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PASCAL'S ENTIRE WORKS, TRANSLATED BY PEARCE. THE COMPLETE WORKS OF BLAISE PASCAL: With M. Villemain's Essay on Pascal considered as a Writer and Moralist, prefixed to the Provincial Letters; and the Miscellaneous Writings, Thoughts on Religion, and Evidences of Christianity, rearranged, with large Additions, from the French Edition of Mons. P. Faugère. Newly translated from the French, with Memoir, Introductions to the various Works, Editorial Notes, and Appendices, by George Pearce, Esq. 3 vols. post 8vo. with Portrait, 25s. 6d. cloth.

*** The Three Folumes may be had separately, as follows :—

Vol. 1.-PASCAL'S PROVINCIAL LETTERS: with M. Villemain's Essay on Pascal prefixed, and a new Memoir. Post 8vo. Portrait, 88. 6d.

Vol. 11.-PASCAL'S THOUGHTS ON RELIGION, AND EVIDENCES OF CHRISTI. ANITY, with Additions from original MSS.: from M. Faugère's Edition. Post 8vo. 88. 6d.

Vol. III.-PASCAL'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS, CORRESPONDENCE, DETACHED THOUGHTS, etc. from M. Faugère's Edition. Post 8vo. 88. 6d.

PEREIRA.-A TREATISE ON FOOD AND DIET:

With Observations on the Dietetical Regimen suited for Disordered States of the Digestive Organs; and an Account of the Dietaries of some of the principal Metropolitan and other Establishments for Paupers, Lunatics, Criminals, Children, the Sick, etc. By Jon. Pereira, M.D.F.R.S., author of Elements of Materia Medica." 8vo. 168. cloth.

PESCHEL (C. F.)-ELEMENTS OF PHYSICS.

By C. F. Peschel, Principal of the Royal Military College, Dresden, etc. etc. Translated from the German, with Notes, by E. West. 3 vols. fcap. 8vo. with Woodcuts, 21s.cloth. Part I. The Physics of Ponderable Bodies. Feap. 8vo.78. 6d. cloth. Separately Part II. Imponderable Bodies (Light, Heat, Magnetism, Electricity, and Electro-Dynamics). 2 vols. fcap. 8vo. 13s. 6d. cloth.

PHILLIPS.-FIGURES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PALEOZOIC FOSSILS OF CORNWALL, DEVON, and WEST SOMERSET; observed in the course of the Ordnance Geological Survey of that District. By John Phillips, F.R.S. F.G.S. etc. Published by Order of the Lords Commissioners of H. M. Treasury. 8vo. with 60 Plates, comprising very numerous Figures, 98. cloth.

PHILLIPS.-AN ELEMENTARY INTRODUCTION TO MINERALOGY: Comprising a Notice of the Characters, Properties, and Chemical Constitution of Minerals: with Accounts of the Places and Circumstances in which they are found. By William Phillips, F.L.S. M.G.S. etc. A New Edition, corrected, enlarged, and improved, by H. J. Brooke, F.R.S.; and W. H. Miller, M.A. F.R.S. Professor of Mineralogy in the University of Cambridge. Post 8vo. with numerous Wood Engravings. [In the press.

PORTLOCK.- REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTY OF LONDONDERRY, and of Parts of Tyrone and Fermanagh, examined and described under the Authority of the Master-General and Board of Ordnance. By J. E. Portlock, F.R.S.etc. 8vo. with 48 Plates, 248.cloth.

POWER.--SKETCHES IN NEW ZEALAND,

with Pen and Pencil. By W. Tyrone Power, D.A.C.G. From a Journal kept in that Country, from July 1846 to June 1848. With 8 Plates and 2 Woodcuts, from Drawings made on the spot. Post 8vo. 128. cloth.

THE VADE-MECUM OF FLY-FISHING FOR TROUT:

Being a complete Practical Treatise on that Branch of the Art of Angling; with plain and copious Instructions for the Manufacture of Artificial Flies. By G.P.R. Pulman, author of The Book of the Axe." Third Edition, re-written and greatly enlarged; with several Woodcuts. Fcap. 8vo. 68. cloth.

PYCROFT.-A COURSE OF ENGLISH READING;

Adapted to every Taste and Capacity. With Literary Anecdotes. By the Rev. James Pycroft, B.A., author of "The Collegian's Guide," etc. New Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 58. cloth.

