With a Sketch of the Revolution of 1848. By the late =Nassau William Senior=. Edited by his Daughter, =M. C. M. Simpson=. In 2 vols., post 8vo. 24s.

“The book has a genuine historical value.”—_Saturday Review._

“The present volume gives us conversations with some
of the most prominent men in the political history of
France and Italy.... Mr. Senior has the art of inspiring
all men with frankness, and of persuading them to put
themselves unreservedly in his hands without fear of private
circulation.”—_Athenæum._

“No better, more honest, and more readable view of the state of
political society during the existence of the second Republic
could well be looked for.”—_Examiner._

=POLITICAL WOMEN.= By =Sutherland Menzies=. 2 vols. Post 8vo Price 24s.

“Has all the information of history, with all the interest that
attaches to biography.”—_Scotsman._

“A graceful contribution to the lighter record of
history.”—_English Churchman._

“No author could have stated the case more temperately than
he has done, and few could have placed before the reader so
graphically the story which had to be told.”—_Leeds Mercury._

=SARA COLERIDGE, MEMOIR AND LETTERS OF.= Edited by her =Daughters=. 2 vols. Crown 8vo. With 2 Portraits. Price 24s. Second Edition, Revised and Corrected.

“We have read these two volumes with genuine
gratification.”—_Hour._

“We could have wished to give specimens of her very just,
subtle, and concise criticisms on authors of every sort and
time—poets, moralists, historians, and philosophers. Sara
Coleridge, as she is revealed, or rather reveals herself, in
the correspondence, makes a brilliant addition to a brilliant
family reputation.”—_Saturday Review._

“These charming volumes are attractive in two ways: first, as a
memorial of a most amiable woman of high intellectual mark; and
secondly, as rekindling recollections, and adding a little to
our information regarding the life of Sara Coleridge’s father,
the poet and philosopher.”—_Athenæum._

“An acceptable record, and present an adequate image of a mind
of singular beauty and no inconsiderable power.”—_Examiner._

=PHANTASMION.= A Fairy Romance. By =Sara Coleridge=. [_In preparation._

=LEONORA CHRISTINA, MEMOIRS OF=, Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark: Written during her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower of the Royal Palace at Copenhagen, 1663-1685. Translated by =F. E. Bunnett=, Translator of Grimm’s “Life of Michael Angelo,” &c. With an Autotype Portrait of the Princess. Medium 8vo. 12s. 6d.

“A valuable addition to history.”—_Daily News._

“This remarkable autobiography, in which we gratefully
recognize a valuable addition to the tragic romance of
history.”—_Spectator._

=THE LATE REV. F. W. ROBERTSON, M.A., LIFE AND LETTERS OF.= Edited by =Stopford Brooke, M.A.=, Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen. In 2 vols., uniform with the Sermons. Price 7s. 6d. Library Edition, in demy 8vo, with Two Steel Portraits. 12s. A Popular Edition, in 1 vol. Price 6s.

=NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, A MEMOIR OF=, with Stories now first published in this country. By =H. A. Page=. Large post 8vo. 7s. 6d.

“The Memoir is followed by a criticism of Hawthorne as a
writer; and the criticism is, on the whole, very well written,
and exhibits a discriminating enthusiasm for one of the most
fascinating of novelists.”—_Saturday Review._

“Seldom has it been our lot to meet with a more
appreciative delineation of character than this Memoir of
Hawthorne.”—_Morning Post._

“He has done full justice to the fine character of the author
of ‘The Scarlet Letter.’”—_Standard._

“A model of literary work of art.”—_Edinburgh Courant._

=LIVES OF ENGLISH POPULAR LEADERS.= No. 1.—STEPHEN LANGTON. By =C. Edmund Maurice=. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.

“Mr. Maurice has written a very interesting book, which may be
read with equal pleasure and profit.”—_Morning Post._

“The volume contains many interesting details, including some
important documents. It will amply repay those who read it,
whether as a chapter of the constitutional history of England
or as the life of a great Englishman.”—_Spectator._

=CABINET PORTRAITS.= BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF LIVING STATESMEN. By =T. Wemyss Reid=. 1 vol. crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.

“We have never met with a work which we can more unreservedly
praise. The sketches are absolutely impartial.”—_Athenæum._

“We can heartily commend his work.”—_Standard._

“The ‘Sketches of Statesmen’ are drawn with a master
hand.”—_Yorkshire Post._

_VOYAGES AND TRAVEL._

=ROUGH NOTES OF A VISIT TO BELGIUM, SEDAN, AND PARIS=, In September, 1870-71. By =John Ashton=. Crown 8vo, bevelled boards. Price 3s. 6d.

This little volume derives its chief interest from the accurate
descriptions of the scenes visited during the recent struggle
on the Continent.

=THE ALPS OF ARABIA=; or, Travels through Egypt, Sinai, Arabia, and the Holy Land. By =William Charles Maughan=. 1 vol. Demy 8vo, with Map. Price 10s. 6d.

A volume of simple “impressions de voyage”—but written in
pleasant and interesting style.

=THE MISHMEE HILLS=: an Account of a Journey made in an Attempt to Penetrate Tibet from Assam, to open New Routes for Commerce. By =T. T. Cooper=, author of “The Travels of a Pioneer of Commerce.” Demy 8vo. Illustrated.

=THE PEARL OF THE ANTILLES=; THE ARTIST IN CUBA. By =Walter Goodman=. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.

“A good-sized volume, delightfully vivid and picturesque....
Several chapters devoted to the characteristics of the people
are exceedingly interesting and remarkable.... The whole book
deserves the heartiest commendation ... sparkling and amusing
from beginning to end. Reading it is like rambling about with
a companion who is content to loiter, observing everything,
commenting upon everything, turning everything into a picture,
with a cheerful flow of spirits, full of fun, but far above
frivolity.”—_Spectator._

“He writes very lightly and pleasantly, and brightens his pages
with a good deal of humour. His experiences were varied enough,
and his book contains a series of vivid and miscellaneous
sketches. We can recommend his whole volume as very amusing
reading.”—_Pall Mall Gazette._

=FIELD AND FOREST RAMBLES OF A NATURALIST IN NEW BRUNSWICK.= With Notes and Observations on the Natural History of Eastern Canada. By =A. Leith Adams, M.A.=, &c., Author of “Wanderings of a Naturalist in India,” &c., &c. In 8vo, cloth. Illustrated. 14s.

