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HARDWICKE AND GRAY'S INDIAN ZOOLOGY. Twenty parts, forming two vols royal folio, 202 coloured plates (pub. at 217.), sewed, 127. 12s., or half-morocco, gilt edges, 147. 148.

HARRIS'S AURELIAN; OR ENGLISH MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. Their Natural History, together with the Plants on which they feed; New and greatly improved Edition, by J. Ó. WESTWOOD, Esq., F.L.S., &c.. in 1 vol. sm. folio, with 44 plates, containing above 100 figures of Moths, Butterflies, Caterpillars, &c., and the Plants on which they feed, exquisitely coloured after the original drawings, half-bound morocco, 41. 48. 1840

This extremely beautiful work is the only one which contains our English Moths and Butterflies of the full natural size, in all their changes of Caterpillar, Chrysalis, &c., with the plants on which they feed.

HOOKER AND GREVILLE, ICONES FILICUM ; OR FIGURES OF FERNS, With DESCRIPTIONS, many of which have been altogether unnoticed by Botanists, or have not been correctly figured. 2 vols. folio, with 240 beautifully coloured Plates (pub. at 25/. 48.). half-morocco, gilt edges, 127. 128. 1829-31

The grandest and most valuable of the many scientific Works produced by Sir William Hooker. HOOKER'S EXOTIC FLORA, containing Figures and Descriptions of rare or otherwise interesting Exotic Plants, especially of such as are deserving of being cultivated in our Gardens. 3 vols. imperial 8vo, containing 232 large and beautifully coloured Plates (pub. at 15.), cloth, 61. 68. 1823-1827

This is the most superb and attractive of all Dr. Hooker's valuable works.

"The Exotic Flora,' by Dr. Hooker, is like that of all the Botanical publications of the indefatigible author, excellent; and it assumes an appearance of finish and perfection to which neither the Botanical Magazine nor Register can externally lay claim."-Loudon.

HOOKER'S JOURNAL OF BOTANY, containing Figures and Descriptions of such Plants as recommend themselves by their novelty, rarity, or history, or by the uses to which they are applied in the Arts, in Medicine, and in Domestic Economy; together with occasional Botanical Notices and Information, and occasional Portraits and Memoirs of eminent Botanists. 4 vols. 8vo, numerous Plates, some coloured (pub. at 37.), cloth, 17. 1834-42

HOOKER'S BOTANICAL MISCELLANY, containing Figures and Descriptions of Plants which recommend themselves by their novelty, rarity, or history, or by the uses to which they are applied in the Arts, in Medicine, and in Domestic Economy, together with occasional Botanical Notices and In ormation, including many valuable Communications from distinguished Scientific Travellers. Complete in 3 thick vols. royal 8vo, with 153 plates, many finely coloured (pub. at 5l. 5s.), gilt cloth, 27. 12s. 6d.

1830-33

HOOKER'S FLORA BOREALI-AMERICANA; OR THE BOTANY OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. Illustrated by 240 plates, complete in Twelve Parts, royal 4to (pub. at 127. 12s.), 8. The Twelve Parts complete, done up in 2 vols. royal 4to, extra cloth, 8. 1829-40

HUISH ON BEES; THEIR NATURAL HISTORY AND GENERAL MANAGEMENT. New and greatly improved Edition, containing also the latest Discoveries and Improvements in every department of the Apiary, with a description of the most approved HIVES now in use, thick 12mo, Portrait and numerous Woodcuts (pub. at 10s. 6d.), cloth gilt, 6s. 6d. JARDINE'S NATURALIST'S LIBRARY, 40 vols, 1200 coloured Plates, extra red cloth, boards (pub. at 127.), 7.

the same, 40 vols. morocco, gilt edges (pub. at 20.), 107. 10s.

1844

or the volumes separately, according to the following arrangements, in red cloth, top edges gilt, 4s. 6d.

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JOHNSON'S GARDENER, complete in 12 vols. with numerous woodcuts, containing the Potato, one vol.-Cucumber, one vol.-Grape Vine, two vols. Auricula and Asparagus, vol.-Pine Apple, two vols.-Strawberry, one vol.-Dahlia, one vol.-Peach, one vol.gate 10 vols, 12mo, Woodcuts (pub. at 14. 55.), cloth, 10s.

either of the volumes may be had separately (pub. at 2s. 6d.), 1s.

