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An ENCYCLOPÆDIA of GARDENING; comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture, and Landscape Gardening; including all the latest Improvements, a general History of Gardening in all Countries, and a Statistical View of its present State, with Suggestions for its future Progress, in the British Isles. By J. C. LOUDON, F.L.S. H.S., &c. Second Edition, in 1 large Volume, 8vo. closely printed, with upwards of Six Hundred Engravings on Wood.

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A COMPENDIUM of MEDICAL THEORY and PRACTICE, founded on Dr. Cullen's Nosology, which will be given as a Text Book, and a Translation annexed. To which will be prefixed, a brief Dissertation on the Nature and Objects of Nosology; with a Succinct Account of the Treatment of each Disorder, an Estimate of Modern Improvements in Pathology, and an Enumeration of the best Authors for the Student of Medicine to consult; to the whole will be added, a List of Doses of Medicines, with a few of the best Formulæ, and an Alphabetical Index to Diseases; intended for the Use of Students, and as a Work of general Reference. By D. UWINS, M.D. In 1 Vol. 12mo.

33.

An ACCOUNT of the various MODES of SHOEING HORSES. With Observations on the Diseases of the Feet connected with Shoeing. Containing many and important Additions, with new Plates, illustrative of the recent Invention which is the subject of a Patent, for shoeing Horses with a cast malleable Iron, enabling the Public to obtain Shoes correctly made, of any form. In 8vo. Second Edition, with Plates.

34.

MUSCOLOGIA BRITANNICA; containing the Mosses of

Great Britain and Ireland_systematically arranged and described; with Plates illustrative of the Character of the Genera and Species. By WILLIAM JACKSON HOOKER, F.R.S. A.S.L. &c. and THOMAS TAYLOR, M.D. M.R.I.A. and F.L.S. &c. In 8vo. with Plates.

35.

An INTRODUCTION to the GEOGRAPHY of the NEW TESTAMENT; principally designed for young Persons, and for the Sunday Employment of Schools. By LANT CARPENTER, LL.D. The 5th Edition, with Corrections and Additions, 12mo.

36.

ELLEN RAMSAY, a NOVEL. In 3 Vols. 12mo.

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A COMPENDIOUS CHART of ANCIENT HISTORY and BIOGRAPHY, designed principally for the Use of young Persons. Dedicated, by Permission, to the Rev. ARCHDEACON BUTLER, D.D. F.R.S. S.A. &c. Head Master of Shrewsbury School. By Mrs. JOHN HURFORD, of Altrincham. Neatly engraved on a Plate, Two Feet Six Inches, by Two Feet, and carefully coloured.

This Chart is intended to exhibit, on a simple and perspicuous Plan, a connected View of the Rise, Progress, Extent, and Duration, of the principal Empires of Antiquity, together with the leading Events and most prominent Characters which distinguished the several Epochas. It includes the period of time from the Flood to the Dissolution of the Western Roman Empire.

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OBSERVATIONS on the HISTORY and TREATMENT of the OPHTHALMIA accompanying the secondary forms of Lues Venerea. Illustrated by Cases and a coloured Plate. By THOMAS HEWSON, A.B. Member of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Professor of Materia Medica and Pharmacy to the College, &c. &c. 1 Vol. 8vo. with a coloured Plate.

39.

BIBLIOTHECA BRITANNICA; or, a general Index to the

Literature of Great Britain and Ireland, Ancient and Modern, with such foreign Works as have been translated into English, or printed in the British Dominions; including also a copious Selection from the Writings of the most celebrated Authors of all Ages and Nations. By ROBERT WATT, M.D. Part XI. which completes the Work. Price 11. 1s.

40.