“Will be found interesting by those who take a pleasure either
in sport or natural history.”—_Athenæum._

“The descriptions are clear and full of interest, while the
book is prevented from degenerating into a mere scientific
catalogue by many graphic sketches of the rambles.”—_John Bull._

“To the naturalist the book will be most valuable.... To the
general reader the book will prove most interesting, for the
style is pleasant and chatty, and the information given is
so graphic and full, that those who care nothing for natural
history as a pursuit will yet read these descriptions with
great interest.”—_Evening Standard._

“Both sportsmen and naturalists will find this work replete
with anecdote and carefully-recorded observation, which will
entertain them.”—_Nature._

=TENT LIFE WITH ENGLISH GIPSIES IN NORWAY.= By =Hubert Smith=. In 8vo, cloth. Five full-page Engravings, and 31 smaller Illustrations, with Map of the Country showing Routes. Price 21s.

“If any of our readers think of scraping an acquaintance
with Norway, let them read this book. The gypsies, always an
interesting study, become doubly interesting, when we are, as
in these pages, introduced to them in their daily walk and
conversation.”—_Examiner._

“Written in a very lively style, and has throughout a smack of
dry humour and satiric reflection which shows the writer to be
a keen observer of men and things. We hope that many will read
it and find in it the same amusement as ourselves.”—_Times._

=FAYOUM=; OR, ARTISTS IN EGYPT. A Tour with M. Gérôme and others. By =J. Lenoir=. Crown 8vo, cloth. Illustrated. 7s. 6d.

“A pleasantly written and very readable book.”—_Examiner._

“The book is very amusing.... Whoever may take it up will find
he has with him a bright and pleasant companion.”—_Spectator._

=SPITZBERGEN THE GATEWAY TO THE POLYNIA=; OR, A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN. By =Captain John C. Wells, R.N.= In 8vo, cloth. Profusely Illustrated. Price 21s.

“Straightforward and clear in style, securing our confidence by
its unaffected simplicity and good sense.”—_Saturday Review._

“A charming book, remarkably well written and well
illustrated.”—_Standard._

“Blends pleasantly science with adventure, picturesque sketches
of a summer cruise among the wild sports and fantastic
scenery of Spitzbergen, with earnest advocacy of Arctic
Exploration.”—_Graphic._

=AN AUTUMN TOUR IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.= By =Lieut.-Colonel Julius George Medley=. Crown 8vo. Price 5s.

“Colonel Medley’s little volume is a pleasantly written account
of a two-months’ visit to America.”—_Hour._

“May be recommended as manly, sensible, and pleasantly
written.”—_Globe._

=THE NILE WITHOUT A DRAGOMAN.= By =Frederic Eden=. Second Edition. In one vol. Crown 8vo, cloth. 7s. 6d.

“Should any of our readers care to imitate Mr. Eden’s example,
and wish to see things with their own eyes, and shift for
themselves, next winter in Upper Egypt, they will find this
book a very agreeable guide.”—_Times._

“It is a book to read during an autumn holiday.”—_Spectator._

“Gives, within moderate compass, a suggestive description of
the charms, curiosities, dangers, and discomforts of the Nile
voyage.”—_Saturday Review._

=ROUND THE WORLD IN 1870.= A Volume of Travels, with Maps. By =A. D. Carlisle, B.A.=, Trin. Coll., Camb. Demy 8vo. 16s.

“Makes one understand how going round the world is to be done
in the quickest and pleasantest manner.”—_Spectator._

“We can only commend, which we do very heartily, an eminently
sensible and readable book.”—_British Quarterly Review._

=IRELAND IN 1872.= A Tour of Observation, with Remarks on Irish Public Questions. By =Dr. James Macaulay=. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.

“A careful and instructive book. Full of facts, full of
information, and full of interest.”—_Literary Churchman._

“We have rarely met a book on Ireland which for impartiality
of criticism and general accuracy of information could be so
well recommended to the fair-minded Irish reader.”—_Evening
Standard._

“A deeply interesting account of what is called a tour of
observation, and some noteworthy remarks on Irish public
questions.”—_Illustrated London News._

=OVER THE DOVREFJELDS.= By =J. S. Shepard=, Author of “A Ramble through Norway,” &c. Crown 8vo. Illustrated. Price 4s. 6d.

“We have read many books of Norwegian travel, but ... we have
seen none so pleasantly narrative in its style, and so varied
in its subject.”—_Spectator._

“Is a well-timed book.”—_Echo._

“As interesting a little volume as could be written on the
subject. So interesting and shortly written that it will
commend itself to all intending tourists.”—_Examiner._

=A WINTER IN MOROCCO.= By =Amelia Perrier=. Large crown 8vo. Illustrated. Price 10s. 6d.

“Well worth reading, and contains several excellent
illustrations.”—_Hour._

“Miss Perrier is a very amusing writer. She has a good deal of
humour, sees the oddity and quaintness of Oriental life with a
quick observant eye, and evidently turned her opportunities of
sarcastic examination to account.”—_Daily News._

_SCIENCE._

=PRINCIPLES OF MENTAL PHYSIOLOGY.= With their Applications to the Training and Discipline of the Mind, and the Study of its Morbid Conditions. By =W. B. Carpenter, LL.D., M.D., F.R.S., &c.= 8vo. Illustrated. [_Immediately._

=THE EXPANSE OF HEAVEN.= A Series of Essays on the Wonders of the Firmament. By =R. A. Proctor, B.A.=, author of “Other Worlds,” &c. Small Crown 8vo. [_Shortly._

=STUDIES OF BLAST FURNACE PHENOMENA.= By =M. L. Gruner=, President of the General Council of Mines of France. Translated by =L. D. B. Gordon, F.R.S.E., F.G.S., &c.= Demy 8vo. Price 7s. 6d.

These are some important practical studies by one of the most
eminent metallurgical authorities of the Continent.

=A LEGAL HANDBOOK FOR ARCHITECTS.= By =Edward Jenkins= and =John Raymond, Esqrs.=, Barristers-at-Law. In 1 vol. Price 6s.

The Publishers are assured that this book will constitute
an invaluable and necessary companion for every architect’s
and builder’s table, as well as a useful introduction for
architects’ pupils to the practical law of their profession.

Dedicated by special permission to the Royal Institution of
British Architects.

=CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH PSYCHOLOGY.= From the French of =Professor Th. Ribot=. An Analysis of the Views and Opinions of the following Metaphysicians, as expressed in their writings:—

JAMES MILL, A. BAIN, JOHN STUART MILL, GEORGE H. LEWES, HERBERT
SPENCER, SAMUEL BAILEY.

Large post 8vo.

=PHYSIOLOGY FOR PRACTICAL USE.= By various Eminent writers. Edited by =James Hinton=. 2 vols. Crown 8vo. With 50 illustrations.

These Papers have been prepared at great pains, and their
endeavour is to familiarize the popular mind with those
physiological truths which are needful to all who desire to
keep the body in a state of health. [_In the Press._

=THE PLACE OF THE PHYSICIAN.= The Introductory Lecture at Guy’s Hospital, 1873-4; to which is added

ESSAYS ON THE LAW OF HUMAN LIFE AND ON THE RELATION BETWEEN
ORGANIC AND INORGANIC WORLDS.