DR. REECE'S MEDICAL GUIDE:

For the use of the Clergy, Heads of Families, Schools, and Junior Medical Practitioners. Comprising a complete Modern Dispensatory, and a Practical Treatise on the distinguishing Symptoms. Causes, Prevention, Cure, and Palliation of the Diseases incident to the Human Frame. With the latest Discoveries in the different Departments of the Healing Art, Materia Medica, etc. Seventeenth Edition (1850), with considerable Additions; revised and corrected by the Author's Son, Dr. Henry Reece, M.R. C.S. etc. 8vo. 128. cloth.

RICH. THE ILLUSTRATED COMPANION TO THE LATIN DICTIONARY AND GREEK LEXICON: forming a Glossary of all the Words respecting Visible Objects connected with the Arts, Manufactures, and Every-day Life of the Ancients. With Representations of nearly Two Thousand Objects from the Antique. By Anthony Rich, jun. B.A., late of Caius College, Cambridge. Post 8vo. with about 2,000 Woodcuts, 21s. cloth.

NARRATIVE OF AN OVERLAND JOURNEY IN SEARCH OF THE DISCOVERY SHIPS under Sir John Franklin, in the Years 1847, 1849, and 1849. By Sir John Richardson, M.D., F.R.S., etc,, Inspector of Hospitals. Published by Authority of the Admiralty. 2 vols. 8vo. with Maps and Plans. [In the press.

RIDDLE.-A COPIOUS AND CRITICAL LATIN-ENGLISH LEXICON, founded on the German-Latin Dictionaries of Dr. William Freund. By the Rev. J. E. Riddle, M.A., of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford. Uniform with Youge's EnglishGreek Lexicon. New Edition. Post 4to. 50s. cloth.

RIDDLE. A COMPLETE LATIN-ENGLISH AND ENGLISHLATIN DICTIONARY, for the use of Colleges and Schools. By the Rev. J. E. Riddle, M.A., of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford. New Edition, revised and corrected. 8vo. 318. 6d. cloth.

... Separately

THE ENGLISH-LATIN DICTIONARY, 108. 6d.
THE LATIN-ENGLISH DICTIONARY, 21.

RIDDLE.-A DIAMOND LATIN-ENGLISH DICTIONARY. A Guide to the Meaning, Quality, and right Accentuation of Latin Classical Words. By the Rev. J. E. Riddle, M.A., of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford. New Edition. Royal 32mo. 48. bound.

RIVERS. THE ROSE AMATEUR'S GUIDE:

Containing ample Descriptions of all the fine leading varieties of Roses, regularly classed in their respective Families; their History and Mode of Culture. By T. Rivers, Jun. Fourth Edition, corrected and improved. Foolscap 8vo. 63. cloth.

ROBINSON'S LEXICON TO THE GREEK TESTAMENT. A Greek and English Lexicon of the New Testament. By Edward Robinson, D.D. L.L.D. Professor of Biblical Literature in the Union Theological Seminary, New York; Author of Biblical Researches in Palestine," etc. New Edition (1850), revised and in great part re-written; in One large Volume. 8vo. 18s. cloth.

ROGERS. ESSAYS SELECTED FROM CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE EDINBURGH REVIEW. By Henry Rogers. 2 vols. 8vo. 248. cloth.

RONALDS. THE FLY-FISHER'S ENTOMOLOGY.

Illustrated by coloured Representations of the Natural and Artificial Insect; and accompanied by a few Observations and Instructions relative to Trout and Grayling Fishing. By Alfred Ronalds. Fourth Edition, corrected; with 20 Copperplates. 8vo. 148. cloth.

ROVINGS IN THE PACIFIC,

From 1837 to 1849; with a GLANCE AT CALIFORNIA. By A Merchant long resident at Tahiti. With 4 Illustrations printed in colours. 2 vols. post 8vo. 21s. cloth. "The series of most interesting adventures which befel him in the course of his rovings, are narrated in vigorous and unpolished language; and are evidently faithful impressions set down while experience was fresh, and while the author was far away from the conventionalities which often deaden original faculties, and constrain men's thoughts... Events crowd so thickly in these volumes, and they are all so new, that it is difficult to decide which are the most interesting... The volumes altogether may be described as full of novelty and amuse. ment, blended with much that is new and passing strange." Express.

