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DR. LARDNER'S CABINET CYCLOPÆDIA.

CONSIDERABLE progress having been made in this work, the publishers wish to direct the attention of the public to the advantages by which it is distinguished from other similar monthly publications.

It is not intended that the Cabinet Cyclopædia shall form an interminable series, in which any work of interest which may present itself from time to time can claim a place. Its subjects are classified according to the usual divisions of literature, science and art. Each division is distinctly traced out, and will consist of a determinate number of volumes. Although the precise extent of the work cannot be fixed with certainty, yet there is a limit which will not be exceeded; and the subscribers may look forward to the possession, within a reasonable time, of a complete library of instruction, amusement, and general reference, in the regular form of a popular Cyclopædia.

The several classes of the work are-1, Natural Philosophy; 2, the Useful and Fine Arts; 3, Natural History; 4, Geography; 5, Politics and Morals; 6, General Literature and Criticism; 7, History; 8, Biography; 9, a General Dictionary of Reference.

In the more abstruse and technical departments of knowledge, an attempt has been made to convey to the reader a general acquaintance with these subjects by the use of plain and familiar language, appropriate and well-executed engravings, and copious examples and illustrations, taken from objects and events with which every one is acquainted.

Among the volumes already published in the literary department, no less than four have been the production of men who stand in the first rank of literary talent,-Sir James Mackintosh and Sir Walter Scott. In the scientific department, a work has been produced from the pen of Mr. Herschel, which has been pronounced by the highest living authority on the subjects of general philosophy, to contain "the noblest observations on the value of knowledge. which have been made since Bacon," and to be the "finest work of philosophical genius which this age has seen."

The following is a selection from the list of Contributors.

Authors of volumes actually published are marked (*). Those whose productions are in immediate preparation are marked (†).

CONTRIBUTORS.

*+ Rt. Hon. Sir J. MACKINTOSH, M.P. + T. B. MACAULAY, Esq. M.P. + Right Rev. The LORD BISHOP of

CLOYNE.

* Sir WALTER SCOTT, Bart.

Baron CUVIER.

*+ Sir JOHN FREDERICK WILLIAM

HERSCHEL.

THOMAS MOORE, Esq.

J. B. BIOT, Member of the French
Institute.

+ ROBERT SOUTHEY, Esq. Poet Lau

reate.

+ Baron CHARLES DUPIN, Member of the Royal Institute and Chamber of Deputies.

+ THOMAS CAMPBELL, Esq. * Sir DAVID BREWSTER.

* J. C. L. SISMONDI, of Geneva.

Capt. HENRY KATER, Vice-Presi-
dent of the Royal Society.

The ASTRONOMER ROYAL.
S. T. COLERIDGE, Esq.

+ Rt. Hon. T. P. COURTENAY, M.P.
DANIEL GILBERT, Esq. M.P.
JAMES MONTGOMERY, Esq.

J. J. BERZELIUS, of Stockholm,
F.R.S., &c.

*+ Rev. G. R. GLEIG.

+T. PHILLIPS, Esq. Prof. of Painting, R.A.

+ Rev. C. THIRLWALL, Fell. Trinity Coll. Cambridge.

+ ANDREW URE, M.D. F.R.S.

&c. &c. &c.

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Valuable Standard Works, printed for

WORKS ON BOTANY, GARDENING, &c.

ENGLISH FLORA. By Sir J. E. SMITH, M.D. F.R.S. Pres. Lin. Soc. &c. New Edit., 4 vols. 8vo. 21. 8s. bds. Vol, 5 (Cryptogamia), in the Press. "These volumes are composed with an intimate knowledge of the subject, with an undeviating aim at accuracy, and with an invariable respect for candour and for truth."-Monthly Review.

By the same Author,

A COMPENDIUM of the ENGLISH FLORA. 12mo. 7s. 6d. The same Work in Latin. 7s. 6d. Fifth Edit.

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The plan of the above work is similar to that of the first part of Dr. Hooker's A GRAMMAR of BOTANY, illus-Flora Scotica." The Mosses, and the trative of artificial, as well as natural Classification, with an explanation of Jussieu's System. In 8vo. with 277 Figures of Plants, &c. 2d Edit. 12s.; or coloured Plates, 11. 11s. 6d. bds.

An INTRODUCTION to the STUDY of PHYSIOLOGICAL and SYSTEMATICAL BOTANY. In 8vo. 6th Edit. with 15 Plates, 14s. plain; or coloured, 11. 8s. bds.

A GUIDE TO THE ORCHARD AND KITCHEN-GARDEN; or, an Account of the most valuable Fruit and Vegetables cultivated in Great Britain: with Calendars of the Work required in the Orchard and Kitchen-Garden during every Month in the Year. By GEORGE LINDLEY, C. M. H. S. Edited by JOHN LINDLEY, F.R.S. &c. Assistant Secretary to the Horticultural Society of London. 1 large volume, 8vo. 16s. bds.

An INTRODUCTION to the NATURAL SYSTEM of BOTANY; or, a Systematic View of the whole Vegetable Kingdom: together with the Uses of the most important Species in Medicine, the Arts, &c. By JOHN LINDLEY, F.R.S. &c. 8vo. 12s. in cloth.

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A SYNOPSIS of the BRITISH FLORA, arranged according to the Natural Orders. 12mo. 10s. 6d. bds.

OUTLINE OF THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF BOTANY, with Plates, 3s.

rest of the Cryptogamia, will form a distinct volume, corresponding with the above, and with the "English Flora" of the late Sir James Smith.

FIRST STEPS TO BOTANY, intended as Popular Illustrations of the Science, leading to its Study as a Branch of General Education. By JAMES L. DRUMMOND, M.D., Professor of Anatomy and Physiology in the Belfast Academical Institution. 3d edit., 12mo., with cuts, 9s. boards.

"This answers more completely to the proper notion of an Introduction to Botany, than any work we have yet seen."-Eclectic Review.

CONVERSATIONS ON BOTANY, with Twenty-one Engravings. The 7th edit., enlarged, in 1 vol. 12mo., 7s. 6d. plain, or 128. coloured.

AN ARRANGEMENT of BRITISH PLANTS, according to the latest Improvements of the Linnæan System. By W. WITHERING, M.D. &c. Seventh Edition, including the most recent Discoveries, and numerous Annotations. By W. WITHERING, Esq. LL.D. &c. 4 vols., Plates. 21. 16s. boards.

A TREATISE ON THE CULTURE AND MANAGEMENT OF FRUIT TREES. By WILLIAM FORSYTH, Gardener to his Majesty. 8vo. 7th Edit. with Plates and Portrait. 13s. bds.

Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman.

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Earth and Animated Nature are re-tural History of Insects. By W. KIRBY,
conciled at once to Modern Science M.A. F.R.S. & L.S., and W. SPENCE,
and to Sacred History. By ANDREW Esq. F.L.S. New Edit. 4 vols. 8vo.
URE, M. D. F. R. S., &c. In 8vo. with with Plates and Portraits, 41.
7 Plates and 51 Wood-cuts. 11. 1s. bds.
"One of the most valuable acces-
sions to the Scientific Literature of
our country."-Brande's Journal of

Science.

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