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LONGMAN, ORME, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMANS.

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AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RURAL SPORTS;

Comprehending Racing, Coursing, Shooting, Hunting, Hawking, Fishing,
Athletic Sports, etc. etc.

By DELABERE P. BLAINE, Esq., author of " Outlines of Veterinary Art," etc.
In Ten Monthly Parts, price 58. each, illustrated with very numerous Engravings
on Wood, beautifully executed by R. Branston, from Drawings by Alken,
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PART II. is published this day.

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THE WORKS OF THE REV. SYDNEY SMITH. 3 vols. 8vo. 17. 16s. cloth.

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LIFE AND ADMINISTRATION OF EDWARD, FIRST EARL OF CLARENDON. With Original Correspondence and Authentic Papers never before published. By THOMAS HENRY LISTER, Esq. 3 vols. 8vo. with Portrait and Fac-similes, price 21. 8s. cloth lettered.

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THE BIOGRAPHICAL TREASURY; containing

Memoirs, Sketches, or brief Notices of the Lives of about 12,000 Eminent Persons, from the earliest Period to the Present Day; forming a new and complete Dictionary of Universal Biography; the whole surrounded by nearly 3500 Maxims and Precepts, original and selected. BY SAMUEL MAUNDER. Second Edition fcap. 8vo. price 8s. 6d. cloth; 10s. 6d. bound, with gilt leaves.

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ROMAN EMPIRE: for the Use of Families and Young Persons. Reprinted from the Original Text, with the careful Omission of all Passages of an irreligious or immoral tendency. By THOMAS BOWDLER, Esq. F.R.S. &c. 5 vols. 8vo. 31. 3s. bds.

VOYAGES AND TRAVELS, GEOGRAPHY, TOPOGRAPHY, &c.

A TOUR IN SWEDEN IN 1838; comprising Ob

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"A very able, correctly written, and really imstructive work.”—Monthly Review. By the same Author,

JOURNAL OF A RESIDENCE IN NORWAY, DURING THE YEARS 1834, 1835, AND 1836; made with a view to inquire into the Rural and Political Economy of that Country, and the Condition of its Inhabitants. Second edition, 1 vol. 8vo. 14s. cloth lettered.

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SIR EDWARD SEAWARD'S NARRATIVE OF HIS SHIPWRECK, and consequent Discovery of certain Islands in the Caribbean Sea. Edited by Miss JANE PORTER. 2d Edition, 3 vols. small 8vo. 21s. in cloth.

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MALTE BRUN'S SYSTEM OF GEOGRAPHY; with an Index of 44,000 Names. Complete in 9 vols. 8vo. price 71. boards.

By the same Author,

PRINCIPLES OF MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL, AND POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY. 2d Edition, improved by the addition of the most recent information. 1 vol. 8vo. 15s. boards.

ENCYCLOPÆDIA

OF GEOGRAPHY:

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prising 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 Prof. Wallace, BOTANY, &c. by Sir W. J. Hooker, GEOLOGY, &c. by Prof. Jameson, ZOOLOGY, &c. by W. Swainson, Esq. With 82 Maps, drawn by Sidney Hall, and upwards of 1000 other Engravings on Wood, froin Drawings by Swainson, T. Landseer, Sowerby, Strutt, &c. representing the most remarkable objects of Nature and Art in every region of the Globe. Complete in 1 thick vol. 8vo.of upwards of 1500 pages, 60s. hf-bd. vellum. "It is without a rival."-Asiatic Journal. "The most perfect book on its subject.”—Atlas. "One of the most learned, accurate, and entertaining works on geography." Gentleman's Magazine. GENERAL ATLAS OF FIFTY-THREE MAPS, ON COLOMBIER PAPER; with the Divisions and Boundaries carefully coloured. Constructed entirely from New Drawings, and engraved

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NATURAL HISTORY AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.