ROWTON (F.)-THE DEBATER:

Being a Series of complete Debates, Outlines of Debates, and Questions for Discussion. With ample references to the best sources of information upon each particular topic. By Frederic Rowton, Lecturer on General Literature Foolscap 8vo. 68. cloth.

SCHLEIDEN.-PRINCIPLES OF SCIENTIFIC BOTANY;

or, Botany as an Inductive Science. By Dr. M. J. Schleiden, Extraordinary Professor of Botany in the University of Jena. Translated by Edwin Lankester, M.D., F.L.S., Lecturer on Botany at the St. George's School of Medicine, London. 8vo. with Plates and Woodcuts,

218. cloth.

SCOFFERN. THE MANUFACTURE OF SUGAR,

in the Colonies and at Home, chemically considered. By John Scoffern, M.B. Lond., late Professor of Chemistry at the Aldersgate School of Medicine. 8vo. with Illustrations (one coloured), 108. 6d. cloth.

SEAWARD.-SIR EDWARD SEAWARD'S NARRATIVE OF HIS SHIPWRECK, and consequent Discovery of certain Islands in the Caribbean Sea: with a Detail of many extraordinary and highly interesting Events in his Life, from 1733 to 1749, as written in his own Diary. Edited by Miss Jane Porter. New Edition. 2 vols. post 8vo. 218. cloth.

SEWELL.-AMY HERBERT.

By a Lady. Edited by the Rev. William Sewell, B.D., Fellow and Tutor of Exeter College, Oxford. New Edition. 2 vols. foolscap 8vo. 98. cloth.

SEWELL.-THE EARL'S DAUGHTER.

By the Author of "Amy Herbert," "Gertrude," "Laneton Parsonage," "Margaret Percival," and "The Child's History of Rome." Edited by the Rev. William Sewell, B.D., Fellow and Tutor of Exeter College, Oxford. 2 vols. fcap. 8vo. 9s. cloth.

SEWELL.-GERTRUDE.

A Tale. By the Author of "Amy Herbert." Edited by the Rev. William Sewell, B.D., Fellow and Tutor of Exeter College, Oxford. New Edition. 2 vols. foolscap 8vo. 98. cloth.

SEWELL.-LANETON PARSONAGE:

A Tale for Children, on the practical Use of a Portion of the Church Catechism. By the author of "Amy Herbert," Edited by the Rev. W. Sewell, B.D., Fellow and Tutor of Exeter College, Oxford. New Edition. 3 vols. fcap. 8vo. 16s. cloth.

SEWELL.-MARGARET PERCIVAL.

By the Author of "Amy Herbert." Edited by the Rev. W. Sewell, B.D., Fellow and Tutor of Exeter College, Oxford, New Edition. 2 vols. foolscap Svo. 128. cloth.

SHAKSPEARE, BY BOWDLER.

THE FAMILY SHAKSPEARE, in which nothing is added to the Original Text; but those Words and Expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud. By T. Bowdler, Esq. F.R.S. New Edition. 8vo. with 36 Illustrations after Smirke, etc., 21s. cloth; or, without Illustrations, 8 vols. 8vo. 41. 148, 6d, boards.

SHARP'S BRITISH GAZETTEER.

A NEW AND COMPLETE BRITISH GAZETTEER, or Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom; containing a Description of every Place, and the principal Objects of note, founded upon the Ordnance Surveys, the best Local and other Authorities, and the most recent Official Documents connected with Population, Constituencies, Corporate and Ecclesiastical Affairs, Poor Laws, Education, Charitable Trusts, Railways, Trade, etc. By J. A. Sharp. In Two very large Volumes, 8vo. uniform with Johnston's New General Gazetteer of the World. [In the press.

SHORT WHIST:

Its Rise, Progress, and Laws; with the recent Decisions of the Clubs, and Observations to
make any one a Whist Player. Containing also the Laws of Piquet, Cassino, Ecarte, Cribbage,
Backgammon. By Major A
New Edition. To which are added, Precepts for Tyros.
Foolscap 8vo.3s. cloth, gilt edges.

By Mrs. B.

SINCLAIR. THE BUSINESS OF LIFE.