The SCIENCE of HORTICULTURE: comprising a Practical System for the Management and Training of Fruit Trees, exemplified by Sketches from Tress actually trained. Also a Comparative Investigation of the Foundation and Application of the Physiological Principles of Mr. Kirwan, Sir Humphry Davy, Mrs. Ibbetson, and Messrs. Hitt, Forsyth, and Knight. To which is added, An ESSAY on the CULTIVATION of the PINE-APPLE, describing and exemplifying by Sketches, an improved Arrangement for furnishing every necessary degree of Heat by Steam, and of applying it to every required Purpose: the Results of a Course of Experiments in growing Peaches and Nectarines, in Pots, in a Conservatory; with an Explanation of a New Mode of training Trees for this Purpose, exemplified by Sketches; and a Description of a Liquid Manure adapted to all Plants, and the Manner of applying it. And an ESSAY on the NATURE and PROPERTIES of HEAT, diffused by the Introduction of a Current of warm Air, heated by Steam. By JOSEPH HAYWARD. The Second Edition, with Plates.

41.

The NEW PHARMACOPOEIA of the Royal College of Phy

sicians of London, M.D.CCC.XXIV. Translated into English, by Sir GEORGE L. TUTHILL, Knt. M.D. F.R.S. Fellow of the College, and Physician to Bethlem, Bridewell, and Westminster Hospitals, &c. &c. &c.

42.

The LONDON DISPENSATORY; containing-1. The Elements of Pharmacy-2. The Botanical Description, Natural History, Chemical Analysis, and Medicinal Properties, of the Substances of the Materia Medica-3. The Pharmaceutical Preparations and Compositions of the Pharmacopoeias of the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Colleges of Physicians. The whole forming a practical Synopsis of Materia Medica, Pharmacy, and Therapeutics: illustrated with many useful Tables and Copper-Plates of Pharmaceutical Apparatus. By ANTHONY TODD THOMSON, F.L.S. In 1 large Volume, 8vo. (revised and altered according to the last Edition of the London and Edinburgh Pharmacopeias), 15s. Bds. the 4th Edit.

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The PUPIL'S PHARMACOPOEIA, being a Literal Translation of the New Edition of the London Pharmacopoeia, the English following the Original in Italics Word for Word, and the Latin Text being marked to facilitate a proper Pronunciation. In Addition to which, the Chemical Decompositions are explained in a Note at the Foot of each Preparation. To the whole is annexed a Table, exhibiting at one View, the Names of Medicines, with their Properties, Doses, and Antidotes in Cases of Poison; also, a List of abbreviated Terms used in Physicians' Prescriptions, which are explained at length, &c, designed expressly for the Use of Students,

"Duplex libelli dos est."

By W. MAUGHAM, Surgeon.

This Edition contains every information relative to the College of Surgeons and Apothecaries' Hall, which will be found of use to those residing at a distance from the Metropolis.

44.

PATERSON'S ROADS of ENGLAND and WALES, and the SOUTHERN PART of SCOTLAND. By EDWARD MOGG. In 8vo. with an entirely new Set of Maps, Price 16s. Bds. or half-bound, with Parchment back, 16s. 6d. The 17th Edition, with Additions and Corrections.

This Edition is arranged upon a plan entirely novel, and the whole remodelled, augmented, and improved by the addition of numerous new Roads and new Admeasurements; with original and correct accounts of Noblemen and Gentlemen's Seats, Antiquities, romantic Scenery, Curiosities, and other remarkable objects throughout the Kingdom,

45.

A PICTURESQUE VOYAGE round GREAT BRITAIN; comprising a Series of Views illustrative of the Character and prominent Features of the Coast. By WILLIAM DANIELL, A.R.A. Vol. VII. containing Plates illustrative of the Coast, from Sheerness to Weymouth. Price 71. 10s Boards.

46.

HISTORY of ROMAN LITERATURE, from its earliest Period to the Augustan Age. By JOHN DUNLOP, Esq. Author of the History of Fiction. The Second Edition, in 2 Vols. 8vo.

Also may be had, by the same Author,

The HISTORY of FICTION. Three Volumes, Post Octavo. 21. 28. Boards.

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CHRONOLOGICAL and HISTORICAL ILLUSTRATIONS of the ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE of GREAT BRITAIN. To consist of Eighty Prints, with ample Letter-press. It will be published in Ten Numbers, Nine of which have already appeared, at 12s. per Number, Medium 4to.; and 11. Imperial 4to.