By =James Hinton=, Author of “Man and His Dwelling-Place.”
Crown 8vo. Limp cloth.

=THE HISTORY OF THE NATURAL CREATION=, Being a Series of Popular Scientific Lectures on the General Theory of Progression of Species; with a Dissertation on the Theories of Darwin and Goethe; more especially applying them to the Origin of Man, and to other Fundamental Questions of Natural Science connected therewith. By =Professor Ernst Hæckel=, of the University of Jena. 8vo. With Woodcuts and Plates. [_In the Press._

Second Edition.

=CHANGE OF AIR AND SCENE.= A Physician’s Hints about Doctors, Patients, Hygiene, and Society; with Notes of Excursions for health in the Pyrenees, and amongst the Watering-places of France (Inland and Seaward), Switzerland, Corsica, and the Mediterranean. By =Dr. Alphonse Donné=. Large post 8vo. Price 9s.

“A very readable and serviceable book.... The real value of it
is to be found in the accurate and minute information given
with regard to a large number of places which have gained a
reputation on the continent for their mineral waters.”—_Pall
Mall Gazette._

“A singularly pleasant and chatty as well as instructive book
about health.”—_Guardian._

=MISS YOUMANS’ FIRST BOOK OF BOTANY.= Designed to cultivate the observing powers of Children. From the Author’s latest Stereotyped Edition. New and Enlarged Edition, with 300 Engravings. Crown 8vo. 5s.

“It is but rarely that a school-book appears which is at once
so novel in plan, so successful in execution, and so suited
to the general want, as to command universal and unqualified
approbation, but such has been the case with Miss Youmans’
First Book of Botany.... It has been everywhere welcomed as
a timely and invaluable contribution to the improvement of
primary education.”—_Pall Mall Gazette._

=AN ARABIC AND ENGLISH DICTIONARY OF THE KORAN.= By =Major J. Penrice, B.A.= 4to. Price 21s.

=MODERN GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE.= By =T. G. Jackson=. Crown 8vo. Price 5s.

“The reader will find some of the most important doctrines
of eminent art teachers practically applied in this little
book, which is well written and popular in style.”—_Manchester
Examiner._

“Much clearness, force, wealth of illustration, and in style
of composition, which tends to commend his views.”—_Edinburgh
Daily Review._

“This thoughtful little book is worthy of the perusal of all
interested in art or architecture.”—_Standard._

=A TREATISE ON RELAPSING FEVER.= By =R. T. Lyons=, Assistant-Surgeon, Bengal Army. Small post 8vo. 7s. 6d.

“A practical work thoroughly supported in its views by a series
of remarkable cases.”—_Standard._

FOUR WORKS BY DR. EDWARD SMITH.

=I.= =HEALTH AND DISEASE=, as influenced by the Daily, Seasonal
and other Cyclical Changes in the Human System. A New
Edit. 7s. 6d.

=II.= =FOODS.= Second Edition, Profusely Illustrated. Price 5s.

=III.= =PRACTICAL DIETARY FOR FAMILIES, SCHOOLS, AND THE LABOURING
CLASSES.= A New Edit. Price 3s. 6d.

=IV.= =CONSUMPTION IN ITS EARLY AND REMEDIABLE STAGES.= A New
Edit. 7s. 6d.

=THE PORT OF REFUGE=; OR, COUNSEL AND AID TO SHIPMASTERS IN DIFFICULTY, DOUBT, OR DISTRESS. By =Manley Hopkins=, Author of “A Handbook of Average,” “A Manual of Insurance,” &c. Cr. 8vo. Price 6s.

SUBJECTS:—The Shipmaster’s Position and Duties.—Agents and
Agency.—Average.—Bottomry, and other Means of Raising Money.—The
Charter-Party, and Bill-of-Lading. Stoppage in Transitu; and the
Shipowner’s Lien.—Collision.

“Combines in quite a marvellous manner a fullness of
information which will make it perfectly indispensable in the
captain’s bookcase, and equally suitable to the gentleman’s
library. This synopsis of the law of shipping in all its
multifarious ramifications and the hints he gives on a variety
of topics must be invaluable to the master mariner whenever
he is in doubt, difficulty, and danger.”—_Mercantile Marine
Magazine._

“A truly excellent contribution to the literature of our marine
commerce.”—_Echo._

“Those immediately concerned will find it well worth while to
avail themselves of its teachings.”—_Colburn’s U.S. Magazine._

=LOMBARD STREET.= A Description of the Money Market. By =Walter Bagehot=. Large crown 8vo. Third Edition. 7s. 6d.

“An acceptable addition to the literature of finance.”—_Stock
Exchange Review._

“Mr. Bagehot touches incidentally a hundred points connected
with his subject, and pours serene white light upon them
all.”—_Spectator._

“Anybody who wishes to have a clear idea of the workings of
what is called the Money Market should procure a little volume
which Mr. Bagehot has just published, and he will there find
the whole thing in a nut-shell.... The subject is one, it is
almost needless to say, on which Mr. Bagehot writes with the
authority of a man who combines practical experience with
scientific study.”—_Saturday Review._

“Besides its main topic, the management of the reserve of the
Bank of England, it is full of the most interesting economic
history.”—_Athenæum._

=CHOLERA: HOW TO AVOID AND TREAT IT.= Popular and Practical Notes by =Henry Blanc, M.D.= Crown 8vo. 4s. 6d.

THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SERIES.

Although these Works are not specially designed for the instruction of beginners, still, as they are intended to address the _non-scientific public_, they are, as far as possible, explanatory in character, and free from technicalities; the object of each author being to bring his subject as near as he can to the general reader.

The Volumes already Published are:—

Third Edition.

=THE FORMS OF WATER IN RAIN AND RIVERS, ICE AND GLACIERS.= By =J. Tyndall, LL.D., F.R.S.= With 26 Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 5s.

“One of Professor Tyndall’s best scientific
treatises.”—_Standard._

“With the clearness and brilliancy of language which have won
for him his fame, he considers the subject of ice, snow, and
glaciers.”—_Morning Post._

“Before starting for Switzerland next summer every one should
study ‘The forms of water.’”—_Globe._

“Eloquent and instructive in an eminent degree.”—_British
Quarterly._

Second Edition.

=PHYSICS AND POLITICS=; OR, THOUGHTS ON THE APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF “NATURAL SELECTION” AND “INHERITANCE” TO POLITICAL SOCIETY. By =Walter Bagehot=. Crown 8vo. 4s.

“On the whole we can recommend the book as well deserving to be
read by thoughtful students of politics.”—_Saturday Review._

“Able and ingenious.”—_Spectator._

“A work of really original and interesting
speculation.”—_Guardian._

Second Edition.