By Catherine Sinclair, author of "The Journey of Life," "Jane Bouverie," "Modern Accomplishments," "Modern Society," etc. 2 vols. fcap. 8vo. 108. cloth.

SINCLAIR.-THE JOURNEY OF LIFE.

By Catherine Sinclair, author of "The Business of Life," "Modern Society,
Bouverie," etc. New Edition, corrected and enlarged. Fcap.8vo.5s. cloth.

SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY.

""Jane

From The Spectator. With Notes and Illustrations by W. Henry Wills; and Twelve fine Wood Engravings by John Thompson from Designs by Frederick Tayler. Crown 8vo. 158. boards; or 278. bound in morocco by Hayday.

THE SKETCHES;

Three Tales. By the Authors of "Amy Herbert," "The King's Messengers," and" Hawkstone.' "New Edition. Fcap. 8vo. with Six Plates, 88. cloth.

SMEE.-ELEMENTS OF ELECTRO-METALLURGY.

By Alfred Smee, F.R.S., Surgeon to the Bank of England. Third Edition, revised, corrected, and considerably enlarged; with Electrotypes and numerous Woodcuts. Post Svo. 10s. 6d. cloth.

THE WORKS OF THE REV. SYDNEY SMITH.

Comprising the Author's Miscellaneous Writings, and Contributions to the Edinburgh Review. New Edition, complete in One Volume; with Portrait by E. U. Eddis, engraved in Line by W. Greatbach, and View of Combe Florey Rectory, Somerset. Square crown 8vo. 218. cloth; 30s. calf extra, by Hayday.-Or in 3 vols. 8vo. with Portrait, 36s. cloth.

SMITH.-ELEMENTARY SKETCHES OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY, delivered at the Royal Institution in the Years 1804, 1805, and 1806. By the late Rev. Sydney Smith, M.A. With an Introductory Letter to Mrs. Sydney Smith, by the late Lord Jeffrey. Second Edition. 8vo. 128. cloth.

SMITH.-SERMONS PREACHED AT ST. PAUL'S CATHE

DRAL, the Foundling Hospital, and several Churches in London; together with others addressed to a Country Congregation. By the late Rev. Sydney Smith, Canon Residentiary of St. Paul's Cathedral. 8vo. 128, cloth.

SMITH. THE VOYAGE AND SHIPWRECK OF ST. PAUL: with Dissertations on the Sources of the Writings of St. Luke, and the Ships and Navigation of the Ancients. By James Smith, Esq. of Jordanhill, F.R.S. etc. 8vo. with illustrative Views, Charts, and Woodcuts, 148. cloth.

SMITH.-THE DOCTRINE OF THE CHERUBIM:

Being an Inquiry, Critical, Exegetical, and Practical, into the Symbolical Character and Design of the Cherubic Figure of Holy Scripture. By George Smith, F.A.S., Member of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, of the Royal Society of Literature, of the Irish Archæological Society, etc. Post 8vo. 38. cloth.

SMITH.-SACRED ANNALS:

Or, Researches into the History and Religion of Mankind, from the Creation of the World to the Death of Isaac: deduced from the Writings of Moses and other Inspired Authors, copiously illustrated and confirmed by the ancient Records, Traditions, and Mythology of the Heathen World. By George Smith, F.S.A. etc. Crown 8vo. 108. cloth.

SMITH.-THE HEBREW PEOPLE;

Or, the History and Religion of the Israelites, from the Origin of the Nation to the Time of Christ: deduced from the Writings of Moses and other Inspired Writers; and Illustrated by copious References to the Ancient Reeords, Traditions, and Mythology of the Heathen World. By George Smith, F.A.S., etc. Forming the Second Volume of Sacred Annals. Crown 8vo. in Two Parts, 128. cloth.

SMITH. THE RELIGION OF ANCIENT BRITAIN HISTORICALLY CONSIDERED; Or, a Succinct Account of the several Religious Systems which have obtained in this Island from the Earliest Times to the Norman Conquest: including an Investigation into the Early Progress of Error in the Christian Church, the Introduction of the Gospel into Britain, and the State of Religion in England till Popery had gained the Ascendancy. By George Smith, F.A.S. New Edition. 8vo. 7s. 6d. cloth."

