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AN ACCOUNT OF THE MOST FREQUENTED WATERING PLACES ON THE CONTINENT, AND OF THE MEDICINAL APPLICATION OF THEIR MINERAL SPRINGS: with Tables of Analysis, and an Appendix on English Mineral Waters. By EDWIN LEE, Esq. M.R.C.S. 8vo. 7s. 6d. "A very valuable volume,-a sort of medical guide-book. Mr. Lee deserves much credit for the industry with which he has collected, and the clearness with which he has arranged his materials."-LITERARY GAZETTE.

MALTE BRUN'S SYSTEM OF GEOGRAPHY; with an Index of 44,000
Names. Complete in 9 vols. 8vo. price £7. boards.
By the same Author,

PRINCIPLES OF MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL, AND POLITICAL
GEOGRAPHY. 2d Edition, improved by the addition of the most recent
information derived from various sources, 1 vol. 8vo. 15s. boards.
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GEOGRAPHY: comprising a complete Description
of the Earth; exhibiting its Relation to the Heavenly Bodies, its Physical
Structure, the Natural History of each Country, and the Industry, Commerce,
Political Institutions, and Civil and Social State of all Nations. By HUGH
MURRAY, F.R.S.E. Assisted in ASTRONOMY, &c. by Professor Wallace;
GEOLOGY, &c. by Professor Jameson; BOTANY, &c. by Sir W. J. Hooker;
ZOOLOGY, &c. by W. Swainson, Esq. With 82 Maps, drawn by Sidney
Hall; and upwards of 1000 other Engravings on Wood, from Drawings by
Swainson, T. Landseer, Sowerby, Strutt, &c. representing the most remark-
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"The most perfect book on its subject."-ATLAS.

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NEW GENERAL ATLAS OF FIFTY-THREE MAPS, ON COLOMBIER PAPER; with the Divisions and Boundaries carefully COLOURED. Constructed entirely from New Drawings, and engraved by SIDNEY HALL. Corrected to the present time. Folded in half, and bd. in canvas, £8. 18s. 6d.; ditto, half-bound in Russia, £9. 9s.; in the full extended size of the Maps, half-bound in Russia, £10.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF THE NAMES CONTAINED IN THE ABOVE ATLAS, with References to the Number of the Maps, and to the Latitude and Longitude in which the Places are to be found. Royal 8vo. 21s. cloth.

SKETCH OF ANCIENT AND MODERN GEOGRAPHY. By SAMUEL BUTLER, D.D. Lord Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry; late Head Master of Shrewsbury Royal Free Grammar School. 8vo. New Edition, corrected, 9s. boards.

AN ABRIDGMENT OF THE SAME.

12mo. price 2s. cloth. By the same Author,

ATLAS OF MODERN GEOGRAPHY; consisting of 23 Coloured Maps, from a New Set of Plates: with an Index of all the Names. 8vo. 12s. hf-bd. ATLAS OF ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY; consisting of 23 Coloured Maps: with a complete accentuated Index. 8vo. 12s. hf-bd.

GENERAL ATLAS OF ANCIENT AND MODERN GEOGRAPHY: 45 Coloured Maps, and Two Indexes. 4to. 24s. half-bound.

***The Latitude and Longitude are given in the Indexes to these Atlases.

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SIR EDWARD SEAWARD'S NARRATIVE OF HIS SHIPWRECK, and consequent Discovery of certain Islands in the Caribbean Sea; with a detail of many extraordinary Events in his Life, from 1733 to 1749, as written in his own Diary. Edited by Miss JANE PORTER. 2d Edition, 3 vols. small

8vo. 21s. in cloth.

"The most curious and instructive work that has appeared since the first dawn of discovery, and in the history of navigation."-SPECTATOR.

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ORIGINAL PICTURE OF LONDON, corrected to the present time; with a description of its Environs. Re-edited and mostly re-written by J. BRITTON, F.S.A. &c. 27th Edition, with upwards of 100 Views of Public Buildings, Plan of the Streets, and two Maps. 18mo. 9s. neatly bd. ; with the Maps only, 6s. bound.

