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A MANUAL OF PRACTICAL DRAINING.

By HENRY STEPHENS, F.R.S.E., Author of the Book of the Farın.' Third Edition, 8vo, 5s.

A CATECHISM OF PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE.

By HENRY STEPHENS, F.R.S.E., Author of the Book of the Farm,' &c. In crown 8vo, with Illustrations, 1s.

HANDY BOOK ON PROPERTY LAW.

By LORD ST LEONARDS.

The Seventh Edition. To which is now added a Letter on the New Laws for obtaining an Indefeasible Title. With a Portrait of the Author, engraved by HOLL. 3s. 6d.

"Less than 200 pages serve to arm us with the ordinary precautions to which we should attend in sell. ing, buying, mortgaging, leasing, settling, and devising estates. We are informed of our relations to our property, to our wives and children, and of our liability as trustees or executors, in a little book for the million, a book which the author tenders to the profanum vulgus as even capable of 'beguiling a few hours in a railway carriage.""-Times.

THE PLANTER'S GUIDE.

By SIR HENRY STEUART. A New Edition, with the Author's last Additions and Corrections. 8vo, with Engravings, 21s.

STABLE ECONOMY:

A Treatise on the Management of Horses. By JOHN STEWART, V.S. Seventh Edition, 6s. 6d.

"Will always maintain its position as a standard work upon the management of horses."-Mark Lane Express.

ADVICE TO PURCHASERS OF HORSES.

By JOHN STEWART, V.S. 18mo, plates, 2s. 6d.

A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE CULTIVATION OF THE GRAPE VINE. By WILLIAM THOMSON, Gardener to His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, Dalkeith Park. Fourth Edition. 8vo, 5s.

"When books on gardening are written thus conscientiously, they are alike honourable to their author and valuable to the public."-Lindley's Gardeners' Chronicle.

"Want of space prevents us giving extracts, and we must therefore conclude by saying, that as the author is one of the very best grape-growers of the day, this book may be stated as being the key to his successful practice, and as such, we can with confidence recommend it as indispensable to all who wish to excel in the cultivation of the vine."-The Florist and Pomologist.

THE CHEMISTRY OF VEGETABLE AND ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY. BY DR J. G. MULDER, Professor of Chemistry in the University of Utrecht. With an Introduction and Notes by Professor JOHNSTON. 22 Plates. 8vo, 30s.

THE MOOR AND THE LOCH.

Containing Minute Instructions in all Highland Sports, with Wanderings over Crag and Correi, Flood and Fell. By JOHN COLQUHOUN, Esq.

Third Edition. 8vo, with Illustrations, 12s. 6d.

SALMON-CASTS AND STRAY SHOTS:

Being Fly-Leaves from the Note-Book of JOHN COLQUHOUN, Esq., Author of The Moor and the Loch,' &c. Second Edition. Fcap. 8vo, 5s.

COQUET-DALE FISHING SONGS.

Now first collected by a North-Country Angler, with the Music of the Airs. 8vo, 5s.

THE ANGLER'S COMPANIÓN TO THE RIVERS AND LOCHS OF SCOTLAND. By T. T. STODDART. With Map of the Fishing Streams and Lakes of Scotland. Second Edition. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d.

"Indispensable in all time to come, as the very strength and grace of an angler's tackle and equipment in Scotland, must and will be STODDART'S ANGLER'S COMPANION."-Blackwood's Magazine.

RELIGION IN COMMON LIFE:
A Sermon preached in Crathie
the Queen and Prince Albert.
by Her Majesty's Command.

SERMONS.

Church, October 14, 1855, before Her Majesty
By the REV. JOHN CAIRD, D.D. Published
Bound in cloth, 8d. Cheap Edition, 3d.

By the REV. JOHN CAIRD, D.D., Professor of Divinity in the University of Glasgow, and one of Her Majesty's Chaplains for Scotland. In crown 8vo, 5s. This Edition includes the Sermon on Religion in Common Life,' preached in Crathie Church, Oct. 1855, before Her Majesty the Queen and the late Prince Consort.