SMITH. PERILOUS TIMES:

Or, the Agressions of Anti-Christian Error on Scriptural Christianity: considered in reference to the Dangers and Duties of Protestants. By George Smith, F.A.S. Member of the Royal Asiatic Society, and of the Royal Society of Literature. Foolscap 8vo. 6s. cloth.

SNOW-VOYAGE OF THE PRINCE ALBERT IN SEARCH OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. A Narrative of Every-day Life in the Arctic Seas. By W. Parker Snow. With a Chart, and 4 Illustrations printed in colours. Post 8vo. 128. cloth.

THE LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE OF THE LATE ROBERT SOUTHEY. Edited by his Son, the Rev. Charles Cuthbert Southey, M.A. Vicar of Ardleigh. With numerous Portraits; and Six Landscape Illustrations from Designs by W. Westall, A.R.A. 6 vols. post 8vo. 638. cloth.

Each of the Six Vols. may be had separately, price 10s. 6d.

"A work which, even in this age of literary plenty, will long stand unrivalled for the deeply interesting character of its contents; whether we have regard to the man whose history it relates, and whose innermost thoughts are laid open to us, or to the various important subjects upon which his capacious mind was constantly exercised." John Bull.

SOUTHEY'S COMMON-PLACE BOOK.-FOURTH SERIES. FOURTH and last SERIES, being ORIGINAL MEMORANDA; and comprising Collections, Ideas, and Studies for Literary Compositions in general; Collections for History of English Literature and Poetry; Characteristic English Anecdotes, and Fragments for Espriella; Collections for The Doctor etc.; Personal Observations and Recollections, with Fragments of Journals; Miscellaneous Anecdotes and Gleanings; Extracts, Facts, and Opinions, relating to Political and Social Society; Texts for Sermons; Texts for Enforce. ment; and L'Envoy. Forming a single Volume complete in itself. Edited by Mr. Southey's Son-in-Law, the Rev. J. W. Warter, B.D. Square crown 8vo. 21s. cloth.

SOUTHEY'S COMMON-PLACE BOOK.-THIRD SERIES.

Being ANALYTICAL READINGS; and comprising Analytical Readings, with Illustrations and copious Extracts, of Works in English Civil History; English Ecclesiastical History; Anglo-Irish History, French Literature; French History; Miscellaneous Foreign Civil History; General Ecclesiastical History; Historical Memoirs; Ecclesiastical Biography, Miscellaneous Biography; Correspondence; Voyages and Travels; Topography: Natural History; Divinity; Literary History: Miscellaneous Literature; and Miscellanies. Forming a single Volume complete in itself. Edited by Mr. Southey's Son-in-Law, the Rev. J. W. Warter, B.D. Square crown 8vo. 218. cloth.

SOUTHEY'S COMMON-PLACE BOOK.-SECOND SERIES. Comprising, SPECIAL COLLECTIONS-viz. Ecclesiasticals, or Notes and Extracts on Theological Subjects (with Collections concerning Cromwell's Age); Spanish and Portuguese Literature; Middle Ages, etc.; Notes for the History of the Religious Orders; Orientalia, or Eastern and Mahommedan Collections; American Tribes: Incidental and Miscellaneous Illustrations; Physica, or Remarkable Facts in Natural History; and Curious Facts, quite Miscellaneous. Edited by Mr. Southey's Son-in Law, the Rev. J. W. Warter, B.D. Forming a single Volume complete in itself. Square crown 8vo. 188. cloth.

SOUTHEY'S COMMON-PLACE BOOK.-FIRST SERIES. Comprising CHOICE PASSAGES, Moral, Religious, Political, Philosophical, Historical, Poetical, and Miscellaneous; and COLLECTIONS for the History of Manners and Literature in England. Forming a single Volume complete in itself. Edited by Mr. Southey's Son-inLaw, the Rev. J. W. Warter, B.D. New Edition; with medallion Portrait of Southey. Square crown 8vo. 188. cloth.

SOUTHEY.-THE DOCTOR ETC.

By the late Robert Southey. Complete in One Volume. Edited by the Author's Son-inLaw, the Rev. John Wood Warter. With Portrait, Vignette Title-page, Bust of the Author, and Coloured Plate. New Edition. Square crown 8vo. 218. cloth.

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