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LIFE and TIMES of WILLIAM III.

King of England, and Stadtholder of Holland.

By the Hon. A. TREVOR, M.P. F.A.S. &c. 2 vols. 8vo. with Portrait, &c. price 24s.

LIFE of SIR HUMPHRY DAVY, Bart.
By his Brother, Dr. JOHN DAVY.

2 vols. 8vo. with Portrait, 28s.

"The manner in which he (Dr. Davy) has performed his task is highly creditable to his talents and learning. The important documents, too, which he has published for the first time, are extremely valuable; and enable us to form a more correct judgment than we could otherwise have done of the scientific character and general attainments of his brother."- EDINnburgh Review, No. 127.

LIFE of EDWARD the BLACK PRINCE.

By G. P. R. JAMES, Esq.,

Author of "Darnley," "Richelieu," &c. 2 vols. 8vo.

ON FEMALE IMPROVEMENT.

By Mrs. JOHN SANDFORD,

Author of "Woman in her Social and Domestic Character."
In 2 vols. 12mo. price 12s. in cloth.

THE GOSSIP'S WEEK.

By the Author of "Slight Reminiscences of the Rhine," &c.

In 2 vols. post 8vo. price 24s. with numerous Woodcuts, from original designs.

Voyages & Travels, Geography, Topography, &c.

TRAVELS in ETHIOPIA,

ABOVE THE SECOND CATARACT OF THE NILE.

By G. A. HOSKINS, Esq. With a Map and 90 Illustrations. 4to. 31. 13s. 6d.

EGYPT and MOHAMMED ALI ;

Or, TRAVELS IN THE VALLEY OF THE NILE.
By JAMES AUGUSTUS ST. JOHN. 2 vols. 8vo. 30s. bds.

GREECE and the LEVANT.

Or, DIARY OF A SUMMER'S EXCURSION IN 1834.
By the Rev. RICHARD BURGESS, B.D. of St. John's College, Cambridge,
Author of "The Topography and Antiquities of Rome."
2 vols. fcap. 8vo. 14s. bds.

JOURNAL of a VISIT to CONSTANTINOPLE.
By JOHN AULDJO, Esq. F.G.S.

Author of "Ascent of Mont Blanc," and "Sketches of Vesuvius."
Svo. with Plates, etched by George Cruikshank, from Drawings by the Author, 10s. 6d.

SIR EDW. 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 J. PORTER. Second Edit. 3 vols. small 8vo. 21s. cloth. "The most curious and instructive work that has appeared since the first dawn of discovery, and in the history of navigation."-SPECTATOR.

SKETCH of ANCIENT and MODERN GEOGRAPHY,

for the Use of Schools.

By SAMUEL BUTLER, D.D. F.R.S. &c. Head Master of Shrewsbury Royal
Free Grammar School.

8vo. New Edition, corrected to 1835, 9s. bds.

An Abridgment of the same. 12mo. price 2s. cloth.

By the same

Atlas of Modern Geography, consisting of 23 Coloured Maps, from a New Set of Plates, corrected to 1835, with an Index of all the Names. 8vo. 12s. hf-bd. Atlas of Ancient Geography, consist

Author,

ing of 22 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. ** The Author begs to observe that in the present editions he has added Maps of the West Indies and Australia to the Modern, and of Mauritania, Numidia, and Africa Propria, to the Ancient Atlas; and has had several of the Maps re-drawn and re-engraved, especially those of Greece and Italy, on a larger scale, and one of Italy also added, without any increase of price.

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. In 1 Volume 8vo. Second Edition, improved by the addition of the most recent information derived from various sources, 15s. bds.

Voyages, Travels, &c.

(Continued.)

A DIARY of the WRECK of H. M. SHIP CHALLENGER, With an Account of the subsequent Encampment of the Officers anand Crew during a period of seven weeks on the South Coast of Chili. 8vo. with Plates, price 10s. 6d.

ENCYCLOPÆDIA 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, BOTANY, &c. by Sir W. J. Hooker,
GEOLOGY, &c. by Professor Jameson, ZOOLOGY, &c. by W. Swainson, Esq.

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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 bound in canvas.......

Ditto, half-bound in Russia

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In the full extended size of the Maps, half-bound in Russia. 10 0 0
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Alphabetical Index of all 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.

ORIGINAL PICTURE of LONDON,

Corrected to the present time; with a Description of its Environs.
Re-edited, and mostly written, by J. BRITTON, F.S.A. &c.

18mo. with upwards of 100 Views of Public Buildings, Plan of the Streets,
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EDINBURGH GAZETTEER ;

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Seas, Rivers, Harbours, &c. of the World.

2d Edit. 8vo. with an Abstract of the last Population Return, and Maps, 18s.
As an Accompaniment to the above Work,

New General Atlas, constructed by A. ARROWSMITH. Comprehended in Fifty-four Maps, including Two New Maps, with Recent Discoveries. Royal quarto, half-bound, 11. 16s. plain; coloured, 21. 12s. 6d.

A COMPLETE LATIN-ENGLISH DICTIONARY; Compiled from the best sources, chiefly German, and adapted to the use of Colleges and Schools.

By the Rev. J. E. RIDDLE, M.A. 8vo. 21s. cloth.

The Compiler of this Dictionary is the Translator and Editor of Scheller's large Latin Lexicon, which has recently appeared in its Latin-English form, from the Oxford University Press. It has been his object to produce a CORRECT, COMPLETE, and SYSTEMATIC Dictionary of the Latin Language, precisely adapted to the wants and use of Colleges and Schools-a work which, up to this time, English Literature DOES NOT POSSESS.

The ENGLISH-LATIN will form a separate Volume.

History and Biography.

A VIEW of the REIGN of JAMES II.

From his Accession to the Enterprise of the Prince of Orange.

By the late Right Hon. SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH.

In 4to. with a Portrait, 31s. 6d.

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To which is prefixed,

A Notice of the Life, Writings, and Speeches of Sir James Mackintosh.

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LIFE of FREDERIC the SECOND, KING of PRUSSIA.
By LORD DOVER. 2 vols. 8vo. Portrait. Second Edition, 28s.

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ANNUAL BIOGRAPHY and OBITUARY, for 1836;
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MILITARY MEMOIRS of FIELD-MARSHAL the DUKE of

WELLINGTON.

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HISTORY of THUCYDIDES;

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GIBBON'S HISTORY of the ROMAN EMPIRE:

For the Use of Families and Young Persons.

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BY THOMAS BOWDLER, Esq. F.R.S. &c. 5 vols. 8vo. 31. 3s. bds.

History and Biography,

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MEMOIRS of JOHN DUKE of MARLBOROUGH;
With his Original Correspondence.

By the Rev. Archdeacon CoXE. 6 vols. 8vo. with an Atlas, 51. 5s.
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