=FOODS.= By =Dr. Edward Smith=. Profusely Illustrated. Price 5s.

“A comprehensive résumé of our present chemical and
physiological knowledge of the various foods, solid and liquid,
which go so far to ameliorate the troubles and vexations of
this anxious and wearying existence.”—_Chemist and Druggist._

“Heads of households will find it considerably to their
advantage to study its contents.”—_Court Express._

“A very comprehensive book. Every page teems with information.
Readable throughout.”—_Church Herald._

Second Edition.

=MIND AND BODY=: THE THEORIES OF THEIR RELATIONS. By =Alexander Bain, LL.D.=, Professor of Logic at the University of Aberdeen. Four Illustrations. 4s.

=THE STUDY OF SOCIOLOGY.= By =Herbert Spencer=. Crown 8vo. Price 5s.

=ON THE CONSERVATION OF ENERGY.= By =Professor Balfour Stewart=. Fourteen Engravings. Price 5s.

=ANIMAL MECHANICS=; or, Walking, Swimming, and Flying. By =Dr. J. B. Pettigrew, M.D., F.R.S.=

_LIST OF AUTHORS AND SUBJECTS OF THEIR BOOKS_, TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SERIES.

Dr. HENRY MAUDSLEY. Responsibility in Mental Disease.

Prof. E. J. MAREY. The Animal Frame.

Rev. M. J. BERKELEY, M.A., F.L.S., and M. COOKE, M.A., LL.D.
Fungi; their Nature, Influences, and Uses.

Prof. OSCAR SCHMIDT. (University of Strasburg). The Theory of
Descent and Darwinism.

Prof. W. KINGDOM CLIFFORD, M.A. The First Principles of the
Exact Sciences explained to the non-mathematical.

Prof. T. H. HUXLEY, LL.D., F.R.S. Bodily Motion and
Consciousness.

Dr. W. B. CARPENTER, LL.D., F.R.S. The Physical Geography of
the Sea.

Prof. WILLIAM ODLING, F.R.S. The New Chemistry.

Prof. SHELDON AMOS. The Science of Law.

W. LAUDER LINDSAY, M.D., F.R.S.E. Mind in the Lower Animals.

Sir JOHN LUBBOCK, Bart., F.R.S. The Antiquity of Man.

Prof W. T. THISELTON DYER, B.A. B.SC. Form and Habit in
Flowering Plants.

Mr. J. N. LOCKYER, F.R.S. Spectrum Analysis.

Prof. MICHAEL FOSTER, M.D. Protoplasm and the Cell Theory.

Prof. W. STANLEY JEVONS. The Logic of Statistics.

Dr. H. CHARLTON BASTIAN, M.D., F.R.S. The Brain as an Organ of
Mind.

Prof. A. C. RAMSAY, LL.D., F.R.S. Earth Sculpture: Hills,
Valleys, Mountains, Plains, Rivers, Lakes; how they were
Produced, and how they have been Destroyed.

Prof RUDOLPH VIRCHOW, (University of Berlin). Morbid
Physiological Action.

Prof. CLAUDE BERNARD. Physical and Metaphysical Phenomena of
Life.

Prof. A. QUETELET. Social Physics.

Prof. H. SAINTE-CLAIRE DEVILLE. An Introduction to General
Chemistry.

Prof. WURTZ. Atoms and the Atomic Theory.

Prof. DE QUATREFAGES. The Negro Races.

Prof LACAZE-DUTHIERS. Zoology since Cuvier.

Prof. BERTHELOT. Chemical Synthesis.

Prof. J. ROSENTHAL. General Physiology of Muscles and Nerves.

Prof. JAMES D. DANA, M.A., LL.D. On Cephalization; or,
Head-Characters in the Gradation and Progress of Life.

Prof. S. W. JOHNSON, M.A. On the Nutrition of Plants.

Prof. AUSTIN FLINT, Jr. M.D. The Nervous System and its
Relation to the Bodily Functions.

Prof. W. D. WHITNEY. Modern Linguistic Science.

Prof BERNSTEIN (University of Halle). Physiology of the Senses.

Prof. FERDINAND COHN, (University of Breslau). Thallotyphes
(Algae, Lichens, Fungi).

Prof HERMANN, (University of Zurich). Respiration.

Prof. LEUCKART (University of Leipsic). Outlines of Animal
Organization.

Prof. LIEBREICH (University of Berlin). Outlines of Toxicology.

Prof. KUNDT (University of Strasburg). On Sound.

Prof. LONMEL (University of Erlangen). Optics.

Prof. REES (University of Erlangen). On Parasitic Plants.

Prof. STEINTHAL (University of Berlin). Outlines of the Science
of Language.

Prof. VOGEL (Polytechnic Acad. of Berlin). The Chemical Effects
of Light.

_ESSAYS, LECTURES, AND COLLECTED PAPERS._

=IN STRANGE COMPANY=; or, The Note Book of a Roving Correspondent. By =James Greenwood=, “The Amateur Casual.” Crown 8vo. 6s.

=MASTER-SPIRITS.= By =Robert Buchanan=. Post 8vo. 10s. 6d.

“Good Books are the precious life-blood of Master-Spirits.”—_Milton._

Criticism as a Fine Art.
Charles Dickens.
Tennyson.
Browning’s Marteyneco.
A Young English Positivist.
Hugo in 1872.
Prose and Verse.
Birds of the Hebrides.
Scandinavian Studies:—
1. A Morning in Copenhagen.
2. Bjornsen’s Masterpiece.
3. Old Ballads of Denmark.
4. Modern Danish Ballads.
Poets in Obscurity:—
1. George Heath, the Moorland Poet.
2. William Miller.

These are some of the author’s lighter and more generally
interesting Essays on literary topics of permanent interest.
His other prose contributions, critical and philosophical, to
our literature are included in the collected editions of his
works.

=THEOLOGY IN THE ENGLISH POETS.= Being Lectures delivered by the =Rev. Stopford A. Brooke=, Chaplain in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen.

=MOUNTAIN, MEADOW, AND MERE=; a Series of Outdoor Sketches of Sport, Scenery, Adventures, and Natural History. By =G. Christopher Davies=. With 16 Illustrations by W. HARCOURT. Crown 8vo, price 6s.

=HOW TO AMUSE AND EMPLOY OUR INVALIDS.= By =Harriet Power=. Fcap. 8vo. Price 2s. 6d.

What Invalids may do to Amuse Themselves.
What Friends and Attendants may do for them.
Articles for comfort in a Sick Room.
Amusement for Invalid Children.
To the Invalid.
Comforts and Employment for the Aged.
Employment for Sunday.

The question, so often put by invalids, “Can you not find me
something to do?” is answered at some length in this little
book, which takes up a subject but little touched upon in the
many manuals for nurses. [_Just out._

=STUDIES AND ROMANCES.= By =H. Schutz Wilson=. 1 vol. Crown 8vo. Price 7s. 6d.