LATHAM'S GENERAL HISTORY OF BIRDS; being the Natural History and Descrip tion of all the Birds (above four thousand) hitherto known or described by Naturalists, the Synonymes of preceding Writers; the second enlarged and improved Edition, co hending all the discoveries in Ornithology subsequent to the former publication, and a Gen Index, 11 vols. in 10, 4to, with upwards of 200 coloured Plates, lettered (pub. at 261. 8.), cint 71. 178. 6d. Winchester, 1821-28. The same with the plates exquisitely coloured like drawing 11 vols. in 10, elegantly half-bound, green morocco, gilt edges, 12l. 128.

LEWIN'S NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Third Edition, with an Index of the Scientific Names and Synonymes, by Mr. GOULD and
EYTON, folio, 27 plates, coloured (pub. at 41. 48.), half-bound morocco, 21. 28.

LINDLEY'S BRITISH FRUITS; OR FIGURES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THE MOS
IMPORTANT VARIETIES OF FRUIT CULTIVATED IN GREAT BRITAIN. 3 ve
royal 8vo, containing 152 most beautifully coloured plates, chiefly by MRS. WITHERS, AD,
to the Horticultural Society (pub. at 10l. 10s.), half bound morocoo extra, gilt edges,

"This is an exquisitely beautiful work. Every plate is like a highly finished drawi similar to those in the Horticultural Transactions."

LINDLEY'S DIGITALIUM MONOGRAPHIA. Folio, 28 plates of the Foxglove at 41. 48.), cloth, 17. 118. 6d.

the same, the plates beautifully coloured (pub. at 61. 6s.), cloth, 21. 12s. 6d. LOUDON'S (MRS) ENTERTAINING NATURALIST, being Popular Descript Tales, and Anecdotes of more than Five Hundred Animals, comprehending all the Quadrup Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, &c., of which a knowledge is indispensable in polite ed tion. With Indexes of Scientific and Popular Names, an Explanation of Terms, and an pendix of Fabulous Animals, illustrated by upwards of 500 beautiful woodcuts by B HARVEY, WHIMPER, and others. New Edition, revised, enlarged, and corrected to? present state of Zoological Knowledge. In one thick vol. post 8vo, gilt cloth, 7s. 6d.

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LOUDON'S (J. C.) ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM, & Trees and Shrubs of Britain, Native and Foreign, delineated and described; with their pr gation, culture, management, and uses. Second improved Edition, 8 vols. 8vo, with a 400 plates of trees, and upwards of 2500 woodcuts of trees and shrubs (pub. at 107.), 51. 5. LOUDON'S VILLA GARDENER, comprising the choice of a Suburban Villa Residen the laying-out, planting, and culture of the garden and grounds; and every necessary int mation for the Amateur in collecting, placing, and rearing all the plants and trees cultivated in Great Britain; the management of the Villa Farm, Dairy, and Poultry 1 Second edition, edited by Mrs. Loudon, 8vo, cloth extra, with upwards of 377 diagrams, & finely engraved on wood (pub. at 12s.), 88. 6d.

LOW'S DOMESTIC ANIMALS OF GREAT BRITAIN, exemplified in fifty-six and very beautifully coloured plates of the various breeds of the Horse, Ox, Sheep, and from drawings by Nicholson, R.S.A., after paintings by SHIELS, R.S.A., 2 vols. in 1, imp half bound morocco, gilt edges (pub. at 167. 168.), 8l. 88.

MANTELL'S (DR.) NEW GEOLOGICAL WORK. THE MEDALS OF CREAT or First Lessons in Geology, and in the Study of Organic Remains; including GeoExcursions to the Isle of Sheppey, Brighton, Lewes, Tilgate Forest, Charnwood R Farringdon, Swindon, Calne, Bath, Bristol, Clifton, Matlock, Crich Hill, &c. By G ALGERNON MANTELL, Esq., LL.D., F.R.S, &c. Two thick vols, foolscap Svo.. loured Plates, and several hundred beautiful Woodcuts of Fossil Remains, cloth gilt, là

MANTELL'S (DR.) PICTORIAL ATLAS OF FOSSIL REMAINS, consista
Coloured Illustrations selected from Parkinson's "Organic Remains of a Former World,
Artis's "Antediluvian Phytology," with descriptions, by Dr. Mantell, 4to, with 74 co-
plates, 21. 58.

