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Modern Publications,

AND

NEW EDITIONS OF VALUABLE STANDARD WORKS,

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LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN, AND GREEN,

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DR. LARDNER's CABINET LIBRARY, published in Monthly

Volumes, small 8vo. price 5s.

Volumes published.

I. MILITARY MEMOIRS OF FIELD MARSHAL THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. In 2 Vols.
Vol. I. By CAPT. MOYLE SHERER.

II. LIFE AND REIGN OF GEORGE THE FOURTH, in 3 Vols. Vol. I.

III. ANNUAL RETROSPECT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS for 1831, in 2 vols. Vol. I.

Forthcoming Volumes.

ANNUAL RETROSPECT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS for 1831. Vol. II.

A VIEW OF THE HISTORY OF FRANCE, from the Restoration of the Bourbons to the
Revolution of 1830, in 2 vols. By T. B. MACAULEY, Esq. M.P.

A LIFE OF PETRARCH, in 1 vol. By THOMAS MOURE, Esq.

HISTORICAL MEMOIRS OF THE HOUSE OF BOURBON, in 2 vols.

2.

DR. LARDNER's CABINET CYCLOPÆDIA, published in

Monthly Volumes, small 8vo. price 6s.

Volumes published.

XVII. HYDROSTATICS AND PNEUMATICS. By Dr. Lardner. 1 Vol.

XIV. A PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE ON THE STUDY OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.
By J. F. W. Herschel, Esq.

XIII. HISTORY OF THE WESTERN WORLD, Vol. I.-UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
XII. XV. HISTORY OF FRANCE, 3 Vols. By E. E. Crowe. Vols. I. and II.

II. XI. XVI. HISTORY OF MARITIME AND INLAND DISCOVERY. 3 Vols.

X. THE HISTORY OF THE NETHERLANDS, from the Earliest Times to the
Battle of Waterloo. 1 Vol. By T. C. Grattan, Esq.

IX. OUTLINES OF H.STORY. 1 Vol.

VIII. SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND.

Vol. I.

I. IV. HISTORY OF SCOTLAND, in 2 Vols. By Sir Walter Scott, Bart.

III. DOMESTIC ECONOMY. By M. Donovan, Esq. Vol. I.

V. MECHANICS. By Capt. H. Kater and Dr. Lardner.

VI. LIVES OF EMINENT BRITISH LAWYERS. By H. Roscoe, Esq.
VII. CITIES AND TOWNS OF THE WORLD, in 2 Vols. Vol. I. with Woodcuts.

To be published,

May 2. HISTORY OF ENGLAND, Vol. II. By the Right Hon. Sir J. Mackintosh.

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The SUNDAY LIBRARY: being a Selection of Sermons from
Eminent Divines of the CHURCH OF ENGLAND; with Introductory Remarks, occasional
Biographical Sketches, and short Notes. By the Rev. T. F. DIBDIN, D.D. Published
in volumes, every other month, price 5s. with a Portrait.

Vol. I. (with a Portrait of the Archbishop of Canterbury) contains Sermons from Bishops
Porteus, Blomfield, Horne, Horsley, Mant; Drs. Paley, Shuttleworth, Rev. C. W.
Le Bas, and C. Benson.

Vol. II. (with a Portrait of Bishop Porteus) contains Sermons from Bishops Porteus,
Heber; Archdeacon Pott; Rev. A. Alison, Sydney Smith, T. Renuell, T. Townson,
J. Gilpin, W. Jones, of Nayland, and R. Morehead.

Vol. III. on the 2d of May, with a Portrait of Bishop Horsley.

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5.

LOUDON'S HORTUS BRITANNICUS.-A Catalogue of all the Plants Indigenous, Cultivated in, or Introduced to Britain.-PART I. The Linnæan Arrangement, in which nearly 30,000 Species are enumerated: preceded by an Introduction.PART II. The Jussieuean Arrangement of nearly 4000 Genera; with an Introduction to the Natural System, and a Description of each Order.

Edited by J. C. LOUDON, F.L. H.G. and Z.S. In 8vo. 11. 1s. cloth bds.