Shakespeare in Blackfriars.
The Loves of Goethe.
Romance of the Thames.
An Exalted Horn.
Two Sprigs of Edelweiss.
Between Moor and Main.
An Episode of the Terror.
Harry Ormond’s Christmas Dinner.
Agnes Bernauerin.
“Yes” or “No”?
A Model Romance.
The Story of Little Jenny.
Dining.
The Record of a Vanished Life.

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to please if he finds nothing to suit him, either grave or gay,
stirring or romantic, in the capital stories collected in this
well-got-up volume.”—_John Bull._

=SHORT LECTURES ON THE LAND LAWS.= Delivered before the Working Men’s College. By =T. Lean Wilkinson=. Crown 8vo. limp cloth. 2s.

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matter.”—_Civil Service Gazette._

=AN ESSAY ON THE CULTURE OF THE OBSERVING POWERS OF CHILDREN=, especially in connection with the Study of Botany. By =Eliza A. Youmans=. Edited, with Notes and a Supplement, by =Joseph Payne, F.C.P.=, Author of “Lectures on the Science and Art of Education,” &c. Crown 8vo. 2s. 6d.

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powers of observation. He is to see and examine the properties
of plants and flowers at first hand, not merely to be informed
of what others have seen and examined.”—_Pall Mall Gazette._

=THE GENIUS OF CHRISTIANITY UNVEILED.= Being Essays by =William Godwin=, Author of “Political Justice,” &c. Never before published. 1 vol., crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.

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Godwin, or expressed their reflections with more simplicity and
unreserve.”—_Examiner._

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=THE PELICAN PAPERS.= Reminiscences and Remains of a Dweller in the Wilderness. By =James Ashcroft Noble=. Crown 8vo. 6s.

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“This is one of the best books to while away an hour and
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time.”—_John Bull._

=THE SECRET OF LONG LIFE.= Dedicated by Special Permission to Lord St. Leonards. Third Edition. Large crown 8vo. 5s.

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“We should recommend our readers to get this book.”—_British
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“Entitled to the warmest admiration.”—_Pall Mall Gazette._

=SOLDIERING AND SCRIBBLING.= By =Archibald Forbes=, of the _Daily News_, Author of “My Experience of the War between France and Germany.” Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.

“All who open it will be inclined to read through for the
varied entertainment which it affords.”—_Daily News._

“There is a good deal of instruction to outsiders touching
military life, in this volume.”—_Evening Standard._

“Thoroughly readable and worth reading.”—_Scotsman._

=THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION.= By =Walter Bagehot=. A New Edition, revised and corrected, with an Introductory Dissertation on recent changes and events. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.

“A pleasing and clever study on the department of higher
politics.”—_Guardian._

“No writer before him had set out so clearly what the efficient
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Gazette._

“Clear and practical.”—_Globe._

=REPUBLICAN SUPERSTITIONS.= Illustrated by the Political History of the United States. Including a Correspondence with M. Louis Blanc. By =Moncure D. Conway=. Crown 8vo. 5s.

“A very able exposure of the most plausible fallacies of
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style.”—_Standard._

“Mr. Conway writes with ardent sincerity. He gives us some good
anecdotes, and he is occasionally almost eloquent.”—_Guardian_,
July 2, 1873.

=STREAMS FROM HIDDEN SOURCES.= By =B. Montgomerie Ranking=. Crown 8vo. 6s.

“In point of style it is well executed, and the prefatory
notices are very good.”—_Spectator._

“The effect of reading the seven tales he presents to us is to
make us wish for some seven more of the same kind.”—_Pall Mall
Gazette._

“The tales are given throughout in the quaint version of the
earliest English translators, and in the introduction to each
will be found much curious information as to their origin, and
the fate which they have met at the hands of later transcribers
or imitators, and much tasteful appreciation of the varied
sources from whence they are extracted.... We doubt not that
Mr. Ranking’s enthusiasm will communicate itself to many of his
readers, and induce them in like manner to follow back these
streamlets to their parent river.”—_Graphic._

_MILITARY WORKS._

=THE GERMAN ARTILLERY IN THE BATTLES NEAR METZ.= Based on the official reports of the German Artillery. By =Captain Hoffbauer=, Instructor in the German Artillery and Engineer School. Translated by =Capt. E. O. Hollist=.

This history gives a detailed account of the movements of the
German artillery in the three days’ fighting to the east and
west of Metz, which resulted in paralyzing the army under
Marshal Bazaine, and its subsequent surrender. The action of
the batteries with reference to the other arms is clearly
explained, and the valuable maps show the positions taken up
by the individual batteries at each stage of the contests.
Tables are also supplied in the Appendix, furnishing full
details as to the number of killed and wounded, expenditure of
ammunition, &c. The campaign of 1870-71 having demonstrated the
importance of artillery to an extent which has not previously
been conceded to it, this work forms a valuable part of the
literature of the campaign, and will be read with interest
not only by members of the regular but also by those of the
auxiliary forces.

=THE OPERATIONS OF THE FIRST ARMY, UNDER STEINMETZ.= By =Von Schell=. Translated by =Captain E. O. Hollist=. Demy 8vo. Uniform with the other volumes in the Series. Price 10s. 6d.

=THE OPERATIONS OF THE BAVARIAN ARMY CORPS.= By =Captain Hugo Helvig=. Translated by =Captain E. S. Schwabe=. With 5 large Maps. Demy 8vo. Uniform with the other Books in the Series.

=DRILL REGULATIONS OF THE AUSTRIAN CAVALRY.= From an Abridged Edition compiled by CAPTAIN ILLIA WORNOVITS, of the General Staff, on the Tactical Regulations of the Austrian Army, and prefaced by a General Sketch of the Organisation, &c., of the Country. Translated by =Captain W. S. Cooke=. Crown 8vo, limp cloth.

=THE OPERATIONS OF THE FIRST ARMY UNDER GEN. VON GOEBEN.= By =Major Von Schell=. Translated by =Col. C. H. Von Wright=. Four Maps. Demy 8vo. 9s.

_History of the Organisation, Equipment, and War Services of_

=THE REGIMENT OF BENGAL ARTILLERY.= Compiled from Published Official and other Records, and various private sources, by =Major Francis W. Stubbs=, Royal (late Bengal) Artillery. Vol. I. will contain WAR SERVICES. The Second Volume will be published separately, and will contain the HISTORY OF THE ORGANISATION AND EQUIPMENT OF THE REGIMENT. In 2 vols. 8vo. With Maps and Plans. [_Preparing._

=THE ABOLITION OF PURCHASE AND THE ARMY REGULATION BILL OF 1871.= By =Lieut.-Col. the Hon. A. Anson, V.C., M.P.= Crown 8vo. Price One Shilling.

