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The Chemistry of Common Life. By Professor J. F. W.

JOHNSTON. A new Edition. Edited by G. H. LEWES, Author of "Sea-side Studies," &c. With 113 Illustrations on Wood, and a Copious Index. Two Volumes, Crown Octavo, 11s. 6d.

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The Physiology of Common Life. By George H. Lewes,

Author of "Sea-side Studies," &c. Illustrated with numerous Engravings. Two Volumes, 12s.

CONTENTS:-Hunger and Thirst.-Food and Drink.-Digestion and Indigestion.-The Structure and Uses of the Blood.-The Circulation.-Respiration and Suffocation.-Why we are warm, and how we keep so.-Feeling and Thinking.-The Mind and the Brain.-Our Senses and Sensations.-Sleep and Dreams.-The Qualities we Inherit from our Parents. -Life and Death.

Sea-Side Studies at Ilfracombe, Tenby, the Scilly Isles,

and Jersey. By GEORGE H. LEWES, Author of "A Biographical History of Philosophy," &c. Second Edition. Crown Octavo, with Illustrations, and a Glossary of Technical Terms, 6s. 6d.

Introductory Text-Book of Physical Geography. By

DAVID PAGE, F.R.S. E.,
Books of Geology,' &c.
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F. G.S.; Author of 'Introductory and Advanced Text-
With Illustrative Sketch-Maps and Glossarial Index.
Second Edition.

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Introductory Text-Book of Geology. By David Page, F.G.S.

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The Geological Examinator: A Progressive Series of Ques

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Handbook of Geological Terms, Geology, and Physical Geo

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The Past and Present Life of the Globe: Being a Sketch in Outline of the World's Life-System. By DAVID PAGE, F. G.S., Author of Text-Books of Geology," &c. In Crown Octavo, 6s. With Fifty Illustrations, Drawn and Engraved expressely for this Work.

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A Glossary of Navigation. Containing the Definitions and

Propositions of the Science, Explanation of Terms, and Description of Instruments. By the Rev. J. B. HARBORD, M.A., St John's College, Cambridge; Chaplain and Naval Instructor, Royal Navy. Illustrated with Diagrams. Price 6s.

A Nomenclature of Colours, applicable to the Arts and

Natural Sciences, to Manufactures, and other Purposes of General Utility. By D. R. HAY, F.R.S.E. 228 examples of Colours, Hues, Tints, and Shades. Octavo, £3, 3s.

The Geology of Pennsylvania: A Government Survey;

with a General View of the Geology of the United States, Essays on the Coal Formation and its Fossils, and a Description of the Coal-Fields of North America and Great Britain. By Professor HENRY DARWIN ROGERS, F.R.S., F.G.S., Professor of Natural History in the University of Glasgow. With Seven large Maps, and numerous Illustrations engraved on Copper and on Wood. In Three Volumes, Royal Quarto, £8, 8s.

Introduction to Meteorology. By David P. Thomson, M.D.

Octavo, with Engravings, 14s.

Five Place Logarithms. Arranged by E. Sang, F.R.S.E.

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Fortification: For the Use of Officers in the Army, and

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Religion in Common Life: A Sermon Preached in Crathie

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The Book of Job. By the late Rev. George Croly, D.D.,

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Lectures in Divinity. By the late Rev. George Hill, D.D.,

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Vindication of Christian Faith. By the late John Inglis,

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The Mother's Legacie to Her Unborne Childe. By Mrs

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Lectures on the History of the Church of Scotland, from

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Lectures on the Book of Esther. By the Rev. Thomas

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Lectures on Scripture Characters: Addressed to the Stu

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Analysis and Critical Interpretation of the Hebrew Text

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Prayers for Social and Family Worship. Prepared by a

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Diversities of Faults in Christian Believers. By the same

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The Christian Life, in its Origin, Progress, and Perfection.

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On the Origin and Connection of the Gospels of Matthew,

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Theism: The Witness of Reason and Nature to an All

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Sermons on Practical Subjects. By the Rev. Samuel

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Institutes of Metaphysic: The Theory of Knowing and

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Lectures on Metaphysics. By Sir William Hamilton, Bart.,

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