The Linnæan Arrangement and its Supplement are entirely the work of Mr. GEORGE DON; the Natural Arrangement is founded on that of Professor LINDLEY, with additions and alterations; and Dr. GREVILLE assisted in arranging the Cryptogamia.

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ANNUAL BIOGRAPHY and OBITUARY, for 1831; con

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The preceding 14 Volumes may also be had, 15s. each; and purchasers are requested

to complete their Sets, as some of the Volumes are nearly out of print.

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The TALBA; or Moor of Portugal. A Romance.

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"Mrs. Bray stands alone amongst our female writers of romance; her dialogues are vigorous, her descriptions are pictorial and full of poetry, and her characters well selected, contrasted, and displayed. The Story of Ines de Castro forms the leading thread of this fiction."-Atlas.

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PEN TAMAR; or, the History of an Old Maid. By the late

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The POLITICAL LIFE of the Right Hon. GEORGE CANNING, with a Short Review of Foreign Affairs. By A. G. STAPLETON, Esq. 3 vols. 8vo. 36s. bds. 11.

SELECT WORKS of the BRITISH POETS, from CHAUCER to WITHERS. BY ROBERT SOUTHEY, LL.D. Poet Laureate. 1 vol. 8vo. uniform with "Aikin's Poets." 30s. in cloth.

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MEMOIR of the LIFE, WRITINGS, and CORRESPONDENCE of JAMES CURRIE, M.D. F.R.S. of Liverpool, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, &c. Edited by his Son, WILLIAM WALLACE CURRIE. In 2 Vols. 8vo. with a Portrait. 28s. bds.

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TRAVELS in RUSSIA, and a Residence at St. Petersburgh and Odessa, in the Years 1827-29, intended to give some Account of Russia as it is, and not as it is represented to be, &c. &c. By EDWARD MORTON, M.B., Member of Trinity College, Cambridge, &c. &c. In 8vo. 14s. bds.

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An INTRODUCTION to the 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, and Rural or Domestic Economy. By JOHN LINDLEY, F.R.S. L.S. G.S. Professor of Botany in the University of London, &c. &c. In 8vo. 12s. cloth boards.

By the same Author,

A SYNOPSIS of the BRITISH FLORA, arranged according to the Natural Orders; containing Vasculares, or Flowering Plants. 12mo. 10s. 6d. bds.

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SOCIAL LIFE in ENGLAND and FRANCE, from the French Revolution of 1789 to that of 1830. By the EDITOR OF MADAME DU DEFFAND'S LETTERS. 8vo. 7s. bds.

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A COMPARATIVE VIEW of the SOCIAL LIFE of ENGLAND and FRANCE, from the Restoration of Charles the Second to the French Revolution. In 1 Vol. 8vo. price 13s. bds.

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The BRITISH FLORA; comprising the PHENOGAMOUS or FLOWERING PLANTS, and the FERNS. BY WILLIAM JACKSON HOOKER, LL.D. F.R.A. and L.S. Regius Professor of Botany in the University of Glasgow, &c. &c. 1 vol. royal 12mo. 12s. cloth.

In

The plan of the above work is similar to that of the first part of Dr. Hooker's "Flora Scotica." The Mosses, and the rest of the Cryptogamia, will form a distinct volume, corresponding with the above, and with the "English Flora" of the late Sir James Smith.

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A SYSTEM of UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHY. By M. MALTE

BRUN, Editor of the "Annales des Voyages." Vol. VIII. Part 1, price 7s. 6d.

This Part contains the Geography of Spain, Portugal, and Part of France. The work is now finished in the original; but in order to render it a more complete System of Geography for the English reader, large additions will be made to the description of Great Britain, which is now in progress, and will be published in a few months.

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MEMOIRS and CORRESPONDENCE of the late SIR JAMES EDWARD SMITH, M.D. F.R.S. President of the Linnæan Society, &c. &c. In 1 Vol. 8vo.Nearly ready.

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The LIFE and DEATH of LORD EDWARD FITZGERALD. BY THOMAS MOORE, Esq. In 1 vol. small 8vo. with a Portrait, engraved by Dean, after a Picture by Hamilton.-Just ready.

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