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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, 31 s. 6d. cloth.

"We have no hesitation in pronouncing this fragment decidedly the best history now extant of the reign of James the Second. It contains much new and curious information, of which excellent use has been made. The accuracy of the narrative is deserving of high admiration." Edinburgh Review.

Also, the above Completed to the SETTLEMENT of the CROWN,

by the EDITOR.

To which is prefixed,

A Notice of the Life, Writings, and Speeches of Sir James Mackintosh. 4to. 31. 38.

LIFE AND TIMES OF WILLIAM III.

King of England and Stadtholder of Holland. By the Honourable A. TREVOR, M.P. F.A.S. &c. 2 vols. 8vo. with Portrait, &c. price 24s.

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LIFE OF FREDERICK II. KING OF PRUSSIA.
By LORD DOVER.

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

"A most delightful and comprehensive work. Judicions in selection, intelligent in arrangement, and graceful in style."-Literary Gazette.

MEMOIRS OF SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE.
By the Right Hon. THOMAS PEREGRINE COURTENAY,
2 vols. 8vo., with Portrait, 28s.

LIFE OF SIR HUMPHRY DAVY, BART.
By his Brother, Dr. JOHN DAVY.
2 vols. 8vo. with Portrait, 288.

LIFE OF EDWARD THE BLACK PRINCE.
By G. P. R. JAMES, Esq.

Author of Attila," "The Gipsy," &c. &c.
2 vols. 8vo. 11. 11s. 6d.

HISTORY OF THUCYDIDES;

Newly translated into English, and illustrated with very copious Annotations, &c. By the Rev. S. T. BLOOMFIELD, D.D. &c. Editor of the Greek Testament. 3 vols. 8vo. with Maps, 27. 5s. bds.

"A version as literal and as perspicuous as erudition and industry combined can render it.” Eclectic Review.

History and Biography-continued.

GIBBON'S HISTORY OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE: For the Use of Families and Young Persons.

Reprinted from the Original Text, with the careful Ŏmission of all Passages of an irreligious or immoral tendency.

By THOMAS BOWDLER, Esq. F.R.S. &c.

5 vols. 8vo. 31. 3s. bds.

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

By the Rev. ARCHDEACON COXE. 6 vols. 8vo. with an Atlas, 5l. 5s.
By the same Author.

MEMOIRS OF THE KINGS OF SPAIN

FROM 1700 TO 1788.

5 vols. 8vo. 3. bds.

HISTORY OF THE HOUSE OF

AUSTRIA.

5 vols. 8vo. 31. 13s. 6d. bds.

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HISTORY OF ENGLAND,

From the Earliest Period to the Death of Elizabeth.

By SHARON TURNER, Esq. F.A.S. R.A.S.L. 12 vols. 8vo. 81. 3s. bds. The above may be had in the following separate portions:HISTORY OF THE ANGLO-SAXONS. 3 vols. 8vo. 5th Edit. 21. 5s. bds. ENGLAND during the MIDDLE AGES. 5 vols. 8vo. 3d Edit. 37, bds. THE REIGN OF HENRY VIII 2 vols. 8vo. 3d Edit. 11. 6s. bds. EDWARD VI., MARY, AND ELIZABETH. 2 vols. 8vo. 2d Edit. 17. 12s. bds.

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2 vols. 8vo. with Portrait, 2d. Edit. 28s. bds.

"Miss Aikin's present work, and her previous Memoirs of the Courts of Elizabeth and James I. are very acceptable additions to our literature."-Edinburgh Review.

By the same Authoress.

MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF QUEEN ELIZABETH. 6th Edit. 2 vols. 25s. MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF KING JAMES I. 3d Edit. 2 vols. 24s.

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. Translator and Editor of

Scheller's Latin Lexicon for the Oxford University Press. 8vo. 21s. cloth. The ENGLISH-LATIN will form a separate Volume.

YOUNG SCHOLAR'S LATIN-ENGLISH DICTIONARY; Being an Abridgment of the above.

Square 12mo. price 7s. bound and lettered.

In these Dictionaries especial attention has been paid to etymology, including the Greek derivations; also to the number and order of meanings, construction of words, and quantities. In the smaller work all words of low style, or such as are otherwise useless to beginners, have been omitted.

BOTANY, GARDENING, &c.

BY SIR JAMES EDWARD SMITH, M.D. F.R.S. LATE PRESIDENT OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, &c.

THE ENGLISH FLORA.

THE FLOWERING PLANTS, AND THE FERNS. New Edit. in 4 vols. 8vo. 21. 8s. Vol. V. Part 1, 128.-CRYPTOGAMIA: comprising the Mosses, Hepaticæ, Lichens, Characeæ, and Algæ.

By Sir W. J. HOOKER, LL.D. F.R.A. and L.S., &c. &c.

Vol. V. Part 2, 12s.-The FUNGI-(completing the Work), by Sir W.J. HOOKER, and the Rev. M. J. BERKELEY, F.L.S., &c.

COMPENDIUM OF THE ENGLISH FLORA.
Second Edition, with Additions and Corrections.
By Sir W. J. HOOKER, LL.D., &c. 12mo. 7s. 6d.

THE SAME IN LATIN. 5th Edition, 12mo. 7s. 6d.

INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF PHYSIOLOGICAL
AND SYSTEMATICAL BOTANY.

New Edition, with Illustrations of the Natural Orders (combining the object of
Sir JAMES SMITH'S Grammar" with that of his "Introduction.")
Edited by Sir W. J. HOOKER, LL.D. &c. 8vo. 36 Plates, 16s. cloth.

BY SIR WILLIAM JACKSON HOOKER, K.B. LL.D. REGIUS PROFESSOR OF BOTANY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW, &c.