The Volume will be completed this Season.

48.

The SHIPMASTER's ASSISTANT and OWNER'S MANUAL: containing general Information necessary for Merchants, Owners, and Masters of Ships, Officers, and all other Persons concerned or employed in the Merchant Service, relative to the Mercantile and Maritime Laws and Customs. By DAVID STEEL, Esq. The Sixteenth Edition, revised throughout, by WILLIAM DICKENSON, Esq. and brought down to Midsummer, 1823. In 1 thick Volume, 8vo. Price 11. 1s. Bds.

49.

A SYSTEM of UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHY. By M. MALTE BRUN, Editor of the Annales des Voyages, &c. Price 78. 6d. Part IX.

The Work is to be completed in fourteen Parts, forming seven 8vo. Volumes.

"M. Malte Brun is probably known to most of our readers as the Author of a Systematic Work on Geography; he is besides the Editor of Nouvelles Annales des Voyages; the first is as much superior to the compilations of our Guthries and Pinkertons, as the other is to the garbled productions of our Truslers and Mavors."-Quarterly Review, No. 52.

50.

ELEMENTS of ALGEBRA; compiled from GARNIER'S French

Translation of LEONARD EULER, and arranged so as to form a complete System of Elementary Instruction in the First Part of Algebra. To which are added, Solutions of several Miscellaneous Problems, with Questions and Examples for the Practice of the Student. By CHARLES TAYLOR, Downing College, Cambridge. I Vol. 8vo.

51.

ORIGINAL VIEWS of the most interesting COLLEGIATE and PAROCHIAL CHURCHES in GREAT BRITAIN. From Drawings by J. P. NEALE. The Engravings by J. LE KEUX. With Historical Notices and Architectural Descriptions. Number 2.

The Work will be published in Monthly Parts, each containing Four highly-finished Views, Price 4s. royal 8vo. A few Copies will be printed, with Proof Impressions of the Plates on India Paper, royal 4to. Price 8s. Twelve Parts will form a Volume, and the whole will be completed in Six Volumes.

The size of the Plates, and the extent of the accompanying Letter-press, will be the same as in the Work now in the course of publication by the same Draughtsman, viz. “The Seats of the Nobility and Gentry in the United Kingdom;" and the Proprietors appeal with confidence to their "VIEWS OF SEATS," as a proof that a full display of talent is not incom patible with punctuality in a periodical work.

52.

A SERIES of VIEWS of the most interesting REMAINS of the ANCIENT CASTLES in ENGLAND and WALES: engraved by W. WOOLNOTH, from Drawings by the most eminent Artists, accompanied by Historical Descriptions. By E. W. BRAYLEY. No. 13, being the first of the Second Volume. The Work will be completed in 2 Volumes, each containing 12 Monthly Numbers, with 4 Engravings in each Number, and occasional Plans. Price in Royal 8vo. 4s.; Royal 4to. 6s.; do. Proofs on Indian Paper, 8s. Vol. I. with 48 Plates, in Royal 8vo. 21. 8s. Bds.; Royal 4to. 31. 12s.; or Proofs on Indian Paper, 41. 16s. Bds.

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AN ESSAY on the BLOOD, comprehending the chief Circumstances which influence its Coagulation; the Nature of the Buffy Coat; with a concise Medical View of the State of the Blood in Disease; and an account of the powers of a saturated Solution of Alum, as a styptic Remedy in Hemorrhage. By CHARLES SCUDAMORE, M.D. F.R.S. Physician in Ordinary to His Royal Highness the Prince Leopold of SaxeCobourg, &c. &c.; Member of the College of Physicians in London; Honorary Member of Trinity College, Dublin; of the Medico-Chirurgical Society of Edinburgh; of the Medical Society of Paris; and Member of the Medico-Chirurgical Society of London.

By the same Author,

A CHEMICAL and MEDICAL TREATISE on the most celebrated MINERAL WATERS of this Country. In 8vo. Price 98.