=THE STORY OF THE SUPERSESSIONS.= By =Lieut.-Col. the Hon. A. Anson, V.C., M.P.= Crown 8vo. Price Sixpence.

=ARMY RESERVES AND MILITIA REFORMS.= By =Lieut.-Col. the Hon. A. Anson=. Crown 8vo. Sewed. Price One Shilling.

=VICTORIES AND DEFEATS.= An Attempt to explain the Causes which have led to them. An Officer’s Manual. By =Col. R. P. Anderson=. Demy 8vo. 14s.

“A delightful military classic, and what is more, a most useful
one. The young officer should have it always at hand to open
anywhere and read a bit, and we warrant him that let that
bit be ever so small it will give him material for an hour’s
thinking.”—_United Service Gazette._

=THE FRONTAL ATTACK OF INFANTRY.= By =Capt. Laymann=, Instructor of Tactics at the Military College, Neisse. Translated by =Colonel Edward Newdigate=. Crown 8vo, limp cloth. Price 2s. 6d.

“This work has met with special attention in our
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=THE OPERATIONS OF THE FIRST ARMY IN NORTHERN FRANCE AGAINST FAIDHERBE.= By =Colonel Count Hermann Von Wartensleben=, Chief of the Staff of the First Army. Translated by =Colonel C. H. Von Wright=. In demy 8vo. Uniform with the above. Price 9s.

“Very clear, simple, yet eminently instructive, is this
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“The work is based on the official war documents—it is
especially valuable—the narrative is remarkably vivid and
interesting. Two well-executed maps enable the reader to trace
out the scenes of General Manteuffel’s operations.”—_Naval and
Military Gazette._

=ELEMENTARY MILITARY GEOGRAPHY, RECONNOITRING, AND SKETCHING.= Compiled for Non-Commissioned Officers and Soldiers of all Arms. By =Lieut. C. E. H. Vincent=, Royal Welsh Fusileers. Small crown 8vo. 2s. 6d.

“An admirable little manual full of facts and
teachings.”—_United Service Gazette._

=STUDIES IN THE NEW INFANTRY TACTICS.= Parts I. & II. By =Major W. Von Schereff=. Translated from the German by =Col. Lumley Graham=. Price 7s. 6d.

“Major Von Schereff’s ‘Studies in Tactics’ is worthy of the
perusal—indeed, of the thoughtful study—of every military
man. The subject of the respective advantages of attack and
defence, and of the methods in which each form of battle should
be carried out under the fire of modern arms, is exhaustively
and admirably treated; indeed, we cannot but consider it to be
decidedly superior to any work which has hitherto appeared in
English upon this all-important subject.”—_Standard._

=TACTICAL DEDUCTIONS FROM THE WAR OF 1870-1.= By =Captain A. Von Boguslawski=. Translated by =Colonel Lumley Graham=, late 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment. Demy 8vo. Uniform with the above. Price 7s.

“Major Boguslawski’s tactical deductions from the war are,
that infantry still preserve their superiority over cavalry,
that open order must henceforth be the main principles of all
drill, and that the chassepot is the best of all small arms
for precision.... We must, without delay, impress brain and
forethought into the British Service; and we cannot commence
the good work too soon, or better, than by placing the two
books (‘The Operations of the German Armies’ and ‘Tactical
Deductions’) we have here criticised, in every military
library, and introducing them as class-books in every tactical
school.”—_United Service Gazette._

=THE ARMY OF THE NORTH-GERMAN CONFEDERATION.= A Brief Description of its Organisation, of the different Branches of the Service and their ‘Rôle’ in War, of its Mode of Fighting, &c. By a =Prussian General=. Translated from the German by =Col. Edward Newdigate=. Demy 8vo. 5s.

⁂ The authorship of this book was erroneously ascribed to the
renowned General von Moltke, but there can be little doubt that
it was written under his immediate inspiration.

=THE OPERATIONS OF THE GERMAN ARMIES IN FRANCE, FROM SEDAN TO THE END OF THE WAR OF 1870-1.= With Large Official Map. From the Journals of the Head-quarters Staff, by =Major Wm. Blume=. Translated by =E. M. Jones=, Major 20th Foot, late Professor of Military History, Sandhurst. Demy 8vo. Price 9s.

“The book is of absolute necessity to the military student....
The work is one of high merit.”—_United Service Gazette._

“The work of translation has been well done. In notes,
prefaces, and introductions, much additional information has
been given.”—_Athenæum._

“The work of Major von Blume in its English dress forms the
most valuable addition to our stock of works upon the war
that our press has put forth. Major Blume writes with a clear
conciseness much wanting in many of his country’s historians.
Our space forbids our doing more than commending it earnestly
as the most authentic and instructive narrative of the second
section of the war that has yet appeared.”—_Saturday Review._

=THE OPERATIONS OF THE SOUTH ARMY IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, 1871.= Compiled from the Official War Documents of the Head-quarters of the Southern Army. By =Count Hermann Von Wartensleben=, Colonel in the Prussian General Staff. Translated by =Colonel C. H. Von Wright=. Demy 8vo, with Maps. Uniform with the above. Price 6s.

=HASTY INTRENCHMENTS.= By =Colonel A. Brialmont=. Translated by =Lieutenant Charles A. Empson, R.A.= Demy 8vo. Nine Plates. Price 6s.

“A valuable contribution to military literature.”—_Athenæum._

“In seven short chapters it gives plain directions for forming
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necessary tools, and it offers practical illustrations of the
use of hasty intrenchments on the field of battle.”—_United
Service Magazine._

“It supplies that which our own textbooks give but imperfectly,
viz., hints as to how a position can best be strengthened by
means ... of such extemporised intrenchments and batteries as
can be thrown up by infantry in the space of four or five hours
... deserves to become a standard military work.”—_Standard._

“Clearly and critically written.”—_Wellington Gazette._

=STUDIES IN LEADING TROOPS.= By =Colonel Von Verdy Du Vernois=. An authorised and accurate Translation by =Lieutenant H. J. T. Hildyard=, 71st Foot. Parts I. and II. Demy 8vo. Price 7s.

⁂ General BEAUCHAMP WALKER says of this work:—“I recommend
the first two numbers of Colonel von Verdy’s ‘Studies’ to the
attentive perusal of my brother officers. They supply a want
which I have often felt during my service in this country,
namely, a minuter tactical detail of the minor operations of
the war than any but the most observant and fortunately-placed
staff-officer is in a position to give. I have read and re-read
them very carefully, I hope with profit, certainly with great
interest, and believe that practice, in the sense of these
‘Studies,’ would be a valuable preparation for manœuvres on a
more extended scale.”—Berlin, June, 1872.

