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MR. COLBURN'S NEW PUBLICATIONS.

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1.

THE ONLY AUTHENTIC MEMOIR.

Second Edition, Revised with Additions—by Authority.

PRINCE ALBERT; and the HOUSE of SAXONY. By FREDERIC SHOBERL, Esq.

In 1 vol. post 8vo. (of nearly 300 pages), elegantly bound, and embellished with a Fine Portrait of the Prince; price only 5s. 6d.

"The best and most authentic work on the subject of the Prince-consort and his Family." JOHN BULL.

2.

MEMOIRS of the PRINCESS DASHKAW:

LADY of HONOUR to the EMPRESS CATHERINE II.
WRITTEN BY HERSELF.

With numerous Letters of the Empress and other Royal and distinguished Personages.
Now first published from the Originals. 2 vols. 8vo. with Portraits, Autographs, &c.

3.

WOMAN and her MASTER.

By LADY MORGAN. 2 vols. post 8vo.

4.

TRAVELS to the CITY of the CALIPHS,

Along the Shores of the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean: including a VOYAGE to the COAST of ARABIA, and a TOUR on the ISLAND of SOCOTRA.

By J. R. WELLSTED, Esq. F.R.S., F.R.A.S. &c.

Author of "Travels in Arabia." In 2 vols. 8vo. with Illustrations.

5.

MEMOIRS and LETTERS of MADAME MALIBRAN, With Notices of the Progress of the Musical Drama in England. 2 vols. post 8vo. with Portrait, 218. bound.

"These Memoirs are full of interesting details, much of which is entirely new to the public, and of a nature to give new ideas and impressions of the extraordinary woman to whom they relate. We could fill several columns very pleasantly with those singular personal anecdotes and traits with which these volumes are filled; but extracts are unnecessary, as the book will be universally read."-NAVAL AND MILITARY Gazette.

6.

The COURT and CAMP of RUNJEET SING.

By the Hon. G. W OSBORNE,

Military Secretary to the Governor General of India.

1 vol. 8vo. with 16 Engravings from original Drawings taken on the spot. 15s. bound. "This work has the solid value of History, and the Romance of an Eastern fiction " EXAMINER.

7.

LIGHTS and SHADES of MILITARY LIFE.
Edited by Major-General SIR CHARLES NAPIER, K.C.B.

2 vols. post 8vo.

Mr. Colburn's New Publications-continued,

8.

The SPORTSMAN in IRELAND;

With a SUMMER TOUR in the HIGHLANDS of SCOTLAND.
2 vols. post 8vo. with Illustrations.

9.

A SUMMER in BRITTANY.

By T. ADOLPHUS TROLLOPE, Esq. Edited by Mrs. TROLLOPE.

2 vols. 8vo. with numerous Illustrations by Hervieu.

10.

A WINTER in ICELAND and LAPLAND.
By the Hon. ARTHUR DILLON.

2 vols. post 8vo. with Illustrations, price 21s. bound.

"These volumes, full of information, historical and descriptive, are the result of a journey not less creditable to Mr. Dillon's literary character than his courage. The history is a sort of sea romance."-ATLAS.

11.

COLBURN'S KALENDAR of AMUSEMENTS

IN TOWN AND COUNTRY,
For 1840.

Comprising London Seasons and Sights, Balls, Masquerades, Theatres, Concerts, Public Exhibitions; Winter, Summer, and Harvest Sports; Cricket, Wrestling, Swimming, Skating, Rowing and Sailing Matches, Races, Hunts, and Steeple Chases; Shooting Seasons, Fishing and Watering-place Seasons,

Fairs, and other Sports.

In a pocket volume, with Twelve Illustrations by R. Cruikshank, price 5s. 6d. bound.
HENRY COLBURN, PUBLISHER, 13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET.
Orders received by all Booksellers.

DEDICATED BY PERMISSION TO HER MAJESTY.

Now ready, Vol. II. price 8s. 6d. bound, to be completed in four or five volumes, beautifully embellished with Portraits, &c.

LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND,

FROM THE NORMAN CONQUEST,

With Anecdotes of their Courts. Now First Published from Official Records, and other authentic Documents, private as well as public. By AGNES STRICKLAND,

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS:

"This interesting and well-written work, in which the severe truth of history takes almost the wildness of romance, will constitute a valuable addition to our biographical literature.'

MORNING HERALD.

"This agreeable book may be considered a valuable contribution to historical knowledge; to young persons especially."-ATHENEUM.

"The execution of this work is equal to the conception. Great pains have been taken to make it both interesting and valuable."-LITERARY GAZETTE.

"This elegant work, in which we have everything connected with the biographies of our female sovereigns, is one of the highest merit, and of permanent interest, evincing great learning, research, judgment, and taste."-DISPATCH.

"Authentic memoirs of our English Queens is a work which has been much wanted, and Miss Strickland has spared neither labour nor research to complete this attractive work in an efficient manner."-SUN.

"This important work will form one of the most useful, agreeable, and essential additions to our historical library that we have had for many years."-NAVAL AND MILITARY GAZETTE.

HENRY COLBURN, PUBLISHER, 13, Great Marlborough Street.

To be had of all Booksellers.

BOOKS

Published by William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh; T. Cadell, London; and J. Cumming, Dublin.

1.

HE HISTORY OF EUROPE,

THE

from the commencement of the French Revolution to the Restoration of the Bourbons. By ARCHIBALD ALISON, F.R.S.E.

Seven volumes are published, handsomely printed in 8vo. price 15s. each. The Eighth is in the Press.

"No work could have made such progress in national opinion without substantial qualities. Its vigour of research and its manliness of principle; its accurate knowledge, and its anima tion of style, have been the grounds of its remarkable public favour, as they are the guarantees for its permanent popularity."-Blackwood.

"The History of Europe during the French Revolution is indispensable to all those who are forming collections on this subject. It is the completion of them all."-Preface to the French Translation, by M. Paquis.

"The History of Europe during the French Revolution is by far the most remarkable historical work of the last century."-Foreign Quarterly Review.

2.

In two vols. post 8vo. handsomely bound in cloth, price 18s.

A MEMOIR of the POLITICAL LIFE of the Right Hon. EDMUND BURKE; with extracts from his writings. ་་ Burke, the greatest of political philosophers."-Sir J. Mackintosh.

By GEORGE CROLY, LL.D., Rector of St. Stephen's, Walbrook, London.

3.

THE WORKS OF MRS. HEMANS, with a Memoir by her Sister.

In seven volumes, foolscap 8vo. price £1. 15s., bound in cloth, with Portraits and Vignette Titles.

The following are published separately,

bound in cloth, lettered, with Vignette Titles, price 5s. each, or elegantly bound in morocco, 9s.:

1. Memoir of Mrs. Hemans-Wallace's Invocation to Brace-England and Spain; or, Valour and Patriotism.

2. Tales and Historic Scenes; with other Poems and Translations.

3. The Sceptic; The Siege of Valencia; and other Poems.

4. The Forest Sanctuary; De Chattillon; or, The Crusaders; with other Poems.

5. The Vespers of Palermo, a Tragedy; Records of Woman; Miscellaneous Poems. 6. Songs of the Affections; National Miscellaneous Poems.

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7. Songs and Lyrics; Scenes and Hymns of Life; with other Poems.

4.

THE FORRESTERS. Price 6s. bound in cloth.

By the same Author,

LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF SCOTTISH LIFE. Price 6s. bound in cloth.

TRIALS OF MARGARET LYNDSAY. Price 6s, bound in cloth.

5.

SOLITARY HOURS. By MRS. SOUTHEY. Price 5s, bound in cloth. By the same Authoress,

CHAPTERS ON CHURCHYARDS. 2 vols., price 12s.

THE BIRTH-DAY, and other Poems. Price 7s.

6.

THE LIFE of MANSIE WAUCH, Tailor in Dalkeith, with Eight Illustrations by G. CRUICKSHANK. Price 8s. bound in cloth.

