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PARKINSON.-A Treatise on Elementary Mechanics.

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With numerous Examples. By S. PARKINSON, M.A. Fellow and Assistant
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PRATT.-The

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Principles of Mechanical

Philosophy. By J. H. PRATT, M.A., Fellow of Caius College.

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THE RESTORATION OF BELIEF.

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SMITH.-Arithmetic
SMITH. Arithmetic and Algebra, in their Principles and
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SMITH.-Mechanics and Hydrostatics, in their Principles

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TAIT and STEELE.-A Treatise on Dynamics, with numerous Examples. By P. G. TAIT, Fellow of St. Peter's College, and Professor of Mathematics in Queen's College, Belfast, and W. J. STEELE, Fellow of St. Peter's College. [Preparing.

This will be a new Edition of that part of Pratt's Mechanical Philosophy which treats of Dynamics, with all the additions and improvements that seem needful.

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A HISTORY OF THE CANON OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. By the
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THE COMMON PRAYER: ITS HISTORY AND RATIONALE. By the
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NOTES ON THE GOSPELS AND ACTS.

EPISTLES.

EPISTLES AND APOCALYPSE.

CHURCH HISTORY, THE FIRST SIX CENTURIES.

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17TH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT TIME.

THE THREE CREEDS.

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An Elementary Work on the same subject, for the use of Beginners.

TRENCH. Synonyms of the New Testament.

By RICHARD CHENEVIX TRENCH, M.A., Vicar of Itchenstoke, Hants, Professor of Divinity, King's College, London, and Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Oxford. Second edition, revised. Fcp. 8vo. cloth, 5s. TRENCH.-Hulsean Lectures for 1845-46. Third Edition. CONTENTS. 1.-The Fitness of Holy Scripture for unfolding the Spiritual Life of Man. 2.-Christ the Desire of all Nations; or the Unconscious Prophecies of Heathendom. Foolscap 8vo. cloth, 58.

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WESTCOTT. A general View of the History of the Canon of

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WESTCOTT.-An Introduction to the Study of the Gospels;
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