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VOYAGES AND TRAVEL-continued.

ROUND THE WORLD IN 1870. A Volume of Travels, with Maps. By A. D. Carlisle, B.A., Trin. Coll., Camb. Demy 8vo. 165.

"Makes one understand how going round the world is to be done in the quickest and pleasantest manner."-Spectator.

"We can only commend, which we do very heartily, an eminently sensible and readable book."-British Quarterly Re

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IRELAND IN 1872. A Tour of Observation, with Remarks on Irish Public Questions. By Dr. James Macaulay. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.

"A careful and instructive book. Full of facts, full of information, and full of interest."-Literary Churchman.

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"A deeply interesting account of what is called a tour of observation, and some noteworthy remarks on Irish public questions."-Illustrated London News.

By J. S. Shepard, Author of "A Crown 8vo. Illustrated. Price 4s. 6d.

OVER THE DOVREFJELDS.
Ramble through Norway," &c.
"We have read many books of Nor-
wegian travel, but
we have seen
none so pleasantly narrative in its style,
and so varied in its subject."-Spectator.
"Is a well-timed book."-Echo.

"As interesting a little volume as could be written on the subject. So interesting and shortly written that it will commend itself to all intending tourists."-Examiner.

A WINTER IN MOROCCO. By Amelia Perrier. Large crown 8vo. Illustrated. Price 10s. 6d.

"Well worth reading, and contains
several excellent illustrations."-Hour.
"Miss Perrier is a very amusing writer.
She has a good deal of humour, sees the

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SCIENCE.

THE QUESTIONS OF AURAL SURGERY.
Aural Surgeon to Guy's Hospital. Post 8vo.

By James Hinton, [Preparing.

AN ATLAS OF DISEASES OF THE MEMBRANA TYMPANI.
With Descriptive Text. By James Hinton, Aural Surgeon to Guy's
Hospital. Post 8vo.
[Preparing.

PHYSIOLOGY FOR PRACTICAL USE. by James Hinton. 2 vols. Crown 8vo.

These Papers have been prepared at great pains, and their endeavour is to familiarize the popular mind with those physio

By various Writers. Edited
With 50 illustrations.

logical truths which are needful to all who
desire to keep the body in a state of
health.

[In the Press.

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SCIENCE-continued.

THE PLACE OF THE PHYSICIAN. Being the Introductory Lecture at Guy's Hospital, 1873-4; to which is added

ESSAYS ON THE LAW OF HUMAN LIFE AND ON THE RELATION

BETWEEN ORGANIC AND INORGANIC WORLDS.

By James Hinton, Author of "Man and His Dwelling-Place." Crown 8vo, cloth. Price 3s. 6d.

MODERN PARISH CHURCHES; THEIR PLAN, DESIGN, AND FURNITURE. By J. T. Micklethwaite. Crown 8vo. Price 7s. 6d.

LONGEVITY; THE MEANS OF PROLONGING LIFE AFTER MIDDLE AGE. By Dr. John Gardner, Author of "A Handbook of Domestic Medicine," &c. Small Crown 8vo.

LITTLE DINNERS; HOW TO SERVE THEM WITH ELEGANCE AND ECONOMY. By Mary Hooper, Author of "The Handbook of the Breakfast Table." I vol., crown 8vo. Price 5s. [In Press.

THE PRINCIPLES OF MENTAL PHYSIOLOGY. With their Applications to the Training and Discipline of the Mind, and the Study of its Morbid Conditions. By W. B. Carpenter, LL.D., M.D., F.R.S., &c. 8vo. Illustrated. Price 12s.

THE EXPANSE OF HEAVEN. A Series of Essays on the Wonders of the Firmament. By R. A. Proctor, B.A., author of "Other Worlds," &c. Small Crown 8vo. Price 6s.

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STUDIES OF BLAST FURNACE

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"Full of thought, readable, and popular." -Brighton Gazette.

PHENOMENA. By M. L.

Trans

Gruner, President of the General Council of Mines of France.
lated by L. D. B. Gordon, F.R.S.E., F.G.S., &c. Demy 8vo.
Price 7s. 6d.

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SCIENCE-continued.

CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH PSYCHOLOGY. From the French of Professor Th. Ribot. An Analysis of the Views and Opinions of the following Metaphysicians, as expressed in their writings

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JAMES MILL, A. BAIN, JOHN STUART MILL, GEORGE H. LEWES, HERBERT SPENCER, SAMUEL BAILEY.

Large post 8vo. Price 9s.

THE HISTORY OF CREATION, a Popular Account of the Development of the Earth and its Inhabitants, according to the theories of Kant, Laplace, Lamarck, and Darwin. By Professor Ernst Hæckel, of the University of Jena. 8vo. With Coloured Plates and Genealogical Trees of the various groups of both plants and animals. [In the Press.

Second Edition.

CHANGE OF AIR AND SCENE. A Physician's Hints about Doctors, Patients, Hygiène, and Society; with Notes of Excursions for health in the Pyrenees, and amongst the Watering-places of France (Inland and Seaward), Switzerland, Corsica, and the Mediterranean. By Dr. Alphonse Donné. Large post Svo. Price 9s.

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MISS YOUMANS' FIRST BOOK OF BOTANY. Designed to cultivate the observing powers of Children. From the Author's latest Stereotyped Edition. New and Enlarged Edition, with 300 Engravings. Crown 8vo. 55.

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SCIENCE-continued.

By R. T. Lyons,

A TREATISE ON RELAPSING FEVER.
Assistant-Surgeon, Bengal Army. Small post 8vo. 7s. 6d.

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THE PORT OF REFUGE; or, COUNSEL AND AID TO SHIPMASTERS IN DIFFICULTY, DOUBT, OR DISTRESS. By Manley Hopkins, Author of "A Handbook of Average," "A Manual of Insurance," &c. Cr. 8vo. Price 6s.

SUBJECTS: The Shipmaster's Position and Duties.-Agents and Agency.-Average.Bottomry, and other Means of Raising Money.-The Charter-Party, and Bill-of-Lading. Stoppage in Transitu; and the Shipowner's Lien.-Collision.

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LOMBARD STREET. A Description of the Money Market. By Walter Bagehot. Large crown 8vo. Fourth Edition. 7s. 6d.

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CHOLERA: HOW TO AVOID AND
Practical Notes by Henry Blanc, M.D.
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perience and careful observation, full of

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THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SERIES.

Fourth Edition.

1. THE FORMS OF WATER IN RAIN AND RIVERS, ICE AND GLACIERS. By J. Tyndall, LL.D., F.R.S. With 26 Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 55.

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forms of water."-Globe.

"Eloquent and instructive in an eminent degree."-British Quarterly.

Second Edition.

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II. PHYSICS AND POLITICS; OR, THOUGHTS ON THE APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF "NATURAL SELECTION AND "INHERITANCE TO POLITICAL SOCIETY. By Walter Bagehot. Crown 8vo. 4s.

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IV. MIND AND BODY: THE THEORIES OF THEIR RELATIONS. Alexander Bain, LL.D., Professor of Logic at the University of Aberdeen. Four Illustrations. 4s.

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VI. ON THE CONSERVATION OF ENERGY. By Professor Balfour Stewart. Fourteen Engravings.

"One of the most popularly instructive

of the series."-Examiner.

"A most valuable manual... The author

has in a singularly lucid manner contrived

Price 5s.

to popularise some of the most intricate problems in the philosophy of the physical sciences."-Iron.

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