GUIDE TO ALL THE WATERING AND SEA-BATHING PLACES, including the Scottish Watering Places; containing full Descriptions of each Place, and of striking Objects in its Environs: forming an agreeable companion during a residence at any of the Places, or during a Summer Tour. With a description of the Lakes; and a Tour through Wales. 1 portable volume, with 94 Views and Maps, 15s. bd.

NATURAL HISTORY AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.

INTRODUCTION TO ENTOMOLOGY; or Elements of the Natural History of INSECTS. By the Rev. WILLIAM KIRBY, M.A. F.R.S. and L.S.; and WILLIAM SPENCE, Esq. F.L.S. 5th Edition, 4 thick volumes, Svo. with Plates and Portraits, price £4. boards.

"We cannot take our leave of Messrs. Kirby and Spence's labours without again thanking them for the services they have done to the science of Entomology. Their work is an honour to them and their country."-MONTHLY REVIEW.

INTRODUCTION TO THE MODERN CLASSIFICATION OF INSECTS: comprising an Account of the Habits and Transformations of the different Families; a Synopsis of all the British, and a Notice of the more remarkable Foreign Genera. By J. O. WESTWOOD, Sec. Ent. Soc. London, F.L.S. &c. Vol. First, illustrated with above 50 Woodcuts, comprising nearly a Thousand distinct Figures, price One Guinea, cloth lettered.-To be completed in Two Volumes.

"A careful and judicious digest of rare and extensive learning, of elaborate and deep research. It is impossible to read these interesting pages, and compare the text with the numerous cuts, executed from the author's own drawings, without feeling a profound respect for the invincible industry which has collected so immense a mass of information."-ENTOMOLOGICAL MAG.

LETTERS TO A YOUNG NATURALIST, ON THE STUDY OF NATURE AND NATURAL THEOLOGY. By J. L. DRUMMOND, M.D. Author of "First Steps to Botany." 2d Edition, 12mo. cuts, 7s. 6d. boards. "Happily calculated to generate in a young mind, to sustain in the matured, and to renovate in the old, an ardent love of nature under all her forms."-MONTHLY REVIEW. BOOK OF NATURE: a Popular Illustration of the General Laws and Phenomena of Creation. By JOHN MASON GOOD, M.D. F.R.S. 3d Edit. 3 vols. fcp. 8vo. 24s.

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ESSAYS ON NATURAL HISTORY. By CHARLES WATERTON, Esq. of Walton Hall, Author of "Wanderings in South America." 2d Edition, with a View of Walton Hall, and an Autobiography of the Author, 1 vol. fcp. 8vo. 8s. cloth lettered.

"A delightful little volume..... Mr. Waterton is evidently one who loves the pursuit of natural history for its own sake; he is one who rejoices in the happiness of God's creatures, and marks with delight the development of their instincts."

QUARTERLY REVIEW. OUTLINE OF THE SMALLER BRITISH BIRDS; for the Use of Ladies and Young Persons. By R. A. SLANEY, Esq. M.P. 2d Edition, fcp. 8vo. with cuts, 4s. 6d. cloth.

"A delightful little book which in its spirit and manner emulates that of the beloved White."-MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY.

"Neat woodcut portraits of the principal among the winged gentry, add to the pleasing character of the volume, with which we have not a fault to find." ECLECTIC REVIEW.

A HISTORY OF THE RARER BRITISH BIRDS. By T. C. EYTON, Esq. F.L.S. Being intended as a Supplement to "Bewick's Birds." 8vo. 10s. 6d. ; royal 8vo. 21s.

*** This work contains descriptions of all the Species, about 33 in number, discovered since the time of BEWICK, with woodcut Figures of nearly all, and with Vignettes; also a Systematic Catalogue of all the British Birds hitherto discovered.

By the same Author,

A MONOGRAPH OF THE ANATIDÆ, OR DUCK TRIBE; including the GEESE and SWANS. Illustrated by 24 lithographic Plates (of which six are coloured), chiefly by Gould, Scharf, and Lear; and upwards of 70 Woodcuts, illustrating the Forms of the Bills and Feet in the different Genera. 4to. £4, cloth lettered.