INTRODUCTION TO ENTOMOLOGY;

or Ele

ments of the Natural History of Insects. By the Rev. WILLIAM KIRBY, M.A. F.R.S. & L.S.; and WILLIAM SPENCE, Esq. F.L.S. 5th edition, 4 thick vols. 8vo. with Plates and Portraits, price 47. boards.

INTRODUCTION TO THE MODERN CLASSIFICATION OF INSECTS: comprising an Account of the Habits and Transformations of the different Families; a Synopsis of all the British, and a Notice of the more remarkable Foreign Genera. By J. O. WESTWOOD, Sec. Ent. Soc. London, F.L.S. &c. Vol. First, illustrated with above 50 Woodcuts, comprising nearly a Thousand distinct Figures, price One Guinea, cloth lettered. To be completed in Two Volumes.

LETTERS TO A YOUNG NATURALIST ON THE STUDY OF NATURE AND NATURAL THEOLOGY. By J. L. DRUMMOND, M.D. author of "First Steps to Botany." 2d Edition, 12mo. Cuts, 78. 6d. boards. "Happily calculated to generate in a young mind, to sustain in the matured, and to renovate in the old, an ardent love of nature under all her forms."-Monthly Review.

BOOK OF NATURE: a Popular Illustration of the

General Laws and Phenomena of Creation. By JOHN MASON GOOD, M.D. F.R.S. 3d Edit. 3 vols. fcp. 8vo. 24s.

"The best philosophical digest of the kind we have seen.-Monthly Review.

TAXIDERMY; or the Art of Collecting and Pre

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ILLUSTRATIONS OF SCIENCE, by Professors of King's College, London. Vol. 1, MECHANICS, by the Rev. H. MOSELEY. Foolscap 8vo. 8s. cloth lettered.

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ESSAYS ON NATURAL HISTORY. By CHARLES

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"A delightful little volume.... Mr. Waterton is evidently one who lores the pursuit of natural history for its own sake; he is one who rejoices in the happiness of God's creatures, and marks with delight the development of their instincts.”-Quarterly Review.

CONVERSATIONS-ON LAND AND WATER.

By Mrs. MARCET. With a coloured Map, showing the Comparative Altitude of the principal Mountains of the World. 2d. Edit. fcap. 8vo. price 5s. 6d. cloth lettered.

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Natural History-Philosophy, continued.

By the same Authoress,

CONVERSATIONS ON VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY; comprehending the Elements of Botany, with their Application to Agriculture. 1 vol. fcap. 8vo. with Plates, 3d Edit. revised, 9s, cloth lettered.

CONVERSATIONS ON NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. 8th Edition, with 22 Engravings by Lowry, 10s. 6d. boards.

CONVERSATIONS ON CHEMISTRY, in which the Elements of that Science are familiarly explained and illustrated by Experiments; with a Conversation on the Steam-Engine. 2 vols. 12mo. 13th Edition, with Plates by Lowry, 148. boards.

AN INTRODUCTION TO GEOLOGY; intended to convey a Practical Knowledge of the Science; and comprising the most important recent Discoveries; with Explanations of the Facts and Phenomena which serve to confirm or invalidate various Geological Theories. By ROBERT BAKEWELI.. 5th Edition, considerably enlarged from the 4th Edition, and with new Sections and Cuts, price One Guinea, cloth lettered.

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. 8vo. with 7 Plates, and 51 Woodcuts, 21s.

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CONVERSATIONS ON MINERALOGY.

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DR. TURTON'S MANUAL OF THE LAND AND FRESH-WATER SHELLS OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS. New Edition, thoroughly revised, and with considerable Additions, by JOHN EDWARD GRAY, of the British Museum, F. L.S. &c. &c. (In a few days).

INTRODUCTION TO LAMARCK'S CONCHOLOGY. By E. A. CROUCH, F.L.S. 4to. 22 Plates, 31s. 6d. plain; 31. 38. coloured.

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TREATISE ON THE STEAM-ENGINE;

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