MANTELL'S WONDERS OF GEOLOGY, or a Familiar Exposition of Geologica? nomena. Sixth greatly enlarged and improved Edition. 2 vols. post 8vo, coloured Plates, upwards of 200 Woodcuts, gilt cloth, 188.

MANTELL'S GEOLOGICAL EXCURSION ROUND THE ISLE OF WIGH and along the adjacent Coast of Dorsetshire. In 1 vol. post 8vo, with numerous beast. executed Woodcuts, and a Geological Map, cloth gilt, 58.

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SCHLEIDEN'S PRINCIPLES OF SCIENTIFIC BOTANY; or Botany as an Inductive Science, translated by DR. EDWIN LANKESTER, 8vo, with nearly 400 Illustrations on wood and steel, cloth (pub. at 17. 18.), 10s. 6d. 1849

SELBY'S COMPLETE BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY. A most magnificent work of the Figures of British Birds, containing exact and faithful representations in their full natural size of all the known species found in Great Britain, 383 Figures in 228 beautifully coloured Plates. 2 vols. elephant folio, elegantly half-bound morocco (pub. at 105.), gilt back and gilt edges, 31. 108. 1834

"The grandest work on Ornithology published in this country, the same for British Birds that Audubon's is for the Birds of America. Every figure, excepting in a very few instances of extremely large birds, is of the full natural size, beautifully and accurately drawn, with all the spirit of life."-Ornithologist's Text Book.

"What a treasure, during a rainy forenoon in the country, is such a gloriously illuminated work as this of Mr Selby! It is, without doubt, the most splendid of the kind ever published in Britain, and will stand a comparison, without any eclipse of its lustre, with the most magnificent ornithological illustrations of the French school. Mr. Selby has long and deservedly ranked high as a scientific naturalist."-Blackwood's Magazine.

SELBY'S ILLUSTRATIONS OF BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY. 2 vols. 8vo. Second Edition (pub. at 1s. 18.), 12s.

1833

SIBTHORPE'S FLORA GRECA. The most costly and magnificent Botanical work ever published. 10 vols, folio, with 1000 beautifully coloured Plates, half-bound, morocco, publishing by subscription, and the number strictly limited to those subscribed for (pub. at 2521.), 631.

Separate Prospectuses of this work are now ready for delivery. Only 40 copies of the original stock exist. No greater number of subscribers' names can therefore be received. SIBTHORPE'S FLORA GRÆCÆ PRODROMUS; sive Plantarum omnium Enumeratio, quas in Provinciis aut Insulis Gracia invenit JOH. SIBTHORPE: Characteres et Synonyma omnium cum Annotationibus JAC. EDY. SMITH. Four parts, in 2 thick vols. 8vo, (pub. at 21. 28.) 148. Londini, 1816

SMITH'S (COLONEL HAMILTON) HISTORY OF THE HUMAN SPECIES, its Typical Forms, Primeval Distribution, Filiations and Migrations, with 34 coloured Plates (each containing two or more subjects), Portrait, and Vignette title-page, thick fcap. 8vo, full gilt cloth (pub. at 7s. 6d.), 5s.

This volume ranges with JARDINE'S NATURALIST'S LIBRARY.

SOWERBY'S MANUAL OF CONCHOLOGY. Containing a complete Introduction to the Science, ilustrated by upwards of 650 Figures of Shells, etched on copper-plates, in which the most characteristic examples are given of all the Genera established up to the present time, arranged in Lamarckian Order, accompanied by copious Explanations; Observations respecting the Geographical or Geological distribution of each; Tabular Views of the Systems of Lamarck and De Blainville; a Glossary of Technical Terms, &c. New Edition, considerably enlarged and improved, with numerous Woodcuts in the text, now first added, 8vo, cloth, 188.; or with the Plates coloured, cloth, 1. 168.

1815

SOWERBY'S CONCHOLOGICAL ILLUSTRATIONS; OR, COLOURED FIGURES OF ALL THE HITHERTO UNFIGURED SHELLS, complete in 200 Parts, 8vo, comprising several thousand Figures, all beautifully coloured (pub. at 157.) 77. 10s. SPRY'S BRITISH COLEOPTERA DELINEATED; containing Figures and Descriptions of all the Genera of British Beetles, edited by SHUCKARD, 8vo, with 94 plates, comprising 688 figures of Beetles, beautifully and most accurately drawn (pub. at 27. 28.), cloth, 1. 18. 1840 "The most perfect work yet published in this department of British Entomology." STEPHENS' BRITISH ENTOMOLOGY. 12 vols. 8vo, 100 coloured Plates (pub. at 21.), half bound, 81. 88.