7.

PASSAGES from the DIARY of a LATE PHYSICIAN. By SAMUEL WARREN, Esq. 3 vols., price 18s.

8.

THE COURSE OF TIME; a Poem, in Ten Books. By ROBERT POLLOK, A.M.

A New Edition, with a Portrait engraved on Steel by ROBINSON. Price 7s. 6d. bound in cloth, or 12s. elegantly bound in Morocco, gilt leaves.

9.

M'CRIE'S LIFE OF KNOX, Cheap Edition, beautifully printed in One Volume Octavo; containing illustrations of the History of the Reformation in Scotland; Biographical Notices of the Prin cipal Reformers, and Sketches of Literature in Scotland, during the Sixteenth Century.

Price only 7s. 6d., handsomely bound in cloth, lettered, with portraits of KNOX and the REGENT MURRAY.

This is the only Edition containing the important Additions, copious Notes and Illustrations, which Dr. M'Crie made to the Life after the publication of the First Edition. The Work was subsequently almost wholly re-written; and all other Editions are merely reprints of the First, which appeared upwards of twenty-eight

years ago.

10.

In a few days, a new Edition in foolscap 8vo. price 6s. of

THE SUBALTERN. Originally published in Blackwoods Magazine.

NATIONAL WORK ON BREEDS OF CATTLE, &c.

This day are published, in Atlas Quarto, price One Guinea each,
PARTS I. AND II. OF

THE BREEDS

OF THE

DOMESTIC ANIMALS

OF

Great Britain,

DESCRIBED BY PROFESSOR LOW,

With beautifully coloured Plates, from Paintings by MR. SHIELS, of the Royal Scotch Academy.

PART I. contains THE OX, No. 1,

With four Plates comprising seven Figures, with a History of the Origin of the Domestic Breeds, and a full account of the Wild Cattle, the Pembroke Breed, and the West Highland Breed.

PART II. contains THE SHEEP, No. 1,

With four Plates comprising eleven Figures, with a History of the Origin of the Domestic Breeds, and a full account of the Breeds of the Zetland and Orkney Islands, the Sheep of the Higher Welsh Mountains, the Soft-woolled Sheep of Wales, and the Sheep of the Wicklow Hills.

TO BE CONTINUED EVERY TWO MONTHS.

"Abounding with valuable information, and illustrated with great taste and skill, this History of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands promises to direct public attention with new zest to one of the most important subjects with which it can be occupied. We cannot permit ourselves for a moment to doubt that the public patronage will be secured for a work so peculiarly British, and so well got up, without reference to expense, as to entitle the publishers to the best thanks not only of landowners and farmers, but to those of the community at large."

MORNING POST.

"From the style and manner in which the engravings are executed, and the valuable descriptions of Professor Low, this splendid work must, we think, find its way into the library of every nobleman and gentleman in the kingdom who sets a value upon a subject so intimately connected with British agriculture as a knowledge of our various breeds of cattle."

MARK LANE EXPRESS.

"The object of the author is to show, from practical and scientific knowledge, the various gradations and improvements which have taken place in the breeding of the domestic animals, and, by comparisons of treatment and crossing, to prove how the greatest advantages may be acquired."-BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON.

By the same Author,

ELEMENTS OF PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE;

COMPREHENDING

THE CULTIVATION OF PLANTS,

THE HUSBANDRY OF THE DOMESTIC ANIMALS,

AND THE ECONOMY OF THE FARM.

3d Edition, 1 vol. 8vo. with above 200 Woodcuts, 18s. cloth lettered.

"No work on agriculture has appeared in our time which will bear a comparison with this excellent work of Professor Low."-EDINBURGH NEW PHILOSOPHICAL JOURNAL.

LONDON: LONGMAN, ORME, AND CO.

WORKS ON GEOGRAPHY AND

GEOLOGY,

In Course of Publication, or Recently Published, by ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK, Edinburgh; and LONGMAN & Co. London. (Sold by all Booksellers.)

