PHILLIPS (J. Arthur, M. Inst. C.E., F.C.S., F.G.S.,

Ancien Elève de l'Ecole des Mines, Paris) :

ELEMENTS OF METALLURGY: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Extracting Metals from their Ores. With over Two Hundred Illustrations, many of which have been reduced from Working Drawings. Royal 8vo, 764 pages, cloth, 34-.

GENERAL CONTENTS:

I. A TREATISE on FUELS and REFRACTORY MATERIALS.
II.-A Description of the principal METALLIFEROUS MINERALS,
with their DISTRIBUTION.

III. STATISTICS of the amount of each METAL annually produced
throughout the World, obtained from official sources, or, where
this has not been practicable, from authentic private informa-
tion.

IV.--The METHODS of ASSAYING the different ORES, together with the PROCESSES of METALLURGICAL TREATMENT, comprising:

"Elements of Metallurgy' possesses intrinsic merits of the highest degree. Such a work is precisely wanted by the great majority of students and practical workers, and its very compactness is in itself a first-rate recommendation..

.... In

our opinion the best work ever written on the subject with a view to its practical treatment."-Westminster Review.

"In this most useful and handsome volume, Mr. Phillips has condensed a large amount of valuable practical knowledge......... We have not only the results of scientific inquiry most cautiously set forth, but the experiences of a thoroughly practical man very clearly given."-Athenæum.

"For twenty years the learned author, who might well have retired with honour on account of his acknowledged success and high character as an authority in Metallurgy, has been making notes, both as a Mining Engineer and a practical Metallurgist, and devoting the most valuable portion of his time to the accumulation of materials for this his Masterpiece. There can be no possible doubt that 'Elements of Metallurgy will be eagerly sought for by Students in Science and Art, as well as by Practical Workers in Metals......... Two hundred and fifty pages are devoted exclusively to the Metallurgy of Iron, in which every process of manufacture is treated, and the latest improvements accurately detailed."-Colliery Guardian.

"The value of this work is almost inestimable. There can be no question that the amount of time and labour bestowed on it is enormous.........There is certainly no Metallurgical Treatise in the language calculated to prove of such general utility to the Student really seeking sound practical information upon the subject, and none which gives greater evidence of the extensive metallurgical knowledge of its author.” -Mining Journal.

PORTER: (Surgeon-Major J. H., Late AssistantProfessor of Military Surgery in the Army Medical School, and Hon. Assoc. of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem):

THE SURGEON'S POCKET-BOOK: An Essay on the Best Treatment of the Wounded in War; for which a Prize was awarded by Her Majesty the Empress of Germany. Specially adapted to the PUBLIC MEDICAL SERVICES. With 152 Illustrations, 16mo, roan, 7/6. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged.

"Every Medical Officer is recommended to have the 'Surgeon's Pocket Book,' by Surgeon-Major Porter, accessible to refresh his memory and fortify his judgment."Précis of Field Service Medical Arrangements for Afghan War.

"A complete vade mecum to guide the military surgeon in the field."-British Medical Journal.

"A capital little book

of the greatest practical value.

A surgeon with this Manual in his pocket becomes a man of resource at once."-Westminster Review.

SCIENTIFIC MANUALS.

BY

W. J. MACQUORN RANKINE, C.E., LL.D., F.R.S.,

Late Regius Professor of Civil Engineering in the University of Glasgow.

I. RANKINE (Prof.): APPLIED MECHANICS (A Manual of); comprising the Principles of Statics and Cinematics, and Theory of Structures, Mechanism and Machines. With numerous Diagrams. Crown 8vo. Cloth, 12/6. Ninth Edition.

"Cannot fail to be adopted as a text-book..

The whole of the information

is so admirably arranged that there is every facility for reference."-Mining Journal.

II. RANKINE(Prof.): CIVIL ENGINEERING (A Manual of); comprising Engineering Surveys, Earthwork, Foundations, Masonry, Carpentry, Metal-works, Roads, Railways, Canals, Rivers, Water-works, Harbours, &c. With numerous Tables and Illustrations. Crown 8vo. Cloth, 16/-. 7welfth Edition.

"Far surpasses in merit every existing work of the kind. As a Manual for the hands of the professional Civil Engineer it is sufficient and unrivalled, and even when we say this, we fall short of that high appreciation of Dr. Rankine's labours which we should like to express."-The Engineer.

III. RANKINE (Prof.): MACHINERY AND MILL WORK (A Manual of); comprising the Geometry, Motions, Work, Strength, Construction, and Objects of Machines, &c. Illustrated with nearly 300 Woodcuts. Crown 8vo. Cloth, 12/6. Fourth Edition. "Professor Rankine's Manual of Machinery and Millwork' fully maintains the high reputation which he enjoys as a scientific author; higher praise it is difficult to award to any book. It cannot fail to be a lantern to the feet of every engineer."-The Engineer.