THE BRITISH FLORA.

THE FLOWERING PLANTS, AND THE FERNS. 8vo. 3d Edition, 12s.

Vol. II. Part 1 of the above, (CRYPTOGAMIA) 8vo. 12s,

Vol. II. Part 2 (FUNGI) completing the work, by Sir W. J. HOOKER, and the Rev. M. J. BERKELEY. 8vo. 12s.

MUSCOLOGIA BRITANNICA.

Containing the Mosses of Great Britain and Ireland, systematically arranged and described: with Plates.

By Sir W. J. HOOKER, LL.D. F.L.S. &c. and T. TAYLOR, M.D. F.L.S. &c. Svo. 2d Edit. enlarged, 31s. 6d. plain; 37. 3s. coloured.

ICONES PLANTARUM;

Or, FIGURES, with brief Descriptive Characters and Remarks, of NEW or RARE PLANTS, from the Author's Herbarium.

2 vols. 8vo. with 200 Plates, price 27. 16s. cloth lettered.

Botany, &c.-continued.

BY J. C. LOUDON, F.L.S. &c. &c.

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PLANTS.

Comprising the Description, Specific Character, Culture, History, Application in the Arts, and every other desirable Particular, respecting all the Plants Indigenous to, Cultivated in, or introduced into Britain.

With nearly 10,000 Engravings on Wood. Second edition, corrected.
1 large vol. 8vo. 31. 13s. 6d. boards.

"The most useful and popular botanical work that has ever appeared in the English language."-Jameson's Philosophical Journal.

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HORTUS BRITANNICUS;

A Catalogue of all the Plants Indigenous to, or Cultivated in Britain. Part 1.The Linnæan Arrangement, in which nearly 30,000 Species are enumerated, &c.: preceded by an Introduction to the Linnæan System. Part 2.-The Jussieuean Arrangement of nearly 4000 Genera; with an Introduction to the Natural System, and a description of each Order. 8vo. 23s. 6d. in cloth.

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AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GARDENING;

Comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture, and Landscape Gardening. New Edit. greatly enlarged; with nearly 1000 Engravings on Wood. 8vo. 2l. 10s

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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AGRICULTURE;

Comprising the Theory and Practice of the valuation, Transfer, Laying out, Improvement, and Management of Landed Property, &c. &c. 3d Edit. With nearly 1300 Engravings on Wood. 1 large vol. 8vo. 27. 10s.

THE CULTIVATION OF THE VINE ON OPEN WALLS. By CLEMENT HOARE.

8vo. new Edition, with Additions, price 7s. 6d.

"Mr. Hoare has thrown more light on the subject of vine culture than any British gardener who has written on the subject."-Loudon's Gardener's Magazine. "One of the best productions upon any horticultural subject which has been published for some years."-Athenæum.

FIRST STEPS TO BOTANY.

By J. L. DRUMMOND, M.D. 12mo. 100 Woodcuts. 3d. Edition, 9s.

ELEMENTS OF PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE; Comprehending the Cultivation of Plants, the Husbandry of Domestic Animals, and the Economy of the Farm. By DAVID Low, Esq. F.R.S.E.

Professor of Agriculture in the University of Edinburgh.

1 vol. 8vo. second edition, with Alterations and Additions, 18s. cloth lettered. "Ought to be in every farmer's hands."-New Farmer's Journal, Dec. 4, 1837.

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ELEMENTS OF AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY.
By SIR HUMPHRY DAVY, Bart., LL.D. F.R.S., &c.

Fifth edition, with Notes by his brother, Dr. John Davy, 8vo. 15s.

Botany, &c.- continued.

BY JOHN LINDLEY, PH. D. F.R.S. L.S. &c. PROFESSOR OF BOTANY IN THE LONDON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE AND IN THE ROYAL INSTITUTION.

INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY.

Second Edition, with Corrections and considerable Additions.

1 large vol. 8vo. with numerous Plates and Woodcuts, 18s. cloth. "We have no hesitation in pronouncing this Introduction to Botany, by Dr. Lindley, to be the most valuable and perfect in any language we are acquainted with."-Medical Gazette.

A 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, &c.

2d Edition, with numerous Additions and Corrections, and a complete List of Genera, with their Synonyms, I vol. 8vo. 18s. cloth.

SYNOPSIS OF THE BRITISH FLORA,
Arranged according to the Natural Orders.

2d. edition, with numerous Additions, Corrections, and Improvements.
12mo. 10s. 6d. boards.

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A KEY TO STRUCTURAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL, AND SYSTEMATIC BOTANY.

For the use of Classes. 8vo. 4s. 6d.

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FIRST PRINCIPLES OF HORTICULTURE.

2s, sewed.

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GUIDE TO THE ORCHARD AND KITCHEN GARDEN. BY G. LINDLEY, C.M.H.S. Edited by J. LINDLEY, Ph. D. F.R.S. &c. 1 large volume, 8vo. 16s. boards.

CONVERSATIONS ON BOTANY.
With Twenty-two Engravings.

12mo., 8th Edition, enlarged, 7s. 6d. plain; 12s. coloured.

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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 Edit. 12s.

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THE NEW BOTANIST'S GUIDE TO THE LOCALITIES
OF THE RARER PLANTS OF GREAT BRITAIN.

By HEWETT COTTRELL WATSON, F.L.S.
2 vols. 12mo. price 16s. 6d.

Vol. 1, contains England and Wales, price 10s. 6d.
Vol. 2, Scotland and the adjacent Isles, price 6s.
With a copious SUPPLEMENT to England and Wales.
By the same Author.

REMARKS ON THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF BRITISH PLANTS.

12mo. 6s. 6d.

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