=THE SUBSTANTIVE SENIORITY ARMY LIST=, Majors and Captains. By =Captain F. B. P. White=, 1st W. I. Regiment. 8vo, sewed. 2s. 6d.

=CAVALRY FIELD DUTY.= By =Major-General Von Mirus=. Translated by =Captain Frank S. Russell=, 14th (King’s) Hussars. Crown 8vo, limp cloth. 7s. 6d.

⁂ This is the text-book of instruction in the German cavalry,
and comprises all the details connected with the military
duties of cavalry soldiers on service. The translation is made
from a new edition, which contains the modifications introduced
consequent on the experiences of the late war. The great
interest that students feel in all the German military methods,
will, it is believed, render this book especially acceptable at
the present time.

=DISCIPLINE AND DRILL.= Four Lectures delivered to the London Scottish Rifle Volunteers. By =Captain S. Flood Page=. A New and Cheaper Edition. Price 1s.

“One of the best-known and coolest-headed of the metropolitan
regiments, whose adjutant moreover has lately published an
admirable collection of lectures addressed by him to the men of
his corps.—_Times._

“The very useful and interesting work.”—_Volunteer Service
Gazette._

_INDIA AND THE EAST._

=THE ORIENTAL SPORTING MAGAZINE.= A Reprint of the first 5 Volumes, in 2 Volumes, demy 8vo. price 28s.

These volumes contain many quaint and clever papers, among
which we may mention the famous Sporting Songs written by S.
Y. S., of “The Boar, Saddle, Spur, and Spear,” &c., &c.—Capt.
MORRIS, of the Bombay Army; as well as descriptions of Hog
Hunts, Fox Hunts, Lion Hunts, Tiger Hunts, and Cheeta Hunts;
accounts of Shooting Excursions for Snipe, Partridges,
Quail, Toucan, Ortolan, and Wild Fowl; interesting details
of Pigeon Matches, Cock Fights, Horse, Tattoo, and Donkey
Races; descriptions of the Origin, Regulations, and Uniforms
of Hunting Clubs; Natural History of rare Wild Animals;
Memoranda of Feats of Noted Horses; and Memoirs and Anecdotes
of celebrated Sporting characters, &c., &c. [_Just out._

=THE EUROPEAN IN INDIA.= A Handbook of Practical Information for those proceeding to, or residing in, the East Indies, relating to Outfits, Routes, Time for Departure, Indian Climate, &c. By =Edmund C. P. Hull=. With a MEDICAL GUIDE FOR ANGLO-INDIANS. Being a Compendium of Advice to Europeans in India, relating to the Preservation and Regulation of Health. By =R. S. Mair, M.D., F.R.C.S.E.=, Late Deputy Coroner of Madras. In 1 vol. Post 8vo. 6s.

“Full of all sorts of useful information to the English settler
or traveller in India.”—_Standard._

“One of the most valuable books ever published in
India—valuable for its sound information, its careful array
of pertinent facts, and its sterling common sense. It is a
publisher’s as well as an author’s ‘hit,’ for it supplies
a want which few persons may have discovered, but which
everybody will at once recognise when once the contents of
the book have been mastered. The medical part of the work is
invaluable.”—_Calcutta Guardian._

=THE MEDICAL GUIDE FOR ANGLO-INDIANS.= Being a Compendium of advice to Europeans in India, relating to the Preservation and Regulation of Health. By =R. S. Mair, F.R.C.S.E.=, late Deputy Coroner of Madras. Reprinted, with numerous additions and corrections, from “The European in India.”

=EASTERN EXPERIENCES.= By =L. Bowring, C.S.I.=, Lord Canning’s Private Secretary, and for many years the Chief Commissioner of Mysore and Coorg. In 1 vol. Demy 8vo. 16s. Illustrated with Maps and Diagrams.

“An admirable and exhaustive geographical, political, and
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is intimately connected with our own, should obtain for Mr.
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kind.”—_Daily News._

“Interesting even to the general reader, but more especially so
to those who may have a special concern in that portion of our
Indian Empire.”—_Post._

=TAS-HĪL UL KALĀM=; OR, HINDUSTANI MADE EASY. By =Captain W. R. M. Holroyd=, Bengal Staff Corps, Director of Public Instruction, Punjab. Crown 8vo. Price 5s.

=WESTERN INDIA BEFORE AND DURING THE MUTINIES.= Pictures drawn from Life. By =Major-Gen. Sir George Le Grand Jacob, K.C.S.I., C.B.= In 1 vol. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.

“The most important contribution to the history of Western
India during the Mutinies which has yet, in a popular form been
made public.”—_Athenæum._

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=EDUCATIONAL COURSE OF SECULAR SCHOOL BOOKS FOR INDIA.= Edited by =J. S. Laurie=, of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law; formerly H.M. Inspector of Schools, England; Assistant Royal Commissioner, Ireland; Special Commissioner, African Settlements; Director of Public Instruction, Ceylon.

EXTRACT FROM PROSPECTUS.

The Editor has undertaken to frame for India,—what he has been
eminently successful in doing for England and her colonies,—a
series of educational works, which he hopes will prove as
suitable for the peculiar wants of the country as they will be
consistent with the leading idea above alluded to. Like all
beginnings, his present instalments are necessarily somewhat
meagre and elementary; but he only awaits official and public
approval to complete, within a comparatively brief period,
his contemplated plan of a specific and fairly comprehensive
series of works in the various leading vernaculars of the
Indian continent. Meanwhile, those on his general catalogue
may be found suitable, in their present form, for use in the
Anglo-vernacular and English schools of India.

_The following Works are now ready_:—

s. d.
=THE FIRST HINDUSTANI READER=,
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=THE SECOND HINDUSTANI READER=,
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=GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA=,
with Maps and Historical Appendix,
tracing the growth of the British
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_In the Press._

=ELEMENTARY GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA.=

=FACTS AND FEATURES OF INDIAN HISTORY=, in a series of alternating Reading Lessons and Memory Exercises.

=EXCHANGE TABLES OF STERLING AND INDIAN RUPEE CURRENCY=, UPON A NEW AND EXTENDED SYSTEM, embracing Values from One Farthing to One Hundred Thousand Pounds, and at rates progressing, in Sixteenths of a Penny, from 1s. 9d. to 2s. 3d. per Rupee. By =Donald Fraser=, Accountant to the British Indian Steam Navigation Co., Limited. Royal 8vo. 10s. 6d.

“The calculations must have entailed great labour on the
author, but the work is one which we fancy must become a
standard one in all business houses which have dealings with
any country where the rupee and the English pound are standard
coins of currency.”—_Inverness Courier._

_BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG AND FOR LENDING LIBRARIES._

=LAYS OF MANY LANDS.= By a =Knight Errant=. Illustrated. Crown 8vo.