IV. RANKINE ( Prof.): THE STEAM ENGINE and OTHER PRIME MOVERS (A Manual of). With Diagram of the Mechanical Properties of Steam, numerous Tables and Illustrations. Crown 8vo. Cloth, 12/6. Ninth Edition.

V. RANKINE (Prof.): USEFUL RULES and TABLES for Architects, Builders, Carpenters, Coachbuilders, Engineers, Engravers, Founders, Mechanics, Shipbuilders, Surveyors, Wheelwrights, &c. Crown 8vo. Cloth, 9/-. Fifth Edition.

"Undoubtedly the most useful collection of engineering data hitherto produced."— Mining Journal.

VI. RANKINE (Prof.): A MECHANICAL TEXT-BOOK. By Prof. MACQUORN RANKINE and E. F. BAMBER, C.E. With numerous Illustrations. Crown 8vo. Cloth, 9/-. Second Edition. "The work, as a whole, is very complete, and likely to prove invaluable for furnishing a useful and reliable outline of the subjects treated of."-Mining Journal. THE MECHANICAL TEXT-BOOK forms a simple Introduction to PROF. RAnkine's SERIES of MANUALS on ENGINEERING and MECHANICS.

PROF. RANKINE'S WORKS-(continued.)

VII. RANKINE (Prof.) MISCELLANEOUS

:

SCIENTIFIC PAPERS: A Selection from the Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal and other Scientific and Philosophical Societies, and the Scientific Journals. Edited by W. J. MILLAR, C.E., Secretary to the Institute of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland. With Portrait on Steel, and Memoir by P. G. TAIT, M.A., Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh. In one volume, Royal 8vo, with Plates and Diagrams. (In Preparation.)

SHELTON (W. Vincent, Foreman to the Imperial

PART

Ottoman Gun-Factories, Constantinople).

THE MECHANIC'S GUIDE: A Hand-Book for Engineers and Artizans. With Copious Tables and Valuable Receipts for Practical Use. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, cloth, 7/6.

I.-Arithmetic. PART II.-Geometry.

GENERAL

PART III.-Mensuration.

PART IV.-Velocities in Boring and
Wheel-Gearing.

PART VII.-The Steam-Engine.
PART VIII.-The Locomotive.

"THE MECHANIC'S GUIDE will answer its purpose as completely as a whole series of elaborate text-books."-Mining Journal.

"Ought to have a place on the bookshelf of every mechanic.”—Iron.

"Much instruction is here given without pedantry or pretension."-Builder.

A sine quâ non to every practical Mechanic."-Railway Service Gazette.

This Work is specially intended for Self-Teachers, and places before the Reader a concise and simple explanation of General Principles, together with Illustrations of their adaptat.on to Practical Purposes.

THOMSON (Spencer, M.D., L.R.C.S., Edinburgh):

A DICTIONARY of DOMESTIC MEDICINE and HOUSEHOLD SURGERY. Thoroughly revised and brought down to the present state of Medical Science. With an additional chapter on the Management of the Sick Room; and Hints for the Diet and Comfort of Invalids. Many Illustrations. Demy 8vo, 750 pages. Cloth, 8/6. Fifteenth Edition.

"The best and safest book on Domestic Medicine and Household Surgery which has yet appeared.-London Journal of Medicine.

"Dr. Thomson has fully succeeded in conveying to the public a vast amount of useful professional knowledge."-Dublin Journal of Medical Science.

"Worth its weight in gold to families and the clergy."-Oxford Herald.

WYLDE (James, formerly Lecturer on Natural

Philosophy at the Polytechnic):

THE MAGIC OF SCIENCE: A Manual of Easy and Amusing Scientific Experiments. With Steel Portrait of Faraday and many hundred Engravings. Crown 8vo. Cloth gilt, and gilt edges, 5/-. Third Edition.

"Of priceless value to furnish work for idle hands during the holidays. A thousand mysteries of Modern Science are here unfolded. We learn how to make Oxygen Gas, how to construct a Galvanic Battery, how to gild a Medal by Electro-plating, or to reproduce one by Electrotyping, how to make a Microscope or take a Photograph; while the elements of Mechanics are explained so simply and clearly that the most unmechanical of minds must understand them. Such a work is deserving of the highest praise."-The Graphic.

"To those who need to be allured into the paths of natural science, by witnessing the wonderful results that can be produced by well-contrived experiments, we do not know that we could recommend a more useful volume."-Athenæum.

Educational Works.

BRYCE (Archibald Hamilton, D.C.L., LL.D.,

Senior Classical Moderator in the University of Dublin) :

VIRGILII OPERA. Text from HEYNE and WAGNER. English Notes, original, and selected from the leading German, American and English Commentators. Illustrations from the antique. Complete in One Volume, fcap. 8vo, cloth, 6/-. Thirteenth Edition.