CONVERSATIONS ON LAND AND WATER. By Mrs. MARCET. With a coloured Map, showing the Comparative Altitude of the principal Mountains of the World. In fcp. 8vo. price 5s. 6d. cloth lettered.

"Mrs. Marcet's 'Conversations' have long been regarded as the best popular introductions to the science of nature. .... The natural way in which one part of the subject is made to lead to the other, giving the effect of a continuous discussion-the lucid and graphic distinctness of the description-and the simplicity and aptness of the illustration employed-together with the familiar and playful style, and the pertinent anecdotes introduced-combine to render the Conversations on Land and Water' a delightfully entertaining as well as instructing book for the young; nay more, the information so concisely and exquisitely conveyed may be edifying to many readers of mature age. If science were oftener taught in this homely and simple way, the pursuit of knowledge would be infinitely more engaging to old and young.' "-SPECTATOR.

By the same Authoress,

CONVERSATIONS ON VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY; comprehending the Elements of Botany, with their Application to Agriculture. 2 vols. 12mo. with Plates, 2d Edition, 12s.

CONVERSATIONS ON NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. 8th Edition, with 22 Engravings by Lowry, 10s. 6d. boards.

CONVERSATIONS ON CHEMISTRY, in which the Elements of that Science

are familiarly explained and illustrated by Experiments; with a Conversation on the Steam Engine. 2 vols. 12mo. 13th Edition, with Plates by Lowry, 14s. boards.

TREATISE ON THE STEAM ENGINE; Historical, Practical, and Descriptive. By JOHN FAREY, Engineer. 4to. illustrated by numerous Woodcuts, and 25 Copperplates, engraved by Wilson Lowry, from Drawings by Messrs. Farey. £5. 5s. bds.-Vol. II. is in the press.

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AN INTRODUCTION TO GEOLOGY; intended to convey a Practical Knowledge of the Science, and comprising the most important recent Discoveries with Explanations of the Facts and Phenomena which serve to confirm or invalidate various Geological Theories. By ROBERT BAKEWELL. 5th Edition, considerably enlarged from the 4th Edition, and with new Sections and Cuts, price One Guinea, cloth lettered.

"A work conspicuous for attractiveness, for perspicuity, for a style generally vigorous and correct-often elegant and beautiful, and for an independence of spirit which carries the author straight forward to his object without any servile regards to previous systems. Mr. Bakewell's work has long been our favourite elementary treatise on Geology."-ATHENÆUM.

"The favourable opinion which many years ago we formed and expressed respecting this work, is now at last fully confirmed by that of the British scientific public, namely, that Mr. B.'s Geology is admitted to be the best elementary work on that subject in the English, or perhaps any other language."-SILLIMAN'S AMERICAN JOURNAL. "The rare words 'fifth edition' shew the great value and importance of this publication and supersede criticism. We have however to state, that if the former editions deserved well, this deserves better."-LITERARY GAZETTE, June 9, 1838.

REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF CORNWALL, DEVON, AND WEST SOMERSET, by order of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury. By HENRY T. De la BECHE, F.R.S. &c. Director of the Ordnance Geological Survey. 1 vol. 8vo. with numerous Sections and Plans.-Shortly. NEW SYSTEM OF GEOLOGY; in which the great Revolutions of the Earth and Animated Nature are reconciled to Modern Science and to Sacred History. By A. URE, M.D. F.R.S. 8vo. with 7 Plates and 51 Woodcuts, 21s. "We regard this New System of Geology as one of the most valuable accessions lately made to the scientific literature of our country."-BRANDE'S QUARTERLY JOURN. CONVERSATIONS ON MINERALOGY. With 12 Plates, engraved by Mr. and Miss Lowry. 3d Edition, enlarged, 2 vols. 12mo. 14s. cloth. "Those who wish for a popular acquaintance with mineralogy, will do well to consult these volumes; and we think a desire for somewhat more than a popular acquaintance will soon be excited by them. We had almost forgotten that which it would be most unjust to forget, the delicacy and accuracy with which the plates to the work are executed. But it is enough to say that they are from the burin of Mr. and Miss Lowry."

