HACHETTE'S POPULAR GUIDE BOOKS GUIDES JOANNE In ENGLISH and FRENCH (Aggregate sales exceed 120,000 copies yearly) This large and well-known Collection has now been extended to more than a hundred Manuals, accompanied by the best available Maps, Plans, etc., for the principal towns and districts of France, the Riviera, London and Environs, Great Britain and Ireland, Holland and Belgium, Germany, Spain and Portugal, Italy, Greece, Algeria, Tunis, etc. etc. Each volume, printed in clear type, on special paper (with leading indications in bold relief), contains in a conveniently portable form, reliable information as to Hotels, Pensions, Conveyances, Travelling facilities, Sites, Monuments, and other objects of interest-Historical and Literary Associations, etc., in each locality. Constant revision and frequent re-issues enable the Publishers to keep the text-matter well up to date. 1. Joanne Guides in English. PARIS IN A WEEK. 160 pages. Small 8vo. Cloth. 49 Illustrations, including 12 Coloured Plates and 54 Plans. 3s. 6d. Cairo and its Environs (27 Plans, 33 Illustrations, and large Map). 3s. Cannes (3 Maps, 2 Plans, 12 Illustrations). IS. The Châteaux of the Loire (7 Maps, 5 Plans, 24 Illustrations). 3s. Mentone (2 Maps, 1 Plan, 12 Illustrations). IS. Nice, Monaco, etc. (2 Maps, 2 Plans, 18 Illustrations). IS. Pau (2 Maps, 1 Plan, Panorama of the Pyrenées, 9 Illustrations). IS. 'The information is abundant and well arranged, while the little maps and illustrations are excellent.'-Daily News. 'Justly popular for their minute detail, their accuracy and their cheapness.'-Manchester Guardian. 'Everybody who goes about France knows that the most convenient of the cicerones there are the "Guides Joanne".-Scotsman. 'The reputation which these Guides enjoy in their own country has induced Messrs. Hachette to supply an English edition of some of the volumes. In each of them the descriptive and historical matter is ample. Abundant space and special care have been given to that practical information which, however commonplace and unromantic in itself, is of the first importance to all intending visitors. If they are in doubt as to the simplest and easiest way of getting there, Joanne will advise them, and will tell them the expense of travelling by each of the routes he indicates. When they have got there he will supply them with the fullest particulars as to the means of securing a local habitation, whether in hotel or pension or private village. In fact, there is nothing they can reasonably want to know about that Joanne has not thought of before them.'-Glasgow Herald. 4. Local Handbooks in French. With Maps, Plans, Illustrations, etc. Small 8vo. Paper Covers. Plan of Paris, in 12 Sections. Principales Curiosités- Paris en huit jours -Tramways-Omnibus-Théâtres et Concerts-Environs de Paris. 19 Cartes en Couleurs. 13 Plans. Tableau d'assemblage et plan du Métropolitain. Chemin de fer de Ceinture. Lignes de bateaux. Distances des principales villes de France, des principales villes d'Europe et des principaux points du monde à Paris. Avec un Appendice Contenant l'énumération des Principales Curiosités, des Monuments et Grands Etablissements de Paris avec Renvois numériques au plan. Folded in Cardboard Case. 2s. THE METRIC SYSTEM As used in the Government Schools of France, etc., fully illustrating, in a practical manner, the whole System and its various applications. "We cannot finish an account of these scientific operations without expressing our wish that the uniformity of measures and weights were introduced into our own, and into every other civilised country. . . . The system adopted by the French, if not absolutely the best, is so very near it, that the difference is of no account. In one point it is very unexceptionable. It involves nothing that savours of the peculiarities of any country, insomuch as the commissioners observe that, if all the history which we have been considering were forgotten, and the result of the operations only preserved, it would be impossible to tell with what nation this system had originated. The wisest measure, therefore, for the other nations of Europe is certainly to adopt the metrical system."— Professor John Playfair of Edinburgh University. THE METRIC SYSTEM EXPLAINED Definitions, General Principles, Measures of Length, Square Surface or Land WITH NUMEROUS EXERCISES, EXAMPLES AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY GEORGES ROUSSELLE TEACHER IN THE PARIS COMMERCIAL SCHOOLS Published under the patronage of the BRITISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN PARIS and translated and adapted by R. SMITH HEADMASTER OF THE PARIS BRITISH SCHOOLS 116 pages, Demy 8vo, Cloth, Is. 6d. net. SAIGEY: LES POIDS ET MESURES DU SYSTÈME MÉTRIQUE An Explanatory Pamphlet in French, giving full particulars of the Values, etc., of the Measures, Monies, and Weights of the System. 38 pages, Small 8vo. Price 2d. THE METRIC SYSTEM. Comprehensive Sets of Weights, Measures, Scales, Wall 1 Litre and Decilitre Measure, in white Metal (for Milk). 1 Half-Litre and I Double Decilitre Measure (for Oil). 1 Decalitre, 1 Litre and Decilitre Measure, in Wood. Pair of Scales with Copper Stand. Set of Copper Weights to 1,000 Grammes. (Carriage rom London extra.) Metal Weights of 50, 100, 200, 500 Grammes and 1 Kilogramme. Small Tank for Liquids ("Appareil Level") with Subdivisions for measuring Grammes. Folding Metre Rule with Divisions in Centimètres. Double Decimetre Boxwood Rule with Nob. Decametre or Surveying Chain. I Diagram of French Monies, mounted on Cardboard, and representing, in coloured illustrations, the actual Size, etc., of the respective Coins, and an Explanatory Pamphlet, in French :-"Les Poids et Mesures du Système Métrique," par M. SAIGEY. 38 pages. Small 8vo. Paper Cover. [Continued overleaf. Set of 7 Measures of Capacity, in Wrought Iron, with Handles. I Litre, 1 Double Decilitre, 1 Half-Decilitre and 1 Centilitre Measure, in White Metal (for Oil, etc.). I Litre, I Half-Litre, 1 Double Decilitre and I Decilitre Measure, in Pair of Scales. [Wood. Set of Copper Weights up to 50 Grammes. Metal Weights of 50, 100, 200 and 500 Grammes and 1 Kilogramme. A Small Tank for Liquids ("Appareil Level") with Subdivisions for measuring Grammes. Set of Rectangular Solid Cubes. Terrestial Globe (8 Centimetres in diameter), mounted on Stand. Decametre or Surveying Chain. Diagrams of French Monies, mounted on Cardboard, and representing, in coloured illustrations, the actual Size, etc., of the respective Coins. Folding Metre Rule, with Divisions in Centimètres, and an |