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Botany, Gardening, &c.

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FIRST STEPS to BOTANY.

By J. L. DRUMMOND, M.D.

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CONVERSATIONS on BOTANY.

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CONVERSATIONS on VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY; Comprehending the Elements of Botany, with their Application to Agriculture. BY JANE MARCET. 2 vols. 12mo. with Plates, 2d Edition, 12s.

Sporting.

INSTRUCTIONS to YOUNG SPORTSMEN.
By Lieut.-Col. P. HAWKER.

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Geology and Mineralogy.

INTRODUCTION to GEOLOGY;

With the most important recent Discoveries.

By ROBERT BAKEWELL.

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GEOLOGY of the SOUTH-EAST of ENGLAND; Containing a Comprehensive Sketch of the Geology of Sussex, and of the adjacent parts of Hampshire, Surrey, and Kent;

With Figures and Descriptions of the Fossils of the South Downs, and of the
Extraordinary Fossil Reptiles of Tilgate Forrest.

By GIDEON MANTELL, LL.D. F.R.S., Fellow of the Geological Society, &c. &c.
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Geology and Mineralogy,

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A TREATISE on PRIMARY GEOLOGY:

Being an Examination, both Practical and Theoretical, of the Older Formations.
By HENRY S. BOASE, M.D.

Secretary of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, &c.
Second Edition, 8vo. with Woodcuts, 128.

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.

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CONVERSATIONS on MINERALOGY.
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Entomology, Ornithology, and General Zoology.

INTRODUCTION to ENTOMOLOGY;

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A HISTORY of the RARER BRITISH BIRDS.
By T. C. EYTON.

Being intended as a Supplement to the History of British Birds, by the late T. Bewick. This work contains Descriptions of all the Species, about 33 in number, discovered since the time of Bewick;

With Wood-cut figures of nearly all, and with Vignettes; also, a Systematic
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BOOK of NATURE:

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Novels, Romances, Works of Fiction, &c.

THE BROKEN FONT;

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Religion, Theology, &c.

THE GREEK TESTAMENT,

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The whole being especially adapted to the use of ACADEMICAL STUDENTS, CANDIDATES
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EDITION for the use of Theological Readers in general.

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Religion, Theology, &c.

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PRINCIPLES of CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY;

Containing the Doctrines, Duties, Admonitions, and Consolations of the Christian

Religion.

By JOHN BURNS, M.D.

Regius Professor of Surgery in the University of Glasgow, &c.
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By FREDERICK C. BAKEWELL.

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By the same Author,

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A DICTIONARY of

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By J. R. M'CULLOCH, Esq.

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Political Economy, Commerce, &c.

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PRINCIPLES of POLITICAL ECONOMY,
Deduced from the Natural Laws of Social Welfare, and applied to the present
State of Britain.

By G. POULETT SCROPE, M.P. F.R.S. &c. Small 8vo. 7s. in cloth.
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CONVERSATIONS on POLITICAL ECONOMY.
BY JANE MARCET. 12mo. 6th Edition, 9s. bds.
By the same Authoress,

John Hopkins' Notions on Political Economy. 12mo. 4s. 6d.

Architecture, the Fine Arts, &c.

DICTIONARY of the

ARCHITECTURE and ARCHEOLOGY of the MIDDLE AGES; Including the Words used by Old and Modern Authors.

By JOHN BRITTON, F.S.A. &c.

Part I. with 12 Engravings by J. LE KEUX; Part II. with 10 Engravings; and Part III. with 13 Engravings.

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LECTURES on the

HISTORY and PRINCIPLES of PAINTING.

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By the same Author,

Substance of several Courses of Lectures on Music. 7s. 6d.

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