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"The plan of these Conversations is happily conceived, and it is executed with ability and taste. The author has studiously avoided all unnecessary parade of technical diction, has rendered the doctrines of crystallography more familiar than heretofore to the tyro in mineralogy, and has included some of the most recently discovered substances. We may, therefore, unhesitatingly characterize this work as one of the most desirable text books that have issued from the British press.”—Monthly Review,

Mr. JOHN EDWARD GRAY, of the British Museum, is preparing a New Edition, thoroughly revised, and with considerable Additions, of Dr. TURTON'S MANUAL OF THE LAND AND FRESH-WATER SHELLS OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS.

Also, by Mr. J. E. GRAY,

OUTLINES or CONCHOLOGY; or, a short Account of the Orders, Families, and Genera of Molluscous Animals and their Shells. Illustrated with 12 Plates.

INTRODUCTION TO LAMARCK'S CONCHOLOGY.
F.L.S. 4to. 22 Plates, 31s. 6d. plain; £3. 3s. coloured.

By E. A. CROUCH,

SHELL-COLLECTOR'S PILOT; also, the best Methods of Preserving Insects, Birds, &c. By J. MAWE. 4th Edition, 5s. bds.

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By JOHN LINDLEY, Ph. D. F.R.S. L.S. &c.

Professor of Botany in the London University College and in the Royal Institution.

SCHOOL BOTANY; or, an Introduction to Botany, for the Preparation of Students for the MATRICULATION EXAMINATION in the University of London. In one volume. (In the Press.)

INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY. 2d Edition, with Corrections and considerable Additions, 1 large vol. 8vo. with numerous Plates and Woodcuts, 18s. cloth.

"We have no hesitation in pronouncing the Introduction to Botany,' by Dr. Lindley, to be the most valuable and perfect in any language we are acquainted with."

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"The most valuable work of the kind in our language."

"A work of classical excellence; most accurate, instructive, and pleasing. It is essential for every botanist to have a copy of it beside him."

MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL REVIEW.

A NATURAL SYSTEM OF BOTANY; or, a Systematic View of the Organization, Natural Affinities, and Geographical Distribution of the whole Vegetable Kingdom: together with the Uses of the most important Species in Medicine, the Arts, &c. 2d Edition, with numerous Additions and Corrections, and a complete List of Genera, with their Synonyms, 1 vol. 8vo. 18s. cloth.

SYNOPSIS OF THE BRITISH FLORA, arranged according to the Natural Orders. 2d Edition, with numerous Additions, Corrections, and Improvements, 12mo. 10s. 6d. boards.

A KEY TO STRUCTURAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL, AND SYSTEMATIC BOTANY. For the Use of Classes. 8vo. 4s. 6d.

FLORA MEDICA: or, a Botanical Account of all the most remarkable Plants applied to Medical Practice in Great Britain and other Countries. 1 vol. 8vo. price 18s. cloth lettered.

"We feel bound to recommend it in a strong manner to the medical public. Many examples, which we might enumerate, shew how important it is that the investigation of medical plants should be taken up by some one fully qualified for the execution of so difficult a task. No one was better adapted to fulfil the object which he has professed than Dr. Lindley; and we feel confident that his work will obtain the patronage which it justly merits."-LANCET.

"We direct the attention of the student to the general value of the work, as an instructive guide in the acquisition of botanical knowledge,-to the correct descriptions given of medicinal plants and articles obtained therefrom,-to the great labour, research, and industry of the author,-and to the anxiety in rendering the information full, satisfactory, and precise; and we conclude by saying that the student will find in Dr. Lindley's work all that can be desired in a treatise on medical botany." EDINBURGH MEDICAL JOURNAL.

FIRST PRINCIPLES OF HORTICULTURE.

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