"They are noble sermons; and we are not sure but that, with the cultivated reader, they will gain rather than lose by being read, not heard. There is a thoughtfulness and depth about them which can hardly be appreciated, unless when they are studied at leisure; and there are so many sentences so felici tously expressed that we should grudge being hurried away from them by a rapid speaker, without being allowed to enjoy them a second time."-Fraser's Magazine.

THE BOOK OF JOB.

By the late REV. GEORGE CROLY, LL.D., Rector of St Stephen's, Walbrook. With a Memoir of the Author by his SON. Fcap. 8vo, 4s.

LECTURES IN DIVINITY.

By the late REV. GEORGE HILL, D.D., Principal of St Mary's College, St Andrews. Stereotyped Edition. 8vo, 14s.

"I am not sure if I can recommend a more complete manual of Divinity."-Dr Chalmers.

THE MOTHER'S LEGACIE TO HER UNBORNE CHILDE. By MRS ELIZABETH JOCELINE. Edited by the Very Rev. Principal

LEE. 32mo, 4s. 6d.

"This beautiful and touching legacie." -Athenæum. "A delightful monument of the piety and high feeling of a truly noble mother."-Morning Advertiser.

ANALYSIS AND CRITICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE HEBREW TEXT OF THE BOOK OF GENESIS. Preceded by a Hebrew Grammar, and Dissertations on the Genuineness of the Pentateuch, and on the Structure of the Hebrew Language. By the REV. WILLIAM PAUL, - A. M. 8vo, 18s.

PRAYERS FOR SOCIAL AND FAMILY WORSHIP.

Prepared by a COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND, and specially designed for the use of Soldiers, Sailors, Colonists, Sojourners in India, and other Persons, at Home or Abroad, who are deprived of the Ordinary Services of a Christian Ministry. Published by Authority of the Committee. Third Edition. In crown 8vo, bound in cloth, 4s.

PRAYERS FOR SOCIAL AND FAMILY WORSHIP.
Being a Cheap Edition of the above. Fcap. Svo, 1s. 6d.

THE CHRISTIAN LIFE,

In its Origin, Progress, and Perfection.

By the VERY REV. E. B. RAMSAY, LL.D., F.R.S.E., Dean of the Diocese of Edinburgh. Crown 8vo, 9s.

THEISM: THE WITNESS OF REASON AND NATURE TO
AN ALL-WISE AND BENEFICENT CREATOR. By the REV. JOHN
TULLOCH, D.D., Principal and Professor of Theology, St Mary's College, St
Andrews; and one of Her Majesty's Chaplains in Ordinary in Scotland.
1 vol. 8vo, 10s. 6d.

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ON THE ORIGIN AND CONNECTION OF THE GOSPELS OF MATTHEW, MARK, AND LUKE; With Synopsis of Parallel Passages, and Critical Notes. By JAMES SMITH, Esq. of Jordanhill, F. R.S., Authoi of the Voyage and Shipwreck of St Paul.' Medium 8vo, 16s.

INSTITUTES OF METAPHYSIC: THE THEORY OF KNOWING AND BEING. By JAMES F. FERRIER, A.B. Oxon., Professor of Moral Philosophy and Political Economy, St Andrews. Second Edition. Crown 8vo, 10s. 6d.

"We have no doubt, however, that the subtlety and depth of metaphysical genius which his work be trays, its rare display of rigorous and consistent reasonings, and the inimitable precision and beauty of its style on almost every page, must secure for it a distinguished place in the history of philosophical discussion."-Tulloch's Burnett Prize Treatise.

LECTURES ON METAPHYSICS.

By SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON, Bart., Professor of Logic and Metaphysics in the University of Edinburgh. Edited by the Rev. H. L. MANSEL, B.D., LL.D., Waynflete Professor of Moral and Metaphysical Philosophy, Oxford; and JOHN VEITCH, M. A., Professor of Logic, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics, St Andrews. Third Edition. 2 vols. 8vo, 24s.

LECTURES ON LOGIC.

By SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON, Bart. Edited by Professors MANSEL and VEITCH. In 2 vols., 24s.

THORNDALE; OR, THE CONFLICT OF OPINIONS.

By WILLIAM SMITH, Author of 'A Discourse on Ethics,' &c. Second Edition. Crown 8vo, 10s. 6d.

"The subjects treated of, and the style-always chaste and beautiful, often attractively grand-in which they are clothed, will not fail to secure the attention of the class for whom the work is avowedly written. It deals with many of those higher forms of speculation characteristic of the cultivated minds of the age." "-North British Review.

GRAVENHURST; OR, THOUGHTS ON GOOD AND EVIL. By WILLIAM SMITH, Author of Thorndale,' &c. In crown 8vo, 7s. 6d. "One of those rare books which, being filled with noble and beautiful thoughts, deserves an attentive and thoughtful perusal."- Westminster Review.

A DISCOURSE ON ETHICS OF THE SCHOOL OF PALEY. By WILLIAM SMITH, Author of "Thorndale.' 8vo, 4s.

Crown &vo,

ON THE INFLUENCE EXERTED BY THE MIND OVER THE BODY, in the Production and Removal of Morbid and Anomalous Conditions of the Animal Economy. By JOHN GLEN, M.A. 2s. 6d. DESCARTES ON THE METHOD OF RIGHTLY CONDUCTING THE REASON, and Seeking Truth in the Sciences. Translated from the French. 12mo, 2s.

DESCARTES' MEDITATIONS, AND SELECTIONS FROM HIS PRINCIPLES OF PHILOSOPHY. Translated from the Latin. 12mo, 3s.

SPECULATIVE PHILOSOPHY:

An INTRODUCTORY LECTURE delivered at the Opening of the Class of Logic and Rhetoric in the University of Glasgow, Nov. 1, 1864. By JOHN VEITCH, M.A., Professor of Logic and Rhetoric in the University of Glasgow. ls.

CORNELIUS O'DOWD UPON MEN AND WOMEN, AND OTHER THINGS IN GENERAL. Originally published in 'Blackwood's Magazine.' 3 vols. crown 8vo, 31s. 6d.

"The flashes of the author's wit must not blind us to the ripeness of his wisdom, nor the general playfulness of his O'Dowderies allow us to forget the ample evidence that underneath them lurks one of the most earnest and observant spirits of the present time."-Daily Review.

"In truth one of the most delightful volumes of personal reminiscence it has ever been our fortune to peruse."-Globe.

THE HISTORY OF SCOTLAND,

From Agricola's Invasion to the Revolution of 1688. By JOHN HILL
BURTON, Author of The Scot Abroad,' &c.

MEMOIRS OF THE CONFEDERATE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE. By HEROS VON BORCKE, Chief of Staff to General J. E. B. Stuart.

LECTURES ON THE EARLY GREEK PHILOSOPHY, AND OTHER PHILOSOPHICAL REMAINS of the late J. F. FERRIER, LL.D., Professor of Moral Philosophy and Political Economy in the University of St Andrews.

THE MONKS OF THE WEST,

FROM ST BENEDICT TO ST BERNARD. By the COUNT DE MONTA-
LEMBERT. Third and Fourth Volumes. Authorised Translation.

A HANDY BOOK OF HORSE LAW,

AND OF THE LAWS RELATING TO ENGLISH SPORTS. By C. G. MERE-
WETHER, Esq.

A HANDY BOOK OF METEOROLOGY.

By ALEXANDER BUCHAN, Secretary of the Scottish Meteorological
Society.

DISCUSSIONS ON PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE,

EDUCATION, AND UNIVERSITY REFORM.
HAMILTON, BART. A New Edition.

By SIR WILLIAM

PHYSIOLOGY AT THE FARM,

IN REARING AND FEEDING THE LIVE STOCK. BY WILLIAM SELLER,
M.D. F.R.S.E., Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh;
formerly Lecturer on Materia Medica and Dietetics; and HENRY
STEPHENS, F. R.S. E., Author of the Book of the Farm,' &c.

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