Pharaoh Land.
Home Land.
Wonder Land.
Rhine Land.

=SEEKING HIS FORTUNE, AND OTHER STORIES.= Crown 8vo. Four Illustrations. Price 3s. 6d.

CONTENTS.—Seeking his Fortune.—Oluf and Stephanoff.—What’s in a
Name?—Contrast.—Onesta.

A series of instructive and interesting stories for children of
both sexes, each one enforcing, indirectly, a good moral lesson.

=DADDY’S PET.= By =Mrs. Ellen Ross= (=Nelsie Brook=). Square crown 8vo, uniform with “Lost Gip.” 6 Illustrations.

A pathetic story of lowly life, showing the good influence of
home and of child-life upon an uncultivated but true-hearted
“navvy.”

=THREE WORKS BY MARTHA FARQUHARSON.=

Each Story is independent and complete in itself. They are
published in uniform size and price, and are elegantly bound
and illustrated.

=I.= =ELSIE DINSMORE.= Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.
=II.= =ELSIE’S GIRLHOOD.= Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.
=III.= =ELSIE’S HOLIDAYS AT ROSELANDS.= Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.

The Stories by this author have a very high reputation in
America, and of all her books these are the most popular
and widely circulated. These are the only English editions
sanctioned by the author, who has a direct interest in this
English Edition.

=LOST GIP.= By =Hesba Stretton=, Author of “Little Meg,” “Alone in London.” Square crown 8vo. Six Illustrations. Price 1s. 6d.

⁂ _A HANDSOMELY BOUND EDITION, WITH TWELVE ILLUSTRATIONS, PRICE
HALF-A-CROWN._

“Thoroughly enlists the sympathies of the reader.”—_Church
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“An exquisitely touching little story.”—_Church Herald._

=THE KING’S SERVANTS.= By =Hesba Stretton=, Author of “Lost Gip.” Square crown 8vo, uniform with “Lost Gip.” 8 Illustrations. Price 1s. 6d.

Part I.—Faithful in Little.
Part II.—Unfaithful.
Part III.—Faithful in Much.

=AT SCHOOL WITH AN OLD DRAGOON.= By =Stephen J. Mac Kenna=. Crown 8vo. 5s. With Six Illustrations.

“At Ghuznee Villa.”
Introductory.
Henry and Amy.
A Story of Canterbury.
A Disastrous Trumpet Call.
A Baptism of Fire.
In a Golden Fort.
A Little Game.
True to his Salt.
Mother Moran’s Enemies.
Sooka the Sycee; or, Sea Horses in Reality.
A Baptism of Frost.
Who Shot the Kafirs.
John Chinaman and the Middies.

A Series of Stories of Military and Naval Adventure, related by
an old Retired Officer of the Army.

=FANTASTIC STORIES.= Translated from the German of =Richard Leander=, by =Paulina B. Granville=. Crown 8vo. Eight full-page Illustrations.

The Magic Organ.
The Invisible Kingdom.
The Knight who Grew Rusty.
Of the Queen who could not make Gingerbread Nuts, and of the
King who could not play the Jew’s Harp.
The Wishing Ring.
The Three Princesses with Hearts of Glass.
The Old Bachelor.
Sepp’s Courtship.
Heino in the Marsh.
Unlucky Dog and Fortune’s Favourite.
The Dreaming Beech.
The Little Hump-Backed Maiden.
Heavenly Music.
The Old Hair Trunk.

These are translations of some of the best of Richard Leander’s
well-known stories for children. The illustrations to this work
are of singular beauty and finish.

=THE AFRICAN CRUISER.= A Midshipman’s Adventures on the West Coast. A Book for Boys. By =S. Whitchurch Sadler, R.N.= Three Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.

A book of real adventures among slavers on the West Coast of
Africa. One chief recommendation is the faithfulness of the
local colouring.

=THE LITTLE WONDER-HORN.= By =Jean Ingelow=. A Second Series of “_Stories told to a Child_.” Fifteen Illustrations. Cloth, gilt. 3s. 6d.

“Full of fresh and vigorous fancy: it is worthy of the author
of some of the best of our modern verse.”—_Standard._

“We like all the contents of the ‘Little Wonder-Horn’ very
much.”—_Athenæum._

“We recommend it with confidence.”—_Pall Mall Gazette._

Second Edition.

=BRAVE MEN’S FOOTSTEPS.= A Book of Example and Anecdote for Young People. By the Editor of “=Men who have Risen=.” With Four Illustrations. By =C. Doyle=. 3s. 6d.

“The little volume is precisely of the stamp to win the favour
of those who, in choosing a gift for a boy, would consult his
moral development as well as his temporary pleasure.”—_Daily
Telegraph._

“A readable and instructive volume.”—_Examiner._

“No more welcome book for the school-boy could be
imagined.”—_Birmingham Daily Gazette._

Third Edition.

=STORIES IN PRECIOUS STONES.= By =Helen Zimmern=. With Six Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 5s.

“A pretty little book which fanciful young persons will
appreciate, and which will remind its readers of many a legend,
and many an imaginary virtue attached to the gems they are so
fond of wearing.”—_Post._

“A series of pretty tales which are half fantastic, half
natural, and pleasantly quaint, as befits stories intended for
the young.”—_Daily Telegraph._

Second Edition.

=GUTTA-PERCHA WILLIE, THE WORKING GENIUS.= By =George Macdonald=. With Illustrations by =Arthur Hughes=. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.

“An amusing and instructive book.”—_Yorkshire Post._

“One of those charming books for which the author is so well
known.”—_Edinburgh Daily Review._

“The cleverest child we know assures us she has read this story
through five times. Mr. Macdonald will, we are convinced,
accept that verdict upon his little work as final.”—_Spectator._

=THE TRAVELLING MENAGERIE.= By =Charles Camden=, Author of “Hoity Toity.” Illustrated by =J. Mahoney=. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.

“A capital little book ... deserves a wide circulation among
our boys and girls.”—_Hour._

“A very attractive story.”—_Public Opinion._

=PLUCKY FELLOWS.= A Book for Boys. By =Stephen J. MacKenna=. With Six Illustrations. Crown 8vo. Price 3s. 6d.

“This is one of the very best ‘Books for Boys’ which have been
issued this year.”—_Morning Advertiser._

“A thorough book for boys ... written throughout in a manly
straightforward manner that is sure to win the hearts of the
children for whom it is intended.”—_London Society._

=THE GREAT DUTCH ADMIRALS.= By =Jacob de Liefde=. Crown 8vo. Illustrated. Price 5s.

“A really good book.”—_Standard._

“May be recommended as a wholesome present for boys. They will
find in it numerous tales of adventure.”—_Athenæum._

“Thoroughly interesting and inspiriting.”—_Public Opinion._

“A really excellent book.”—_Spectator._

_New Edition._

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