1.

In 8vo. price 6s., containing 240 pages of closely printed letterpress,

FIRST PART OF AN ABRIDGEMENT OF

ALTE BRUN'S and BALBI's

MALTETERS ON GEOGRAPHY

compiled from the Original Works, as well as from the French Abridgment and English Translations of Malte Brun, with a careful comparison of later authorities. To which will be added, a copious Index of the Countries, Towns, and Miscellaneous Information contained in the body of the work, affording that facility of reference which forms the chief recommendation of a Gazetteer.

The Work will be completed in Five Parts, forming a very thick and beautifully printed 8vo. volume.

"The work is executed with masterly ability -no pains have been spared to render it comprehensive and accurate-and it not only contains all the matter that such a publication ought to contain, but it exhibits the utmost precision in their treatment and arrangement. Amongst the numerous works that solicit and perplex the attention of the world, this, t least, ought to be received into universal favour, for it may be justly described as the most perfect of its kind extant."-ATLAS.

2.

Price £2. 10s. Half-bound in Morocco, gilt leaves,

BLACK'S GENERAL ATLAS of the WORLD, in FIFTY-FOUR MAPS, Engraved on Steel, by SYDNEY HALI., in the first style of the art, and beautifully coloured, with GEOGRAPHICAL DES. CRIPTIONS, STATISTICAL TABLES, and other useful information.

"We may now say with certainty, that as no Atlas exceeds that of Black's in the neatness of its form and the utility of its dimensions, so, in geographical accuracy and beauty of execution, it equals any work extant of similar pretension and yet greater charge. We have not been disappointed in a single reference to any of the Maps yet issued, and we have everely tested those of the present number."-ATLAS. 3.

In Nine Volumes 8vo. with a comprehen-
sive Index of 44,000 names, price 71.
A SYSTEM OF UNIVERSAL
GEOGRAPHY. By M. MALTE BRUN,
Editor of the " Annales des Voyages," &c.

Of this work, which is universally admitted to be the most valuable system of

Geography extant, only twenty copies remain unsold. Subscribers who have not yet perfected their sets, are recommended to do so without delay, as, of some parts only a few copies remain on hand, while others are entirely out of print.

"Infinitely superior to any thing of its class which has ever appeared."-Literary Gaz. 4.

In 8vo. price 15s., with Engravings,
a Second Edition of

PRINCIPLES of MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL, and POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY. By M. MALTE BRUN.

Improved by the addition of the most Recent Information derived from various sources.

5.

In post 8vo. price 6s., illustrated with Woodcuts, Maps, and other Engravings, including Humboldt's Map of the Geographical Distribution of Plants,

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. By THOMAS STEWART TRAILL, F.R.S.E., Regius Professor of Medical Jurisprudence in the University of Edinburgh, &c. &c.

"A most elaborate digest of facts judiciously arranged, and, as a general exposition, perhaps the most complete that has yet appeared."— LEEDS MERCURY.

6.

In post 8vo. price 6s., embellished with Plates and Woodcuts,

A TREATISE ON GEOLOGY. By JOHN PHILLIPS, F.R.S., F.G.S., Professor of Geology in King's College, London; Author of "A Guide to Geology," &c. &c.

"One of the most generally and practically useful books ever published."-BIRMINGHAM HERALD.

"An admirable digest of geological knowledge."-EDINBURGH ADVERTISER,

7.

In a closely printed volume, price 7s. 6d., illustrated with Ninety Woodcuts, Eleven Geological Sections, and Two Coloured Maps,

A SKETCH OF THE GEOLOGY OF FIFE AND THE LOTHIANS, including detailed Descriptions of Arthur's Seat and Pentland Hills. By CHARLES MACLAREN, Esq., F.R.S.E.

"Minute, faithful, and perspicuous.”—FifeSHIRE JOURNAL.

"A contribution to the science of geology, the value of which will be most highly appreciated by those who are the most capable of judging."-SCOTS TIMES.

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