1828-46

Or separately, LEPIDOPTERA, 4 vols. 41. 48. COLEOPTERA, 5 vols. 41. 48. DERMAPTERA, ORTHOPTERA, NEUROPTERA, &c., 1 vol. 1. 18. HYMENOPTERA, 2 vols. 21. 28. SWAINSON'S EXOTIC CONCHOLOGY; OR, FIGURES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF RARE, BEAUTIFUL, OR UNDESCRIBED SHELLS. Royal 4to, containing 94 large and beautifully coloured figures of Shells, half bound mor., gilt edges (pub. at 51. 58.), 21. 12s. 6d SWAINSON'S ZOOLOGICAL ILLUSTRATIONS: OR, ORIGINAL FIGURES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW, RARE, OR INTERESTING ANIMALS, selected chiefly from the Classes of Ornithology, Entomology, and Conchology, 6 vols. royal 8vo, containing 318 finely coloured Plates (pub. at 167. 168.), half bound morocco, gilt edges, 91. 98. SWEET'S FLORA AUSTRALASICA: OR, A SELECTION OF HANDSOME OR CURIOUS PLANTS, Natives of New Holland and the South Sea Islands. 15 Nos., forming 1 vol. royal 8vo, complete, with 56 beautifully coloured Plates (pub. at 37. 158.), cloth, 1. 168.

1827-28

SWEET'S CISTINEÆ: OR, NATURAL ORDER OF CISTUS, OR ROCK ROSE. 30 Nos., forming 1 vol. royal 8vo, complete, with 112 beautifully coloured Plates (pub. at 51. 58.), cloth, 21. 128. 6d.

1828

"One of the most interesting, and hitherto the scarcest, of Mr. Sweet's beautiful publications.'

Miscellaneous English Literature,

INCLUDING

HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, VOYAGES AND TRAVELS, POETRY AND THE DRAMA, MORALS, AND MISCELLANIES.

BACON'S WORKS, both English and Latin. With an Introductory Essay and copious Indexes. Complete in 2 large vols. imperial 8vo, (pub. at 21. 23.), cloth, 14. 168.

BOSWELL'S LIFE OF DR. JOHNSON; BY THE RIGHT HON. J. C. CROKER. Incorporating his Tour to the Hebrides, and accompanied by the Commentaries of all preceding Editors. with numerous Additional Notes and Illustrative Anecdotes; to which are added Two Supplementary Volumes of Anecdotes by HAWKINS, PIOZZI, MURPHY, TYERS, REYNOLDS, STEVENS, and others. 10 vols. 12mo, illustrated by upwards of 50 Views, Portraits, and Sheets of Autographs, finely engraved on Steel, from Drawings by STANFIELD, HARDING, &c., cloth, reduced to 14. 10s.

This new, improved, and greatly enlarged edition, beautifully printed in the popular form of Sir Walter Scott and Byron's Works, is just such an edition as Dr. Johnson himself loved and recommended. In one of the Ana recorded in the supplementary volumes of the present edition, he says: "Books that you may carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are the most useful after all. Such books form the mass of general and easy reading."

BRITISH ESSAYISTS, viz., Spectator, Tatler, Guardian, Rambler, Adventurer, Idler, and Connoisseur. 3 thick vols. 8vo, Portraits (pub. at 24. 5s.), cloth, 14. 78. Either volume may be had separate.

BRITISH POETS, CABINET EDITION, containing the complete Works of the principal English Poets from MILTON to KIRKE WHITE. 4 vols. post 8vo. (size of Standard Library), printed in a very small but beautiful type. 22 Medallion Portraits (pub. at 24. 2a.), cloth, 15.

BROUGHAM'S (LORD) POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, and Essay on the British Constitution, 3 vols. 8vo. (pub. at 17. 11s. 6d.), cloth, 1. ls.