"Contains the pith of what has been written by the best scholars on the subject. .. The notes comprise everything that the student can want."—Athenæum. "The most complete, as well as elegant and correct, edition of Virgil ever published in this country."-Educational Times.

"The best commentary on Virgil which a student can obtain.”—Scotsman.

COBBETT (William): ENGLISH GRAMMAR,

in a Series of Letters, intended for the use of Schools and Young Persons in general. With an additional Chapter on Pronunciation, by the Author's Son, JAMES PAUL COBBett. Fcap. 8vo. Cloth, 1/6. (The only correct and authorized Edition.)

"A new and cheapened edition of that most excellent of all English Grammars, William Cobbett's. It contains new copyright matter, as well as includes the equally amusing and instructive Six Lessons intended to prevent statesmen from writing in an awkward manner.'"-Atlas.

COBBETT (William:) A FRENCH GRAMMAR. Fcap. 8vo. Cloth, 3/6. Fifteenth Edition.

"Cobbett's French Grammar' comes out with perennial freshness. There are few grammars equal to it for those who are learning, or desirous of learning, French without a teacher. The work is excellently arranged, and in the present edition we note certain careful and wise revisions of the text."-School Board Chronicle.

"Business men commencing the study of French will find this treatise one of the best aids....... It is largely used on the Continent."-Midland Counties Herald.

COBBETT (James Paul): A LATIN GRAM

MAR. Fcap. 8vo. Cloth, 2/-.

COBBIN'S MANGNALL: MANGNALL'S HISTORICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS, for the Use of Young People. By RICHMAL MANGNALL. Greatly enlarged and corrected, and continued to the present time, by INGRAM COBBIN M.A., 12mo. Cloth, 4/-. Fifty-third Thousand. New Illustrated Edition.

COLERIDGE (Samuel Taylor): A DISSERTATION ON THE SCIENCE OF METHOD. (Encyclopædia_Metropolitana.) With a Synopsis. Crown 8vo. Cloth, 2/-. Ninth Edition.

CRAIK'S ENGLISH LITERATURE.

À COMPENDIOUS HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE AND OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE from the Norman Conquest. With numerous specimens. By GEORGE LILLIE CRAIK, LL.D., late Professor of History and English Literature, Queen's College, Belfast. In two vols. Royal 8vo. Handsomely bound in cloth, 25/-. New Edition. GENERAL CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTORY.

I. THE NORMAN PERIOD-The Conquest.

II.-SECOND ENGLISH-commonly called Semi-Saxon.
III.-THIRD ENGLISH-Mixed, or Compound English.

IV.

MIDDLE AND LATTER PART OF THE SEVENTEenth Century. V. THE CENTURY BETWEEN THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.

VI. THE LATTER PART OF THE Eighteenth Century.

VII. THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: (a) The Last AGE OF THE
GEORGES.

(b) THE VICTORIAN AGE.

With numerous Excerpts and Specimens of Style.

"Anyone who will take the trouble to ascertain the fact, will find how completely even our great poets and other writers of the last generation have already faded from the view of the present, with the most numerous class of the educated and reading public. Scarcely anything is generally read except the publications of the day. YET

NOTHING IS MORE CERTAIN THAN THAT NO TRUE CULTIVATION CAN BE SO ACQUIRED.

This is the extreme case of that entire ignorance of history which has been affirmed, not with more point than truth, to leave a person always a child...

The present work combines the HISTORY OF THE LITERATURE with the HISTORY OF THE LANGUAGE. The scheme of the course and revolutions of the language which is followed here is extremely simple, and resting not upon arbitrary, but upon natural or real distinctions, gives us the only view of the subject that can claim to be regarded as of a scientific character."-Extract from the Author's Preface.

"Professor Craik's book going, as it does, through the whole history of the language, probably takes a place quite by itself. The great value of the book is its thorough comprehensiveness. It is always clear and straightforward, and deals not in theories but in facts."-Saturday Review.

"Professor Craik has succeeded in making a book more than usually agreeable." The Times.

CRAIK (Prof.): A MANUAL OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, for the Use of Colleges, Schools, and Civil Service Examinations. Selected from the larger work, by Dr. CRAIK. Crown 8vo. Cloth, 7/6. Eighth Edition.

"A Manual of English Literature from so experienced and well-read a scholar as Professor Craik needs no other recommendation than the mention of its existence."— Spectator.

"This augmented effort will, we doubt not, be received with decided approbation by those who are entitled to judge, and studied with much profit by those who want to learn...... If our young readers will give healthy perusal to Dr. Craik's work, they will greatly benefit by the wide and sound views he has placed before them." Athenæum