A TREATISE on the NATURE and CURE of GOUT and GRAVEL; with general Observation on Morbid States of the Digestive Organs; and on Regimen. In large 8vo. Price 11. The Fourth Edition, Revised and Improved.

54.

PATHOLOGICAL RESEARCHES in MEDICINE.

By

J. R. FARRE, M. D. Essay I.-On Malformations of the Human Heart. Price 7s. sewed. Part II. is preparing for the press.

By the same Author,

The MORBID ANATOMY of the LIVER. Parts I. and II. in Imperial 4to. Price 15s. each. Part III. is preparing for the press.

55.

The BOTANICAL CABINET, consisting of coloured Delineations of Plants from all Countries; with a short Account of each, Directions for Management, &c. By CONRAD LODDIGES and SONS. The Plates by GEORGE COOKE. Published in Monthly Parts. Price 2s. 6d. 18mo., or in small 4to. 5s.; each Part contains 10 Plates, and 10 Parts form a Vol. Eighty-one Parts have been published.

56.

GIBBON'S HISTORY of the DECLINE and FALL of the ROMAN EMPIRE, adapted for Families and Young Persons, by the Omission of objectionable Passages. BY THOMAS BOWDLER, Esq. F.R.S. &c. Editor of the Family Shakspeare, &c &c.

AND

NEW EDITIONS,

RECENTLY PUBLISHED BY

LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, BROWN, AND GREEN, LONDON.

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TRAVELS in the INTERIOR of SOUTHERN AFRICA. By W. J. BURCHELL, Esq. With a large and entirely new Map, and a Hundred and Sixteen coloured and black Engravings. In 4to. Price 41. 14s. 6d. Bds. Vol. II.

In the Second Volume, will be found an interesting Account of the Native Tribes; with whom the Author lived on terms which gave him very favourable opportunities for discovering their true Character. As his Views in travelling were not contined to any particular class of observations, but were extended to whatever appeared likely to produce useful knowledge, his Researches have embraced that variety of subjects, which a Journey, over Ground never before trodden by European Foot, and through the strange and unknown Regions of Africa, might be expected to afford.

The First Vol. may be had, with Plates, 41. 14s. 6d. Bds.

2.

DUKE CHRISTIAN of LUNEBURG; or, Traditions from the Hartz. By Miss JANE PORTER. Dedicated, by the most gracious Permission, to His Majesty. In 3 Vols. 12mo. Price 11. 4s. Bds.

By the same Author,

THADDEUS of WARSAW, 4 Vols. 12mo. 10th Edit. 18s.
SCOTTISH CHIEFS, 5 Vols. 12mo. 5th Edit. 11. 15s. Bds.
PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE, 4 Vols. 12mo. 3d Edit. 11. 11s. 6d.

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An ESSAY on the INVENTIONS and CUSTOMS of both ANCIENTS and MODERNS in the USE of INEBRIATING LIQUORS; interspersed with interesting Anecdotes, illustrative of the Manners and Habits of the principal Nations of the World. With an historical View of the Extent and Practice of Distillation, both as it relates to Commerce, and as a Source of National Income: comprising much curious Information, respecting the Application and Properties of several Parts of the Vegetable Kingdom. By SAMUEL MOREWOOD, Surveyor of Excise. In 1 Vol. 8vo. Price 128. Bds.

4.

The HISTORY of ENGLAND, during the MIDDLE AGES. By SHARON TURNER, F.S.A. In 3 Vols. 4to. Price 6l. Boards.

These Volumes contain the HISTORY of ENGLAND from the Norman Conquest to the Death of Henry VII. and complete the Second Series of the English History. Vol. the Third, just published, may be had separately, Price 27. 28. Boards.

5.

The HISTORY of the ANGLO-SAXONS, from their First Appearance in Europe to the End of their Dynasty in England; comprising the History of England from the earliest Period to the Norman Conquest. By SHARON TURNER, F.S.A. The Fourth Edition, in Three thick Vols. 8vo. corrected and improved, with a Map, Price 21. 5s. Boards.

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