1844-46

1845

British Constitution (a portion of the preceding work), 8vo, cloth, 3s. BROUGHAM'S (LORD) LIVES OF MEN OF LETTERS AND SCIENCE, who flourished in the time of George III. 8vo, with 10 fine Portraits (pub. at 14. 1s.), cloth, 10s. 6d. BURKE'S (EDMUND) WORKS With a Biographical and Critical Introduction by ROGERS. 2 vols. imperial 8vo, closely but handsomely printed (pub. at 21. 28.), cloth, il. 108. BURKE'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HERALDRY; OR, GENERAL ARMOURY OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND. Comprising a Registry of all Armorial Bearings, Crests, and Mottoes, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, including the late Grants by the College of Arms. With an Introduction to Heraldry, and a Dictionary of Terms. Third Edition, with a Supplement. One very large vol. imperial 8vo, beautifully printed in small type, in double columns, by WHITTINGHAM, embellished with an elaborate Frontispiece, richly illuminated in gold and colours; also Woodcuts (pub. at 24. 2s.), cloth gilt, 1. 18.

1844

The most elaborate and useful Work of the kind ever published. It contains upwards of 30,000 Armorial Bearings, and incorporates all that have hitherto been given by Guillim, Edmondson, Collins, Nisbet, Berry, Robson, and others; besides many thousand names which have never appeared in any previous Work. This volume, in fact, in a small compass, but without abridgment, contains more than four ordinary quartos.

BURNETT'S HISTORY OF HIS OWN TIMES, AND OF THE REFORMATION, with Historical and Biographical Notices. 3 vols. super royal 8vo. cloth, 17. 11s. 6d. BURNS' WORKS, WITH LIFE BY ALLAN CUNNINGHAM, AND NOTES BY SIR WALTER SCOTT, CAMPBELL, WORDSWORTH, LOCKHART, &c. Royal 8vo, fine Portrait and Plates (pub. at 188.), cloth, uniform with Byron, 10s. 6d.

This is positively the only complete edition of Burns, in a single volume, 8vo. It contains not only every scrap which Burns ever wrote, whether prose or verse, but also a considerable number of Scotch national airs, collected and illustrated by him (not given elsewhere) and full and interesting accounts of the occasions and circumstances of his various writings. The very complete and interesting Life by Allan Cunningham alone occupies 164 pages, and the Indices and Glossary are very copious. The whole forms a thick elegantly printed volume, extending in all to 848 pages. The other editions, including one published in similar shape, with an abridgment of the Life by Allan Cunningham, comprised in only 47 pages, and the whole volume in only 504 pages, do not contain above two-thirds of the above.

CAMPBELL'S LIFE AND TIMES OF PETRARCH. With Notices of Boccaccio and his Illustrious Contemporaries. Second Edition. 2 vols. 8vo, fine Portraits and Plates (pub. at 1. 11s. 6d.), cloth, 12s.

1843

CARY'S EARLY FRENCH POETS. A Series of Notices and Translations, with an Introductory Sketch of the History of French Poetry; Edited by his Son, the Rev. HENRY CARY, Foolscap 8vo, cloth, 5s.

1846

CARY'S LIVES OF ENGLISH POETS, supplementary to DR. JOHNSON'S "Lives." Edited by his Son. Foolscap 8vo, cloth, 78.

1846

CHURTON'S RAILROAD BOOK OF ENGLAND; Historical, Topographical, and Picturesque; descriptive of all the Cities, Towns, Country Seats, and Subjects of local interest on the various Lines, imperial 8vo, cloth, with map and numerous cuts, (pub. at 1. 1.), 1851

reduced to 10s. 6d.

CLASSIC TALES. Cabinet Edition, comprising the Vicar of Wakefield, Elizabeth, Paul and Virginia, Gulliver's Travels, Sterne's Sentimental Journey, Sorrows of Werter, Theodosius and Constantia, Castle of Otranto, and Rasselas, complete in 1 volume, 12mo; 7 medallion Portraits (pub. at 10s. 6d.), cloth, 38. 6d.

COPLEY'S (FORMERLY MRS. HEWLETT) HISTORY OF SLAVERY AND ITS ABOLITION. Second Edition, with an Appendix, thick small 8vo, fine Portrait of Clarkson (pub. at 6s.), cloth, 48. 6d.

1839

COWPER'S POETICAL WORKS, including his Homer, edited by CARY. Illustrated edition, royal 8vo, with 18 beautiful Engravings on Steel, after Designs by HARVEY, cloth, gilt edges, 158.

CRAIK'S ROMANCE OF THE PEERAGE; OR, CURIOSITIES OF FAMILY HISTORY. 4 vols. post 8vo, with fine Portraits on Steel of WALTER DEVEREUX EARL OF ESSEX, ANNE DUCHESS OF MONMOUTH AND BUCCLEUCH, MARY TUDOR, and SIR ROBERT DUDley, cloth (pub. at 27. 28.), 188.

DAVIS'S SKETCHES OF CHINA, During an Inland Journey of Four Months; with an Account of the War. 2 vols. post 8vo, with a new Map of China (pub. at 168.), cloth 98. 1841 DIBDIN'S BIBLIOMANIA: OR BOOK MADNESS. A Bibliographical Romance. New Edition, with considerable Additions, including a Key to the assumed Characters in the Drama, and a Supplement. 2 vols, royal 8vo, handsomely printed, embellished by numerous Woodcuts, many of which are now first added (pub. at 31. 38.) cloth, 1. 118. 6d. Large Paper, imperial 8vo, of which only very few copies were printed (pub. at 5l. 58.), cloth, 31. 138. 6d.

1842

This celebrated Work, which unites the entertainment of a romance with the most valuable information on all bibliographical subjects, has long been very scarce and sold for considerable sums-the small paper for 81. 88., and the large paper for upwards of 50 guineas!!!

DIBDIN'S (CHARLES) SONGS. Admiralty edition, complete, with a Memoir by T. DIEDIN. Illustrated with 12 Characteristic Sketches, engraved on Steel by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. 12mo, cloth lettered, 58. 1848

DOMESTIC COOKERY, by a Lady (MRS. RUNDELL). New Edition, with numerous additional Receipts, by Mrs. BIRCH, 12mo, with 9 Plates (pub. at 6s.), cloth, 38. ENGLISH CAUSES CELEBRES, OR REMARKABLE TRIALS. Square 12mo (published at 48.), ornamental wrapper, 23.

1844

FENN'S PASTON LETTERS, Original Letters of the Paston Family, written during the Reigns of Henry VI, Edward IV, and Richard III, by various persons of Rank and Conse. quence, chiefly on Historical Subjects. New Edition, with Notes and Corrections, complete. 2 vols. bound in 1, square 12mo (pub. at 108.), cloth gilt, 58. Quaintly bound in maroon morocco, carved boards, in the early style, gilt edges, 158.

The original edition of this very curious and interesting series of historical Letters is a rare book, and sells for upwards of ten guineas. The present is not an abridgement, as might be supposed from its form, but gives the whole matter by omitting the duplicate version of the letters written in an obsolete language, and adopting only the more modern, readable version, published by Fenn.

"The Paston Letters are an important testimony to the progressive condition of society, and come in as a precious link in the chain of the moral history of England, which they alone in this period supply. They stand indeed singly in Europe. Hallam.

FIELDING'S WORKS, EDITED BY ROSCOE, COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME (Tom Jones, Amelia, Jonathan Wild, Joseph Andrews, Plays, Essays, and Miscellanies.) ! medium 8vo, with 20 capital plates by CRUIKSHANK (pub. at 1. 48.), cloth gilt, 148.

"Of all the works of imagination to which English genius has given origin, the writings of Henry Fielding are perhaps most decidedly and exclusively her own."-Sir Walter Scott. "The prose Homer of human nature."-Lord Byron.

FOSTER'S ESSAYS ON DECISION OF CHARACTER; on a Man's Writing Memoirs of Himself; on the epithet Romantic; on the Aversion of Men of Taste to Evangelical Religion, &c. Fcap. 8vo, Eighteenth Edition (pub. at 6s.), cloth, 58.

"I have read with the greatest admiration the Essays of Mr. Foster. He is one of the most profound and eloquent writers that England has produced."-Sir James Mackintosh.

FOSTER'S ESSAY ON THE EVILS OF POPULAR IGNORANCE. New Edition elegantly printed, in fcap. 8vo, now first uniform with his Essays on Decision of Character, cloth, 58.

"Mr. Foster always considered this his best work, and the one by which he wished his literary claims to be estimated."

"A work which, popular and admired, as it confessedly is, has never met with the thousandth part of the attention which it deserves."-Dr. Pye Smith.

FROISSART'S CHRONICLES OF ENGLAND, FRANCE, AND SPAIN, &c. New Edition, by Colonel Johnes, with 120 beautiful Woodcuts, 2 vols. super-royal 8vo, cloth lettered (pub. at 14. 168.), 1ễ. 85.

1849

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